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The disappearing rain forest

Before you finish this text another hectare of the world’s forests will be destroyed forever. Why is this happening? There are two reasons - land and wood. In many countries the trees have been cut down because the land was needed for animals or crops. In other parts of the world the trees are cut down because their wood is wanted. This wood is used by the local people for firewood. Or it is exported to Japan, Europe, and North America. There it is used for buildings or it is madee into furniture.

Unfortunately, in most places the trees won’t be replaced. The soil in the forests is very thin, but it is protected by the trees. When the trees are cut down, the soil is washed away by the rain or blown away by the wind. Soon nothing can be grown on it. The forest becomes a desert. Then more land will be needed and more trees will be cut down.

When the forest is destroyed, it isn’t only the trees that are lost, the homes of millions of animals and plants are destroyed, too. At the moment there are between 5 and 10 million species of animals and plants on the Earth. By the year 2000, one million of these will be extinct – that’s one species every hour! All kinds of species are in danger – fish, reptiles, birds, mammals, insects – as well as thousands plants.

Who is to blame for this disaster? The answer is simple: all of us. There are just too many people in the world. The world’s population is now over five billion people. Of course, it’s very easy to blame the local people. We don’t chop down the trees. They do. But the products are bought by people like you and me – the hi-fi with its teak loudspeakers, or the nice mahogany chairs. Why are the forests being destroyed? Just look around. You’re probably eating on it or sitting on it.

=(( sad

Terrible

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Everything happens for a reason.It's our nature.

I dont see how you can complain about it when your doing it yourself, fair enough its quite sad but like speech said its happening for a reason, and its beyond us

Ah ha, over-population. As far as importing wood, most european country are self sufficient in wood. They cut trees down only to grow another fresh forest. The economics of taxation. As far as blame... your a moralist dog, your to blame tiranin. Nobody but you. Read Brave new world and 1984.

The factorys should be remove  and they shouldn't be built is the forests...

Factories*

this whole thing is stupid.
there is a simple and easy way to get round it.

one or more countries only has to pay, for example, Brazil, an annual payment, in return for a low limit of trees being cut down. This would keep the carbon sink that is the amazon rainforest, keep brazil running because of the money, and reduce global warming.

An alternative is that we do the same and plant more trees to reduce the overall effects.