Saving the Rainforest

A few years ago the plight of the Amazon rainforest was widely reported. This lush jungle habitat supplies 20% of the world's oxygen and contains plants that have been the source of many medical breakthroughs. Despite the lack of attention, the rainforest is still facing complete extinction from man-made fires and clear cut logging.

The Disappearing Rainforests

Rainforest Facts - We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries. Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land is perceived as only the value of its timber by short-sighted governments, multi-national logging companies, and land owners. Nearly half of the world's...

Ethanol Fueling Amazon Fires?

celsias - Looking out of my window last week, I was dismayed to witness more than a dozen trees getting cut down. A basic equation was quickly calculated in my mind: more cars equals less trees. They were being removed to make room for additional car parking spaces. Seeing this occur made me think of the many nations around the world that are really starting to ‘mobilize’. Countries like China, India, and other regions in Asia and South America are exchanging their human and animal powered vehicles for motorized versions. As the infrastructure needed by globalised economics develops to allow for the mass transit of goods from the South to the...

11.5.07

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We've got to think Globally

steve - This is really a problem that needs to be tackled internationally. As long as the world allows the importation of these rainforest woods the destruction will continue. What we need is a global ban on non-renewable rain forest products.

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