Destruction Of Rainforest Destruction

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Stop the Destruction 25 million hectares of rainforest trees are cut down each year, which is 250 billion square meters of rainforest trees lost per year. This dramatically threatens all three of the world's major rainforests, so should rainforest destruction really be allowed? By researching why rainforest destruction is important to humans, how rainforest destruction effects animals, and how rainforest destruction affects the environment, it is clear that rainforest destruction should be prohibited. First of all rainforests are very important to humans. “Rainforest destruction will not only take away future generations, but may also permanently impoverish the Earth as a home for life of all kinds” ( Ronald B. Nigh). Most of the Earth's rainforests are cleared for cattle producers because of the relatively low production costs. As they clear this land they are clearing resources such as an abundant number of animals and plants that can be used for food. As people clear these rainforests they are diminishing the chance of human survival because most of the Earth's food comes from rainforests because of its rich soil and the abundant amount of wildlife living in these habitats. Tropical rainforest cultures evolved high population densities and made fundamental contributions to civilization so by taking away rainforests you are taking away According to two respected tropical researchers pretty soon all the rainforests will start to grow back and animals on the brink of extinction will be repopulated. Even if the rainforests around the world are growing back it will take a long time to do so and some animals may be extinct by the time all the rainforest trees do grow back. More than 12 million hectares of tropical rainforest were lost which is 120 billion square meters of trees lost between 1990 and 2000 and that doesn't even count how much was lost during the years of 2000 to 2017. Also one hectare is equal to 10 thousand square

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