African Rainforest Research Paper

African Rainforests: Sustainability and Preservation

Whenever I think about the African rainforest, I always think about the large variety of animals that hide in the dense forests. For several centuries the rainforest has not just been a large forest but a home to the thousands of wild animals who have made their homes in the trees, soil, and waters of the African rainforests. However, the rainforest is now in danger. Deforestation has struck the once-great forest that covered nearly a third of Africa’s surface and is still being reduced by the amount of trees being cut down by people who want to use the land for agricultural reasons. This is why I am going to discuss some ways that people have done to prevent further loss of the rainforest

Docksai’s report, he explains how the deforestation in the African rainforest is worse than the deforestation in the Amazon on account of African families still use the forest as a means of fuel and warmth. He talks about how he researched the deforestation through the use of the FPAN and the World Resources Institute, read the reports of several conversationalists, and referring to the certified manager of the IMA- FLORA. His sources are definitely reliable, as well as the data and facts that he related in his article. He concludes his article with believe that there are several other options now to help decrease the amount of deforestation in the African rainforest. One of his options is to have businesses buy land and plant trees on it, when the trees are in full-bloom the businesses can have them chopped down for lumber, instead of having to chop down the

Katarere’s and Mrs. Schreckenberg’s articles are almost identical in their goals to ensure the preservation of the African rainforests. Both of them conclude that if the African people use more non-timber products, they can cease the amount of deforestation in the African rainforests. However, this is where the similarities end. While Mrs. Schreckenberg’s research was done in the field, Mrs. Katarere wrote her article based on other peoples’ work that she had read. Also, Mrs. Schreckenberg’s method of gathering data wasn’t entirely reliable, on account of the possibility that during her house-to-house survey her test subjects may have skewed her results by lying to her when she asked them to participate in the