Deforestation Is a Problem

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Deforestation IS a Problem In the past we just used wood to survive, to do things like build fire to keep warm or cool our food. Now we use wood for a number of devices and it’s clearing out land all over the earth. It’s even bringing never seen climate changes everywhere. Deforestation is problematic to our ecosystems, rising endangered species, as well as us humans today. Several animals are recently being put at risk of losing their home and being driven out of their ecosystem to the palm oil crisis. They are driven out of there ecosystems by those companies RAN has been rallying against to stop this mess. Sumatran orangutans are one of the animals struggling to survive. Also tigers and S. elephants are getting their homes destroyed for palm oil. Every tree cut, every acre we can down adds to the loss of biodiversity for not only these animals that we see, but microorganisms we don’t come across every day. The palm oil crisis that is currently taking place today has been brought to our attention by our good friends in the Rainforest Action Network. The have a campaign going against Pepsi Co. targeting there slogan to project on us what Pepsi Co. is really doing to our world. The slogan RAN has created is “Live For Now should NOT mean destroying tomorrow.” This outcry is to express what Pepsi Co. and the other corporations they have been targeting will do in the long run. Malaysia and Indonesia are the locations where deforestation is taking place in mass amounts; destroying the homes of these elephants, orangutans, and tigers as well as other biodiversity. Rhinos and sun bears share the same habitat as the other animals listed. Are we going to let them die to because of a problem us people are causing. If something is not done about this we lose the chance to grow back what is lost and even allow animals like ourselves to survive. Climate change has
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