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The Danger of Deforestation

         The population of humans is increasing day after day rapidly especially nowadays. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion in 2012. If the global population is still increasing at the same rate, the population will reach 9.6 billion by mid-2050, so that will cause many problems. One of these problem is deforestation.

What is Deforestation?

     Deforestation is the action or process of clearing the trees and transforming a forest into cleared land. The main cause of this problem is the unnormal increase of population. How could that cause deforestation? While the population of humans is increasing, more food and more lands are needed. First, to provide food, the forests are transformed into farms by cutting down the trees and throwing the animals which live there out of the forests or even killing them, so that would provide an enormous space to make farms which can produce a large amount of food that could feed the current population satisfactorily. Second, to provide lands, people ruin the forests by changing them into cities that could give enough lands for the current population. The question is What are the consequences of these acts?

The consequences of deforestation:

        There are many problems that could occur when people continue to destroy the forests. First, forests remove approximately 20% of the amount of carbon dioxide, and provide oxygen instead. By continuing to destroy the forests, the amount of greenhouse gases will increase 20% that will contribute to cause global warming which would make our planet more heat according to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. As a result, the amount of sea ice in the Arctic will continue to lose, so the cities that are near the ocean will be in risk. Second, forests provide habitats for many animals, so destroy forests will destroy animal’s homes as well. Many kind of animals will be in endangered list. Finally, many rare plants live in the forests as a home including Baobob trees which are one of the early trees in the world. All the plants will be cleared away when people destroy the forests. What should we do?

Solutions to Deforestation:

      Ending deforestation is our best chance to conserve wildlife, so how can we end it? First, governments should set lows that could protect the forests by making cut down the trees illegal, and limiting the size that the farmers can use to plant their plants. Second, the media should encourage the people to protect the forests by demonstrating the downsides of destroying the forests.

            In conclusion, forests are important part of this planet. If people continue to destroy them, our planet will be in risk in many ways, so we need to protect them and encourage people to do it as well. We are part of it, so let’s save it.