Deforestation in Third World Countries
05 November 2012
Deforestation in third world countries
It is said that Mother nature has given many responsibilities to the trees. Without the trees in the rainforest, it could have global implications not just on life but the quality of life to all living things. Trees in the rainforest improve the quality of the oxygen that all creatures breathe by trapping carbon and other particles produced by pollution. Trees also determine rainfall and replenish the atmosphere. As more water is able to be put back in the atmosphere, clouds form and provide another way to block out the sun’s heat. Trees are what cool and regulate the earth’s climate in conjunction with other such valuable services as preventing erosion, landslides, and making the most infertile soil rich with life (Connor, 2009).
Rainforests create their own climates the water that evaporates from the forest forms clouds above the area and later falls as rain. When rain forests are cut down, much of the moisture in the ecosystem is lost, leading to droughts and further devastation of species. More than half of the world 's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests and one fifth of the world 's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin (Rainforest Facts, 1996).
To understand why deforestation is such a pressing and urgent issue, forests must first be given credit for what they bring to global ecosystems and the quality of life that all species maintain. The forests have global implications not just on life but on the quality of it. Trees improve the quality of the air that species breath by trapping carbon and other particles produced by pollution. Because of the deforestation of the rainforest, nearly half of the world 's species of plants, animals and microorganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next quarter century
Tropical rainforests presently give a place for 50% - 90% of all organisms; in addition, this is also home to some of our
Deforestation in third world countries
It is said that Mother nature has given many responsibilities to the trees. Without the trees in the rainforest, it could have global implications not just on life but the quality of life to all living things. Trees in the rainforest improve the quality of the oxygen that all creatures breathe by trapping carbon and other particles produced by pollution. Trees also determine rainfall and replenish the atmosphere. As more water is able to be put back in the atmosphere, clouds form and provide another way to block out the sun’s heat. Trees are what cool and regulate the earth’s climate in conjunction with other such valuable services as preventing erosion, landslides, and making the most infertile soil rich with life (Connor, 2009).
Rainforests create their own climates the water that evaporates from the forest forms clouds above the area and later falls as rain. When rain forests are cut down, much of the moisture in the ecosystem is lost, leading to droughts and further devastation of species. More than half of the world 's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests and one fifth of the world 's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin (Rainforest Facts, 1996).
To understand why deforestation is such a pressing and urgent issue, forests must first be given credit for what they bring to global ecosystems and the quality of life that all species maintain. The forests have global implications not just on life but on the quality of it. Trees improve the quality of the air that species breath by trapping carbon and other particles produced by pollution. Because of the deforestation of the rainforest, nearly half of the world 's species of plants, animals and microorganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next quarter century
Tropical rainforests presently give a place for 50% - 90% of all organisms; in addition, this is also home to some of our
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