How Are We Affecting The Tropical Rainforest?

Question

hi, i really need help on my geography project so please help, thanks.

i need to know how we are affecting the rainforest, like cutting down trees etc. etc., also how we can stop it from happening. the problems this is causing to the animals and us. any links would help too

Answer 1

Maybe this will help.

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0801.htm

I also know that rainforest are being cut down to make space for grain fields (for ethanol production).

Answer 2

In the last 300 years half of the worlds forest have been exchanged for concrete, tar and mono culture farming.

And some places have become  deserts.

In the last 50 years alone about half of the wetlands ,and rain forests have gone.

And of course so has everything that lived in them .

About 3000 species have gone  in the last 50 years alone.

We are witness to the first mass extinction since the days of the Dinosaurs.

Rain forests like the Amazon are huge and the destruction is not overall ,

The northern Amazon is practically untouched

But other parts are getting devastated.

An area the size of Switzerland each year

check the clock for daily destructions

http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

we can hardly stop it from happening the forces in motion from the civilized world are very strong

the need for food and space

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

and now fuel

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

There is a BBC series called -Planet Earth .by David Attenborough,

about 15 movies I recommend all of them ,but watch the ones called the future and jungles and Forests ,to have a clear view of what is going on.

you can download them easily in a program like ARES

What Eva says is exactly right

Answer 3

Hey.

Rising in temperatures are causing a big impact on tropical rainforest especially for the creatures and animals living in them.

Us humans are very good at  adapting to different environments, but these animals aren't. Even the slightest change in temperature can be catastrophic for them.

Cutting down trees are ruining animals habitats and also getting rid of ways of oxygen for us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Ra...