Destruction of the rainforests
The destruction of the rainforests is happening at a great rate and must be stopped now. A delegate from U.S. Congress, Al Gore , says 1/ "The devastation of the rainforest is just unbelievable. It's one of the great tragedies of all history." Last year the smoke in Porto Velho, the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondonia, was so thick the airport had to be shut down. 2/ "An estimated 12,350 square miles of Brazilian rain???f?orest an area larger than Belgium, was reduced to ashes." The land after being burned is furtile for only three or four years. The settlers are poor and hard worked. They are destroying the forests and receive minimal benifit. After the settlers move out the land is taken over by ranchers. The land is hardly a good pasture and will never replenish itself. Loggers are cutting trees and spoiling streams. Dams are cutting off streams, flooding land, and disturbing the lives of natives. In Peru the forests are being cleared for the production of coca for cocaine production. ? Tropical rainforests cover only seven percent of the earth. One of the large programss destroying the forest is Grande Carajas, which includes a giant mining complex, Polonoroiste, and a highway and settlement scheme. The process for iron
Booth, William. "Cutting Amazon's Forest Would Rock Climate- Study."‚Times Colonist?, 132 year, no.107 (March 30, 1990 There is a great challenge in trying to end the destruction of the rain forests. The Brazilians see foreign pressure as unjustified meddling by the industrialized nations to maintain their economic supremecy. "How can Brazil be expected to control its economic development, when it is staggering under a $111. billion dollar foreign-debt load? By what right does the U.S., which spews out more pollutants than any other nation, lecture poor countries like Brazil on their responsibilitys to mankind."7/ Some of the things being done for the forest include analyzation with supercomputers, pressure on involved governments, and benifit concerts. These things alone however, are not going to stop the destruction of the rainforests, and unless something is done, the forests will be destroyed. 7/ "Playing With Fire". ‚Time?, September 18, 198f9 ?pg. 62-63
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