Small changes in an ecosystem can highly damage the abundance of specific species such as insects and marine life (fish species are adapted to very regulated temperatures, any change in water temp can often be detrimental to fish species). The Daintree Rainforest community supports an extremely vast range of organisms, a single hectare of the wet tropics can contain around 42,000 difference species of insects, up to around 15000
Deforestation is when trees and other vegetation is being removed converting the forest to another land use, this exposed the soil and often leads to erosion and loss of soil fertility. The valuable nutrients of the soil are being washed away by erosion. To prevent this, we need to stop cutting down trees to create so many buildings, business owners should try to find established dwellings to put their business on. Deforestation also poses a threat to the food chain. These three major causes of soil erosion can be prevented and it will benefit everyone as a whole by creating a sustainable society for our environment.
More than 30 million people including the indigenous people count on the forest for food, agriculture, clothing, and traditional medicines (Amazon). The truth is that some of the indigenous tribes in South America will go extinct along with their unique language due to deforestation. The amazon is home to some of the most stunning animals such as, the gorilla, jaguar, pink dolphin, the macaw, and many others. Deforestation of the amazon is annihilating the homes of these marvelous creatures. Animal habitats are also being destroyed or altered due to deforestation.
Deforestation results from the removal of trees without sufficient reforestation (the replacement of trees). As a whole, deforestation reduces biodiversity, which is the variation of life forms, and negatively impacts the climate and geography not only in the United States, but also around the world. Some of the problems that need to be acknowledged range from forest fires to the lack of national policies
The controversy of environmental pollution has affected our security of economic cost, causes harm to our health, destruction to our structures. To start, when people get illnesses caused by pollutants in our environment, they are forced use their income on their new medical expenses. Expenditures that would never have come to be if not for the lack of care for the environment. This leads to more spending and a lower standard of living for the family. Money that was used for the “extras in life” would go to medical needs.
For instance, slash-and-burn agriculture, which results in forest degradation, is still practiced in both subsistence farming and the illegal production of rum (Irwin and Ravelomanantsoa 2004; Lehman et al. 2006b, Scales 2012). These agricultural practices alter the structure of the forest resulting in habitat loss for many different species (Mutschler and Feistner 1995). Furthermore, deforestation transforms old-growth primary forests into early succession (second-growth) forests, and increases the number of forest fragments and edge habitats (Mutschler and Feistner 1995,
Companies and poachers are largely destroying Rainforests. Rainforests are not only beneficial to humans but also to the numerous animal and plants species. They supply much of the oxygen humans need to survive. In addition, some of the trees and plant species within the forest provide essential components in producing medicine. In the 1970s, environmental ethics emerged.
In my opinion it is a sick cycle, which enviably will reduce the standard of living in the United States. The individuals seeking to pay less for their purchases don’t realize the effect it has on the surrounding economy, including reduced wages, reduced community support, reduced business opportunity, reduced land values, reduced tax base, and ultimately lower standard and quality of living for most members of the community. I personally think that Wal-Mart is a modern day monopoly. It kills the competition. This is harmful for our economy.
Although the North and South labor forces didn’t see eye to eye, they did help to establish ways to limit those in the corporate world in ways that surprised and scared the capitalists. The capitalists wanted to halt all efforts of the “Progressive Era”, p. 6. Therefore, they established limitations on the victories of the alliance of the farmers and laborers. The economics of farming became connected to and dependent upon the farming areas that were a part of the international trading community. The weaknesses of the farmer-laborer alliance made overcoming the Capitalist efforts almost unattainable.
Trees absorb greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. They produce oxygen and perpetuate the water cycle by releasing water vapor into the atmosphere. Without trees, forest lands can quickly become barren. Seventy percent of the world’s flora and fauna live in the forests. Due to forestation, they are losing their habitats.