Deforestation as a Global Issue

Hypothesis:Deforestation is a global issue, not just one country's

problem.

I have been asked to write an assignment on the effects and causes of

the deforestation-taking place in the Amazon rainforest. During this

assignment I shall investigate the following topics:

· Why has deforestation taken place in the Amazon rainforest?

· Can the government of Brazilsolve this major

· Before and after destruction issue?

· What are the developments in the rainforest?

· What are the negative consequences of deforestation?

· Identify the main green house gases and the reasons for their

increase.

· How dose deforestation in Brazil effect its government and the rest

of the world?

Why has Deforestation taken place in the Amazon Rainforest?

The clearing of tropical forests across the globe has been occurring

in one form or the other for many years. Deforestation, involves the

cutting down, and burning of rainforests to attain resources. If the

current rate of deforestation continues, the world's rain forests will

vanish and disappear of the face of the earth within the next 100

years, causing catastrophic effects on global climate and the loss of

thousands of plant and animal species.

Deforestation occurs in many forms. The majority of the clearing is

used for agricultural purposes, such as grazing cattle and planting

crops. The native people of the rainforests, the Amerindians, chop

down a small area and burn the land to clear it in a process called

Slash and Burn. Today, agriculture occurs on a much larger scale, with

many acres of land being destroyed. Multi National Companies, such as

McDonalds, purchase h...

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..., 184,101,109, out of which 22% live below the line of poverty.

But there are more serious and harmful effects of deforestation, which

does not only affect Brazil but the rest of the world as well.

As the Amazon Rainforest is being cut away, so are the lungs of the

world. The Amazon Rainforest provides us with 20% of the worlds oxygen

and as we cut it away, we are throwing our oxygen away aswell

indirectly and are increasing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. The

plants of the rainforest also may hold the cure to many deadly

illnesses people have such as aids and cancer which we are still to

discover but we may not have the chance to do so because at the rate

the rainforest is being destroyed today, scientist predict that the

Amazon rain forest could be wiped off the face of the earth in as

little as forty years.