The Importance Of Deforestation

Forests and trees keep our planet cool, but every year more forests are being destroyed than preserved. Deforestation is a large contributor to animal extinction through loss of habitat and global warming through loss of natural carbon sinks. As of 2016, about half of the world’s land has been deforested and about 18 million acres of forest are lost per year. This is substantial because deforestation will devastate the animal kingdom and significantly impact our future children. The government can be a powerful asset in this matter and there are a number of ways to do that. The government should fund projects to develop a more sustainable construction material to decrease the use of wood. They should endeavour to minimize deforestation and

Fires can take out many acres of trees and destroys many forests along the way. This can lead to government spending tons of money and man-hours to stop the fire or let nature burn all of it down. Then the land is left burned and no one to replant trees. “Hundreds of trees are lost each year due to forest fires in various portions of the world. This happens due to extreme warm summers and milder winters” (conserve-energy-future 2). This quote backs up my claim and my thesis because government would need to spend more money on forest fires to help it return the way it was before. This is relevant because in the past when government got involved and invested billions to help deforestation, we have seen outstanding result and millions of cubic meters of deforestation being

This means that there are 422 trees per person. Then the author discusses how this isn’t necessarily a good thing and that the spread of human influence decreased the amount of trees by 46 percent. His articles states, "The U.S. had 319 million people in 2014, but 228 billion trees. That 's 716 trees per person. Brazil had 301 billion trees (1,494 per person), Canada 318 billion (8,953 per person), and China 139 billion (102 trees per person). Among highly populous countries, India (population, 1.267 billion) had a tree population of only 35 billion, leading to just 28 trees per person” (Mooney 1). The statement above gives statistics on the amount of trees there are in the some of the biggest countries in the world. This is relevant because it shows which country will need aid in the deforestation problem