Protect the amazon
- 1. September 4, 2019 Authored by: Joel C. Laurencio IV By:Joel C. Laurencio IV SaveThe Amazon
- 2. 1 TheImportanceofRainforest(TheAmazon)|9/4/2019 The Importance of Rainforest (The Amazon) By:Joel C. Laurencio IV What is the Amazon Rainforest? The Amazon Rainforest is one the most largest natural sanctuary and usually the largest rainforest in the whole world and its home to 30% of the worlds species. It holds around 390 billion trees some of which because the trees are tightly pack together and when it rains it takes about 10 minutes so the rain can reach the ground. It is 5.5 million square kilometers of land across 9 nations. Recently the Amazon is being hit by massive forest fire and it became The Amazons biggest threats but unfortunately the fires are just part of of a bigger problem. Throughout the years human activity like logging, mining and even farming are already responsible for the lost of 3 football fields size of deforestation per minute and if we don’t do anything about it the Amazon Rainforest would usually disappear. Why is the Amazon Rainforest Important? Did you know that The AmazonRainforest creates 20% of the worlds oxygen and has the secret of curing or treating our most deadly disease and if we destroyed it, the effects would be felt all over the world. We will lost any chance of survival against climate change .Did you know that hundreds of prescription drugs have come from things in the Amazon rainforest and it is not only about simple herbs but usually cancer fighting drugs that are considered so important that it is classified as essential medicine by the World Health Organization (WHO).It also absorbs 90 to 140 tons of carbon. We usually think that something as important as this that we would do everything we can to protect and preserve it so that we can explore it more and usually benefit us in the future yet due to constant human abuse of the resources we accelerate the rate of the rainforest deforestation. So, what could we do to prevent something like this to happen again or what can a simple student do to help it recover from this state?
- 3. Copyrighth All Rigths Reserve 2019 2 TheImportanceofRainforest(TheAmazon)|9/4/2019 Thankfully because of the studies conducted in the few several decades, scientist discovered that a rainforest could usually revive itself without the help of humans, it would usually heal itself if it has enough seedlings. Did you know that we could help it recover by simply doing simple deeds, example by not eating as much beef because process beef products such as fast food hamburgers are full of illegally source beef from the rainforest, start using less paper and start using renewable energy products. Dispose of your garbage in the right way because a simple cup has an effect on the environment. Through simple deeds we could help our beloved Earth to recover once again. But always remember that prevention is always better than cure. I know that students like us can do a lot of things to help our environment recover, we could attend clean up drives and tree planting activities quarterly or even doing it yourself. Remember that we are a part of the society and what we do will have a definite impact on our environment.