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 "G...

DEFORESTATION At a deforestation rate of roughly 2% each year [80,000 square miles a year, over an acre per second], the forest cover on Earth will be reduced to 10% its original coverage soon after the turn of the century, to a tiny remnant by 2050. Forests play a pivotal role in the stabili...

Deforestation Today we face the growing concerns about the environment and what we can do to help protect our valuable resources. One of the topics that is currently being heatedly debated is deforestation. We are all affected by the forests and there affect on the environment. A good portion of...

The Endangered Environment The old cliche "out of sight, out of mind" is the best way to summarize most of the world's perspective on the environment. It is most unfortunate that almost all of the people on earth cannot see first hand the rapid destruction of the homes of countles...