Deforestation problem

Is DEFORESTATION an issue kids should worry about?

Deforestation is an issue kids should worry about because…   Deforestation is clearing forests on a large scale.  Most of Deforestation happens in tropical rainforests.

  More than 2,000 of the 3,000 plants with cancer-fighting properties grow only in rainforests.  This fact helps my opinion because if we cut down rainforest we are killing plants with cancer-fighting properties.  Think 2,000 out of the 3,000 identified plants with cancer-fighting properties live only in rainforests.  We are demolishing plants that can cure cancer.

Forests cover 30% of earth’s land.  Our forests hold 70% of our plants and animals live in rainforests.  We will kill some plants and animals that there habitat are only in rainforests.  Also in the future we won’t have animals that we have now. Some people won’ be able to see the magnificent animals we have now.                    

    

Some people might argue…

One strategy to preserve tropical forests is to teach farming methods that do not destroy the forests.  In  ‘shade farming’ certain crops like coffee are grown within the forests without cutting down many trees.  This is a good solution, but what kind  of fertilizer are they using is that hurting forests.  Just because they are not cutting down many trees they are still cutting down some trees.

 Deforestation is an issue kids should worry about because.  Cutting down forests is killing plants with cancer fighting properties.  Forests cover 30% of earth’s land 70% of our animals and plants live in forests.  Without we would have less than 1,000 plants with cancer fighting properties. We also won’t have many animals our plants we have today.

         

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  1. Leila-terrific comments on the rainforest. Cancer fighting plants we definitely need! Glad you enjoyed the VR experience. Jamie R. – Spartan Foundation

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