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RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
"This we know- the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. ... Many medicines, foods, natural insecticides and oil producing trees are found in the rainforest. ... The rainforest also holds endless possibilities for useful, undiscovered resources. These could include cures for disease and new food crops that will be wiped out before they are found because of the destruction of the rainforests. ... The rainforest is also home to millions of species of animals, plants and insects as well. ... It is estimated that five out of six rainforest species have never been seen. ... This demonstrates that more species live in the rainforest than any other ecosystem on earth, and we are obliterating their only habitat. ... The rainforest is also a big producer of the world’s oxygen supply. ... When we destroy the rainforest, we are destroying our own oxygen supply. This essay will explain the causes for rainforest destruction in Central and South America only. Massive destruction of our precious rainforests is caused by logging, colonization due to over-population, and cattle ranching. (Nations, 93)
The first major cause of mass destruction in the rainforest is logging. ... The trees in the rainforest are connected at the top with vines, so when one commercially valuable tree gets cut down, on average 17 other non-commercially valuable trees fall down with it.
Approximate Word count = 1026
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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