Essay On Vanishing Forest

Main Idea: The main idea of the passage Vanishing Forest by Patricia Janes is the negative effects on things related to the boreal forest as the forest is disappearing at a quick speed. According to scientists, logging, mining, and oil and gas companies are yelling "timber," because trees are being leveled more often than the forest can sustain. Furthermore, North America's boreal forest is being harvested at a rate of roughly 2.5 million acres a year. This rapid deforestation in many areas of the boreal forest is robbing animals, including boreal birds and woodland caribou, of their food sources and secure breeding grounds. Human development has ended up in a decline in certain animal species that rely on the boreal forest. Nevertheless, the boreal forest is a
Human development has ended up in a decline in certain animal species that rely on the boreal forest.
Detail 4: The boreal forest is a rich mine of natural resources. Beneath the forest's ground lies a treasure trove of minerals, petroleum, and natural gas. In order to extract these resources, huge stretches of North America's boreal forest are being razed.
Detail 5: Every minute five acres of the boreal forest are being cut down for paper and wood products that go mainly to the United States.
Detail 6: In the 1940s, the boreal region in the Canadian province of Alberta covered an area of about two thirds the size of California. At that time, only two or three roads cut through the boreal forest. Today, development has been so rapid that a person can't walk more than three hundred or four hundred meters without coming across a road or other track, where people have gone through with a bulldozer to test for the presence of oil and gas