Tropical Rainforest Deforestation

The fast rise in the world’s population is one of the many major causes of deforestation. Since the population

In 1978 the destruction of the rainforest began and today figures show we have already lost 750,000 square kilometres in Peru, Columbia and Guyana.

This is equal to about 4000 football fields per hour. As the rainforests are being destroyed by humans, there are ways we can prevent this from happening. Historic approaches to rainforest conservation have failed, as demonstrated by the accelerated rate of deforestation. In many regions, closing off forests as untouchable parks and reserves has neither improved the quality of living or economic opportunities for rural poor nor deterred forest clearing by illegal loggers and developers. Even though these past solutions have failed there is still hope for the rainforest ecosystem. There are other ways to prevent humans from hurting the rainforests. Some solutions include teaching others about the importance of the environment and how they can help save rainforests, restoring damaged ecosystems by planting trees on land where forests have been cut down, Encourage people to live in a way that doesn't hurt the environment. Establish parks to protect rainforests and wildlife.Support companies that operate in ways that minimize damage to the environment. This way, we can help to conserve the rainforest and the many species that inhabit it. A small action can make a big

As you are reading this, sixty seconds from now approximately over 100 acres and roughly about 2,000 trees are being destroyed at an alarming rate worldwide. As a result an estimated 140 species of rainforest plants and animals go extinct every day. That is the equivalent of at least 42 million acres of tropical forests in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are lost each year, an area the size of the state of Washington (RFA). Now some may say in a geographical perspective the continents listed above are not in correlation to North America’s natural resources, but it is of vital importance to take swift precautionary methods to help reduce this process before it is too late. Even the most conservative estimates project

Three to six billion trees are cut down each and every year! Deforestation is a huge problem in the rainforests. Because these forests are home to much of the Earth’s species of life. Covering 30 percent of our land forests provide homes, protection, and oxygen for humans and other wildlife in the forests. There are 7.125 billion people that count on the benefits provided by the forest, which is: food, clothing, traditional medicine and shelter. If something isn 't done soon to reduce our carbon footprint, we will not have forests of any type to soak up the carbon dioxide(CO2) in the atmosphere.

The rainforest is a very important part of our ecosystem. But it is getting destroyed by humans.

"An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest are lost each year." (LiveScience).

There are many issues that the rainforest biome has. One of the biggest problems is that people cut down millions of trees each year. At the rate that lumberjacks are moving, in each hour of the day, 1,000 to 3,000 acres of the rainforest are destroyed. 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 acres are being destroyed each year. The lumberjacks cut down these trees for firewood, houses, and for other money making industries. This destruction is mainly

Imagine you are a care-free monkey, swinging from tree to tree in the canopy of a rainforest. You start to hear a low rumble in the distance. "Must be a thunderstorm," you think. Suddenly, the noise surrounds you, there is a roaring in your ears, and trees start to fall from all around you. Your tree collapses, and you catch a glimpse of a giant machine. You let out a feeble call, and you are no more. This is no horror movie, this is real life. All around the world, rainforests, their ecosystem, and their wildlife is being destroyed.

From 1990 to 2005, deforestation, or the removal of trees, was happening at an average rate of 13 million hectares (32.11 million acres) per year (Hope 247). In many ways, deforestation has been the reason for great economic success which turns people on to the idea even more. Deforestation is an essential element in promoting and encouraging developmental growth. Some places around the world may feel obligated to resort to deforestation due to population increases around the world. The concept of deforestation may seem to have a positive impact on society, but many people fail to consider the importance of replanting the trees that were harvested and removed. Deforestation mainly affects North and South America, but because of the Transamazon

At least 40 hectares of rainforest are being felled every minute, mostly in order to extract the valuable timber.

Deforestation has been practiced for as long as humans have colonized and practiced agriculture. The mostly widely accepted definition is “longer-term conversion of forests to some other kind of ecosystem, such as agricultural or urbanized land” (Freedman 2004). The main difference in our age is the scale and rate we are clearing forests and that most of the deforestation today occurs in tropical countries (FOA 2010). In 2003 alone, ten thousand square miles of Amazon forests were destroyed. While deforestation rates are showing signs of slowing, in some countries, most scientists and researchers agree (FAO 2010); our current tropical deforestation practices are only contributing to an unsustainable environment for the future.

Deforestation is one of the most significant issues of our time; considerable measures must be taken to prevent further pillaging of our unique forest resource.

Scientists fear that an additional 20% of trees will be lost in the next two decades. If that

"An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest are lost each year." (LiveScience).