DEFORESTATION

FACTS

• It is estimated that within 100 years there will be no more rainforests.
• 70% of Earth's land animals and plants live in forests, and many can't survive the deforestation that destroys their home.
• Deforestation also drives climate change. Forests soils are moist but without protection from sun-blocking tree cover, the soil quickly dries out.
• The disruption leads to more extreme temperatures swings that can be harmful to plants and animals.
• Forests cover 30% of the Earth's land.

CAUSES

• To help crops grow, farmers are to blame.
• Loggers, some of them acting illegally, also build roads to access more and remote forests.
• Wildfires prevent many young trees from growing, and destroy many trees.

EFFECTS

• Fewer forests means larger amounts of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere.
• This affects me by not having much clean air to breathe.
• Many animals get their habitat destroyed.

SOLUTIONS

• Government/Laws: It is illegal to have plants and plant products, including wood, in the U.S. market.
• It is illegal to bring trees from the Amazon to the U.S.
• Individuals: Planting young trees to replace older ones in any given forests.
• The simplest solution would be to stop cutting down many trees.
• To pressure on companies that have bad environment practices.

Opinion:
My opinion would be to save trees, and plant more trees every time a tree is cut down.

RESOURCES

• National Geographic
• Conserve Energy Future
• Greenpeace.org

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