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    The problem addressed in this article is the deforestation of tropical rainforests having detrimental impacts on the climate and putting agriculture at risk. The deforestation of tropical rainforests is caused by human activities. For example, humans use the trees from these forests to make furniture, use the forest area to make buildings (urbanization), and the land to produce agriculture (cattle ranches, farms). Deforestation in general is a problem because it accounts for 11 percent of global

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    rainforests, the whole world pays the cost. While natural in some cases, deforestation is a problem that you and your company can stop. You may ask, “how can I stop it?” You, as a company, may not be able to stop natural disasters (earthquakes, volcanoes, mudslides, forest fires etc.), but you can halt some of the unhelpful practices. One thing that you can do is stop clear-cutting forests and

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    been going on in the Amazon for several years now. It doesn't seem to stop, although it has decreased here and there, but eventually it goes back up again. “ Amazon deforestation refers to clearing the rainforest of trees and other growth by humans that has taken place since the latter half of the twentieth century. Amazon Deforestation. Great Neck Publishing. 2013.” The Amazon is the biggest rainforest we have and the biggest supporter of biodiversity. The Amazon is home to over half the

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    Every single year humans cut down at least 7.3 million hectares (18 million acres) of forest land. While cutting trees down allows for animals to graze and urbanization, all people should know how deforestation affects them and the world because many species of animals and natural medicines could be gone forever, there would be little to no oxygen filtration, and all rainforests could disappear in less than 100 years. As humans and animals, in general, they all require oxygen which is filtered by

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    of deforestation on a local and global scale. The following data seen throughout the research paper will analyze the different types of deforestation and the detrimental impact it leaves on the earth.. I contributed my own data and analysis in analyzing the time analysis of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the troposphere represented in Figure A. I created a time analysis map with NASA Giovanni between 1980 and 2002. The time period was chosen to represent the effects once deforestation began

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    People Stop Deforestation

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    Why people need to slow down deforestation For several thousands of years, humans have called the earth we live in home. As our populations grow and expand, people utilize more natural resources like water, natural gases, and a lot of land. As more of these resources are extracted in some way, there is a huge problem arising that will affect everyone on earth in the near future-pollution. Air pollution, water pollution, and even noise pollution have been a problem, but now it is more evident how

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    Human population increase has many effects on the world around us. Deforestation is a big concern. Why is it needed? Are there other ways to build around us without cutting down a major source of our air? Is there another way to build without destroying our species habitats? Waste is just that, waste. We know and understand that something so small can eventually lead to a world of chaos. Stephen Emmott, the author of Ten Billion, states in his book, “that if population levels

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    From 1990 to 2005, deforestation, or the removal of trees, was happening at an average rate of 13 million hectares (32.11 million acres) per year (Hope 247). In many ways, deforestation has been the reason for great economic success which turns people on to the idea even more. Deforestation is an essential element in promoting and encouraging developmental growth. Some places around the world may feel obligated to resort to deforestation due to population increases around the world. The concept

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    rainforest is in Brazil. The Amazon Rainforest is a carbon sink and absorbs more carbon than it releases. However, with the continued deforestation of the Amazon, the forest is only absorbing half as much carbon as it used to. This is, in part, caused by deforestation as well as tree die-offs. Tree die-offs are caused by increases in carbon dioxide. Deforestation is the second highest source of greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuels being the highest source of greenhouse gases (Renick, Shirlick,

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    negative effect that deforestation has on these specific areas. One of the rising challenges in our rapidly growing world is the destruction of rainforests and how it is slowly ruining the world that we live in. Deforestation has a lot of destructive impacts on the environment that is surrounding us, one of the most important being its effect on the climate. The fast rise in the world’s population, calling for high demand of resources, is only hastening the effects of deforestation, which can hopefully

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