Who Cares about Trees?
Who really does care about trees? The answer is everyone should. Deforestation is an emerging environmental problem regarding forest depletion and clearing. It is commonly used-and abused-by radical environmentalists groups as a scapegoat for attacks on capitalism and big business-most notably by "Greenpeace." These groups seem to do the issue to death by using trivial, low-tech and unrelenting ways of interfering with business, thereby destroying credibility for the issue. However, this is a serious problem and must be addressed. We as a society should not, and cannot accept deforestation of tropical rainforests.Globally, 40,000 square kilometers are deforested each year, roughly the size of Switzerland (Rampant Logging). Deforestation and global warming seem incomparable, but the forests are a large consumer of Carbon Dioxide, the number one greenhouse gas, therefore, the comparison is warranted and a direct relationship can be established. "Not only is global warming real, according to the report, but its consequences-heat waves, water shortages, rising sea levels, loss of beaches and marshes, more frequent and violent weather-will be punishing for Americans," boasts one report on global warming appearing in Nation (Hertsgaar
Global warming has to be the biggest reason that we have to curb deforestation. This article is not alone; Newsweek says the following:Want to see a Siberian tiger or a Philippine eagle? Better do it quick. Some say that practices including "reforestation"-the planting of new forests-can help curb these problems. Others say atrocious things such as, "Well it's only trees, what does that matter?" Yes, these trees do matter. This impact will not be confined to simply tree presence or not, but rather will be asserting itself with global warming as well. Blame human settlement and industrial development, which have destroyed the forests and wetlands that are home to most of our endangered beasts. Others yet cite the effects of habitat destruction on native peoples; they seem to have the most relevant case there. The lack of evidence likewise extends to animal impacts, nowhere does it say that the animals can adapt to their new, artificial habitats. However, that light is more of a candle; the longer we take to reach it, the dimmer it gets. They now come to Europe, and build mosques and institutions on all of our forests-not so promising sounding is it? That is comparable to what loggers and developers are doing to native peoples. Signing and upholding the Kyoto Protocol would be a start. Deforestation is one of the top contributors to warming trends; deforestation affects Carbon Dioxide absorption levels causing a higher concentration of the gas in the atmosphere-thus leading to warming trends (Recycling Environmentalism; Hertstaag; Foroohar). Possibly the oceans are not needed as well? Oh, that God-forsaken swamp-land, the zoos, and the wildlife refuges, we need none of these either. *This essay was written for a general audience of Democrats, possibly a bit hostile and well versed in the Kyoto Protocol.
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Recycling Environmentalism,
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Rainforest Tribe,
Imagine Crusades,
Hertstaag Foroohar,
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carbon dioxide,
native peoples,
according report,
warming trends,
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