Forests are my favourite natural things on this planet, and so far half of them have been destroyed. 7 million hectares of forest are cleared every day. At the current rate they could vanish in a hundred years.
This makes me furious. The thought of our planet entirely covered in grey polluted cities kills me inside. Our planet is a gift and we should be taking care of it, not clearing all the land, and leaching all the minerals out of the earth, and projecting tons of poison into the atmosphere.
So what steps can we take to put a stop to deforestation? Greenpeace has a game plan. If you follow this link you will their steps outlined:
- create preservation parks
- enforce harsher penalties on illegal loggers and the people who knowingly buy from them
- educate consumers to only buy Good-wood friendly products and to use recycled products, and
- encourage eco-forestry practices within the communities.
The Amazon Rainforest is one of the world's most precious assets, yet 20% of it has been cleared so far and 200 square miles are being cleared every day. Check out Greenpeace's video outlining the issue and what you can do to help.
The world needs to change before it's too late. If the entire planet ends up looking like the picture below in a few hundred years, I'll be glad I'm no longer alive.
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