Sharon Dalgleish Forest Conservation

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According to Sharon Dalgleish, author of “Protecting Wildlife” one thousand years ago, 34% of the world was covered with forests. Fifty years ago, 32% of the world was covered in forests. Today, 12% of the world is covered in forests. Forests have a big role in the environment and keeping animals, as well as the air, healthy and clean. The world is losing one of its main resources. Instead of throwing away some paper that was used, put it into the recycling bin. Or, instead of sitting outside and doing nothing all day, plant a tree. These little things can help save forests and animals habitats that live inside of them. Deforestation invades habitats, hurts the earth and needs to be reduced. To start, conservation began in the eighteenth …show more content…
This green space has been conserved by the “Friends of Avis Dam.” that are there to preserve such areas for citizens to relax, and get in touch with nature. Before, when the Avis Das was “becoming a dump” the developers in that area were eager to get to work and build new areas. Then this organization came in and cleaned up what is now called Avis Dam and is, according to the people living in that area, ‘a jewel’. In the article “Befriend Avis Dam.” it was stated that a fan of the organization had said that people needed to realize that having no construction on an area is not a bad thing, and these people needed to get in touch with nature (Smith). Construction businesses, industries are some of the main reasons areas like the Avis Dam are being cut into. This is minimizing the habitats for mammals and resources that the earth …show more content…
Overall, when humans take trees down it may replenish our resources for a while, but it will have a longer impact on the world than ever. If it keeps going like this, many animals will become endangered, or worse, extinct. The Earth's air quality will become worse then ever, and increase the effect that global warming has on the environment. What the society needs to do is step up and start to make regulations on these businesses that are cutting down trees. The world also needs to look out for the environment by recycling and putting trees back into the world. It is the only way to go from 12% back to

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