Do you think ALL the worlds rain forests should be preserved?

Question

Do you think ALL the worlds rain forests should be preserved?

Answer 1

As you can see, 40 percent of the Earth was originally covered by rainforest; now only 1 to 2 percent of the planet is covered by rainforest.  That means that if the trend continues, by the 22nd century, no trace of the rainforests will be left.  Now back to your question.  Yes, the rainforests should be preserved.  The trees in rainforests help to keep the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in check and ultimately prevent global warming.  Also rainforests are home to a bewildering number of plant and animal species.  At least 200 species of plants can be found in every hectare.  In a pond, at least 1500 species of micro-organisms are found.  That's more than all of Europe. If rainforests are cut down, possibly millions of plant and animal species, a majority of which aren't even discovered, will be lost forever.  Finally, rainforests protect the watershed.  The trees break the force of falling raindrops.  This prevents soil erosion and ultimately flooding and this in turn preserves rivers.  When the raindrops move across the ground slowly, throughout the year, the rivers will never run dry, because there's still water in the drainage basin to supply it.  Take the trees away, and mass soil erosion occurs.  Precious topsoil is lost to the elements.  Also surface runoff occurs so quickly that flooding occurs on riverbanks and rivers run dry very easily.  This significantly reduces water supplies for millions of people.  Finally trees in rainforests contribute to rainfall, because their internal moisture is constantly lost to the atmosphere through transpiration.  Take them away, and rainfull is harshly reduced, a minus for much of the world's population.

Answer 2

Not all, because countries like Brazil and the Congo need to expand in some ways economically.  Expansion in these areas hurts the enviroment, but also helps the economy, and its not like all the rainforests are being destroyed in a vain effort all over the world.

Answer 3

ofcourse we have lost far too many forests already but it is next to impossible to save even one

expanding populations and expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest's

clearing them for farming and settlement areas .

In Mexico is a famous jungle that the Media has been trying to save for years

the Naturists ,and the government ,keep watch .laws are made for protection the wild and to forbid logging.

TV put out a series of documentaries

there are campaigns in the News papers

and all of this has not made the slightest difference

Rainforest's always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest

the jungle gets smaller by the day

more and more farmers move in .and burn the trees

it is an impossible situation

as long as there is poverty in these regions the destruction will continue

Answer 4

yeah.

first, if you consider the rate at which these tropical forests are begin destroyed and that since they are limited to the tropics instead of a wider range throughout the earth, there isn't that much left in the "ALL" you ask about and it gets "LESS" every day.

also, the number of plant and animal species in these warm and humid, sheltered environments are much more dense than a lot of other ecosystems and, therefore, destroying this habitat has a greater impact on species extinction that a lot of other places.

Answer 5

Yes, as it is so important for our climate.  The more rain forests that get cut down , because of the greed of man, then we loose our natural way of controlling the climate , and it leads to global warming.