The farmers who plant the coca seed just move to wherever there is more fertile soil. The ecological impact of planting coca seeds is huge. For one acre of planting is takes four acres of rainforest to be cleared. The improper, illegal mass dumping of the chemicals used in the process of creating actual cocaine has a severe impact on its surroundings. The construction of roads to mining, oil and logging sites takes it toll on the beauty of the tropical forest.
With the depletion of the forest that converts the carbon dioxide into oxygen it has monumental negative effects on the planet as a whole. “Eleven developing countries recently linked to 82 percent of the carbon dioxide buildup due to deforestation will likely come under the greatest pressure for change: Brazil, Indonesia, Colombia, Cote D’Ivoire, Thailand, Laos, Nigeria, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar (Formally Burma) and India”. (“cooper”) One of the major locations deforestation is in the south Asian country Thailand. “Located wholly within the tropics, Thailand encompasses diverse ecosystem, including the hilly forested areas of the northern frontier, the fertile rice fields of the central plains, the broad plateau of the northeast, and the rugged coast along the narrow peninsula.”(“Thailand”). Since the formation of the country Thailand
Some of which include, global warming, destruction of habitat, and soil erosion. Global Warming has gradually increased over the years and the destruction of the Amazon is one of the reasons why. Steve Schwartzman, director of tropical forest policy for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), discussed how much the Amazon actually plays a part in all of this. He states that, “About 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from tropical deforestation – more than from all the worlds’ cars, trucks, trains, ships and airplanes combined.” Rapid climate change is one of the biggest threats when dealing with the rainforest because so much of our Earths supply of greenhouse gases comes from it. The EDF is concerned that if more of the Amazon is cut down and global warming continues to be on the rise, the remaining rainforest will soon turn into a savanna.
Drug Trafficking in the United States Jason Reed ENG122 English Composition Instructor McKenna September 23, 2012 Drug Trafficking in the United States Over forty years ago, the world declared the war on drugs. Today, after decades of failing to control drug consumption, the drug problem has emerged and allowed violent drug traffickers to expand their networks and corrupt even more Mexican and American government officials. The use of violence by traffickers against authorities and witnesses represents a major challenge to the neighboring countries as the ultimate guarantor of law and order within their borders. This in turn, has allowed drug cartels to move illegal narcotics freely throughout Mexico in an attempt to smuggle them
These organizations are located all over the world and they help supply the United States with cocaine. The largest and most powerful organization is the Sinaloa Cartel. (CNS News, 2010) This organization is known for its show of force when it comes to controlling drug routes. In 2010, “U.S. Intelligence says Sinaloa Cartel has won battle for Ciudad Juarez drug routes.”(CNS News, 2010) At the end of year 2010, 3,622 homicides were recorded in Ciudad Juarez.
From an environmental perspective the Amazon is negatively affected from the burning of the trees which is polluting the biggest rainforest in the world with Carbon dioxide (Co2). Also, a lot of nutrients are being lost from deforestation and high quality soil is being wasted. Desertification is slowly happening in the Amazon and other rainforests. If deforestation continues the rainforests will start to lose bodies of water, as well as vegetation and wildlife. There are many problems that the rainforest biome encounters.
So you ask, why does it matter if we chop down a few trees? The illegal and legal logging of the Amazon has increased gas emissions. It has driven locals into hiding or worse some Amazon tribes are on the verge of extinction. “Brazil said on Monday it was working hard to stop illegal logging in Amazon rainforest land inhabited by the ethnic Awa people, a group said to be threatened with extinction” (“Brazil Fights Illegal Logging to Protect Amazon Natives”). The Awa people are among some of the people losing their land.
March 5th, 2012 Drug Trafficking in the United States The United States of America has been at war against drug trafficking since the early 1920’s. The drug cartel has tried different methods of moving drugs and money between Mexico and the United States. Americans have two major problems in the United States. The first being controlling how, when and where drugs enter our border and the second being assisting the Mexican government in keeping an eye on the drug cartel. Drug use by high school students has declined in the last few years due to: Increased security checks on our border, education materials taught in the classroom, drug tests and increased monitoring of known drug traffickers.
This combination makes waters toxic to crayfish, clams, fish, and other aquatic animals. It also affects the food sources of herbivores and insects. How does acid rain affect the environment? Acid rain has a hand in global warming as well which is rapidly changing climates around the world. With the climate changes many plants and animals are having to relocate or are dying because they are not fit for the changes in their surroundings.
Cigarettes are also one of the top purchased items in the world. “Worldwide, approximately 10 million cigarettes are purchased a minute, 15 billion are sold each day, and upwards of 5 trillion are produced and used on an annual basis” (Martin). Smoking is harmful to smokers and even the people and environment that surround them. The smoke from tobacco contains over 4,000 chemical, 450 of those chemicals are very harmful and even deadly to humans (“Tobacco”). Cigarette smoking should be banned because they are harmful to the smokers’ health, they’re harmful to nonsmokers’ health, as well as, being harmful to our environment; however, banning the use cigarettes could be very detrimental for our economy.