Animal’s frantically running back into the forest fearful of heavy machinery and chainsaws destroying what they once called home. Tree stomps and logs and dead trees as far as the eye can see. These are probably the heart-breaking images one would see going into the Amazon Rainforest today. The Amazon Rainforest is home to 40,000 plant species, 427 species of mammals, 1,300 species of birds, 378 species of reptiles, 400 or more species of amphibians, and close to 3000 species of fish. This means that the Amazon is home to over 45,000 animal species and plant species that humans are killing by the minute. In fact, by the time this presentation is over 200 football fields worth of trees would be torn down.
Deforestation is the permanent destruction of the forest in order to make the land available for other uses. Roughly …show more content…
Species will begin to die off and start coming into cities and harm people. Back in the 70’s the Brazilian government thought it would be good idea to put civilizations in the forest. They built 9000’s miles of roadway and countless trees were destroyed. The government then realized they had made a mistake when lots of farmers had easy access to the forest and started clearing more land for there on use. Now South America has penalties for unauthorized people cutting down the trees in the rainforest. Trees rely on us just as much as we rely of them. If there were no animals on earth then the trees would die because the need them to recycle the carbon dioxide. The Amazon continues to shrink, though the rate of deforestation has been slowed down. Scientist believe that this is a major part in climate change. The trees soak up the carbon dioxide that would otherwise freely roam the atmosphere and contribute to ongoing climate change. Humans are not the only thing to take the blame for the deforestation
Deforestation is the permanent destruction of the forest in order to make the land available for other uses. Roughly …show more content…
Species will begin to die off and start coming into cities and harm people. Back in the 70’s the Brazilian government thought it would be good idea to put civilizations in the forest. They built 9000’s miles of roadway and countless trees were destroyed. The government then realized they had made a mistake when lots of farmers had easy access to the forest and started clearing more land for there on use. Now South America has penalties for unauthorized people cutting down the trees in the rainforest. Trees rely on us just as much as we rely of them. If there were no animals on earth then the trees would die because the need them to recycle the carbon dioxide. The Amazon continues to shrink, though the rate of deforestation has been slowed down. Scientist believe that this is a major part in climate change. The trees soak up the carbon dioxide that would otherwise freely roam the atmosphere and contribute to ongoing climate change. Humans are not the only thing to take the blame for the deforestation