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Should Rainforest Destruction Be Prohibited?

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Guna Avula
ELA
Mrs.Doyle
Should Rainforest Destruction Be Prohibited? Earth is beautiful. But it is being destroyed at a very fast pace by destruction of rainforests. Should this be prohibited? Rainforests are the lungs of the planets (by regulating carbon-dioxide), they also provide us with ¼ of the medicines we use today and they are home to millions of animals and birds. So, they altogether help the Earth and animals living on it. If deforestation keeps going on at this pace, then all the forests would disappear in 100 years (according to NASA). Rainforests are the lungs of the planet. This means that they turn carbon-dioxide that we produce into reusable oxygen that we need. If deforestation keeps continuing then the number of trees would decrease. Slowly, there would be less and less oxygen that is crucial for humans to live. We release carbon dioxide that kills us and we kill rainforests that could save us. The rainforests also provide us with 25% of the medicines we have today. We have only yet discovered 1% of all plants and found so many medicine. Think what would happen if we explored all the plants? We would probably have medicines to all the diseases that exist. Again, we are destroying what can really save us. …show more content…

Because of this it is identified as a main threat to 85% of all species described in the IUCN's Red List (those species officially classified as "Threatened" or "Endangered"). The world's forests, swamps, plains, lakes, and other habitats continue to disappear as they are harvested for human consumption and cleared to make way for agriculture, housing, roads, pipelines and the other hallmarks of industrial development. 80% of the animals live in the rainforests and if deforestation keeps going on then then might even get

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