Brazil's Development Without Long Term Damage to the Amazon
Introduction
As part of this essay I will be discussing the issues involved with
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and how they as a country can use the
rainforests resources for their development, without impairing the
ability to use those resources in the future. In other words it is
saying that Brazil should not cause long term damage to the rainforest
when extracting resources. This is called sustainable development, and
as it suggests, it means to sustain the environment whilst also
continuing to develop their needs. However, there are several issues
surrounding this, some people are for sustainable development and
others disagree and say it still causes damage. I will be talking
about the different ways in which Brazil can use sustainable
development, and also the arguments that are brought up.
At present the rainforest has a phenomenal amount of assets, including
the foundation of materials of the items we buy in shops. It also
contains vital ingredients such as medicines or cures for some of the
most life-threatening diseases like aids and cancer, it provides the
planet with a huge amount of trees which lessen the greenhouse effect,
and also there are many endangered and even undiscovered creatures for
which the rainforest is their home and have not yet even been
researched. These are all some of the wonderful and intriguing factors
that development of the Amazon can destroy, permanently.
What Arguments are Brought Up by Development?
Due to the fact that there is damage going to be caused to the
rainforest and that society and economy has to develop somehow, ther...
... middle of paper ...
... without causing long term damage to the Amazon, I would say
strongly that sustainable development is the way forward and the
resolving matter of conflicts. Although there will still be arguments
for and against any subject that is taken into action, these are
better that they take place while sustainable development is in action
rather than still debating and continuing the way it is.
When looking at the figures, that the global rates of destruction of
the rainforest are one hectare per second, this is the equivalent of
two American football pitches. It is shocking to see this happen and
the devastating knock on effects it will have on the planet in the
future. So Brazil can continue to develop by using means of
sustainable development and at the same time not inflict a significant
amount of harm to the environment.