Why Should We Save the Amazon Rain Forest?
The Amazon rain forest is one of the richest ecosystems in the world, but at the moment, it is facing a huge threat.
The Amazon rainforest is one of the richest ecosystem in the world. It is home to 90% of the worlds plant and animal life, it holds more freshwater fish in its waters that the whole rest of the world put together! The Amazon Rain forests has existed for millions of years. It has survived Ice ages, stayed together in continental drift and not broken up due to earth movement. But at the moment, it is facing a huge threat.
With our constant need for new and exiting things, the rainforest is being destroyed. Some people Log to get wood so that they can make lots of money. Some people mine to get essential materials for today’s advancing technology. But is it essential to destroy forests just to mine? After they have finished wrecking the perfectly beautiful, natural wonder, it will never be the same. With no tree’s to protect it, the ground dries up and the forest turns into a desert. Nothing will ever grow there again.
Three acres of rainforest are lost every two seconds. That’s 90 acres a minute, 5400 acres an hour and 129600 acres a day! 47000000 acres are cut down a year. That’s a phenomenal 20000 square miles! Think how many trees that is. But what use are these trees? What can they do for us except make chairs and tables? Well, a lot actually.
Logging isn’t the only problem that is destroying the rainforest. Cattle ranching. Every animal a farmer wants to graze requires two acres for itself. That’s what is destroying the rainforest so fast. But is it worth it. Well, it is easier. However, recent statistics show that if land is turned into a place for cattle ranching, each acre is only worth $60. If it is logged and cut down, each acre is worth $400. However, if the land is cared for and only the renewable resources were used, each acre is worth a whopping $2,400!!! So why do people resort to logging. Caring for the forest works out for everyone!
It could also help Brazil develop its economy. At the moment, Brazil is in billions of pounds of debt. Each day, Brazil racks up a huge $15000000 interest. Developing the forest rather than cutting it down would help them pay off this enormous debt.
Cutting down the forest wipes out 27000 species each year. What if one of them had the cure to aids, cancer or bird flu? Scientists have checked only 5% of the rain forests plants and animals and already they have treatments for many diseases that were thought of as lethal not so long ago. We might be able to find cures for incurable diseases such as aids and HIV. Can we really let this opportunity for immunity be cut down, burnt or destroyed?
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On January 21, 2008 at 1:57 pm
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On May 21, 2008 at 1:25 pm
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On January 25, 2009 at 11:40 am
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On March 30, 2009 at 6:21 pm
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On May 23, 2009 at 11:11 pm
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On May 31, 2009 at 8:33 pm
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On October 12, 2009 at 6:03 am
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On October 13, 2009 at 4:56 pm
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On October 16, 2009 at 1:14 pm
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DONT CHOP DOWN THE RAINFOREST
On October 29, 2009 at 9:22 am
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On January 13, 2010 at 6:02 am
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Thanker
On February 18, 2010 at 12:03 pm
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Amazon
On February 22, 2010 at 1:07 pm
thank you soooooooo much. this helped me with me geog cw. i fink that we should save the rainforest.
jade
On March 4, 2010 at 2:03 pm
i need help with my geography assesment the question is should we continue to use the tropical rainforest or should we save it?
ellie
On March 4, 2010 at 2:04 pm
i need help with my geography assesment the question is should we continue to use the tropical rainforest or should we save it?
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On March 25, 2010 at 7:03 pm
thanks a lot! i used most of these facts for notes on a test i’m having tomorrow! (stupid tests)
p.s. SAVE THE RAINFOREST!!!!!!!!!!!
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On May 6, 2010 at 3:59 pm
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On June 2, 2010 at 11:10 am
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On June 30, 2010 at 12:26 am
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On September 18, 2010 at 2:14 pm
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On October 20, 2010 at 7:59 am
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On November 18, 2010 at 2:50 pm
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On January 18, 2011 at 7:33 am
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