Deforestation Our Local And World Wide Problem

New England

This week, I read two articles, that focused on deforestation in New England and in the Amazon rain forest. The main idea of this article called As Forests Decline Globally, New England Is Not Immune, was that we need to start changing things here in New England because our deforestation damage will catch up to us sooner rather than later. The article talks about how there is an increase in carbon dioxide in the air that helps the young trees grow faster. According to Barbara Moran, it's also causing rising temperatures which causes droughts and wilder fires. This will cause us to not gain any more tree growth in New England. Also, warming temps can cause more insect species to move in. We are entering a second wave where or trees will not recover because we are putting business and houses where the trees were. So the trees can’t come back as they did from the 1800s.

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Amazon Rain Forest

The main idea of the second article I read called Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon surges to 12-year high, was that we are at an all-time record high for deforestation in the rain forest. According to Shasta Darlington, the current president of Brazil and the world is not doing much to fix this problem. That needs to change for the better of our planet. This article talks about how the Amazon rainforest is a big carbon sink that is helping us hold back accelerating climate change. It’s one of our last defenses against really bad climate change. We are at a record high in 12 years of deforestation. The current president of brazil is not stopping deforestation, fires, and illegal activities in the rainforest. He has accelerated deforestation since he has been president.

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I found all of this very interesting you would think that as New England we would try to prevent deforestation. Because that’s really our number one way of making money, is the logging industry. If we keep taking trees down and don’t replace them we are going to lose that way to make money, because the trees will not recover. Which will have a ripple effect on everything and not just on our planet. It was interesting that the world is not doing all it can to prevent deforestation in the rain forest. Because the trees in the rainforest make up so much of the oxygen we breathe. We can’t live long with oxygen, you would think that would be a big motivation to stop deforestation. All this made me wonder and maybe you to how can you lessen your deforestation footprint/carbon footprint. The answer is to use fewer paper products, recycle paper, and don’t cut down any trees useless you absolutely have to.🌲🌳


Works Cited

Darlington, Shasta. "Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon surges to 12-year high." CNN, 1 Dec. 2020, www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/americas/deforestation-brazil-amazon-bolsonaro-intl/index.html. Accessed 6 Jan. 2021.

Free-Photos. Forestry Logging Forest Deforestation Timber. 25 Oct. 2015. Pixabay, 25 Oct. 2015, pixabay.com/photos/forestry-logging-forest-960806/. Accessed 6 Jan. 2021.

Moran, Barbara. "As Forests Decline Globally, New England Is Not Immune." WBUR, 28 May 2020, www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2020/05/28/study-old-growth-trees-climate-change. Accessed 6 Jan. 2021.

Picography. Deforestation Forest Wood Cut Environment Ecology. 6 June 2014. Pixabay, 6 June 2014, pixabay.com/photos/deforestation-forest-wood-cut-405749/. Accessed 6 Jan. 2021.

 

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2021 at 8:44 AM

    Tyler, this was very well written and interesting to read. I like how you highlighted the similarities and differences between deforestation in both places ... why it's done, the effects of it being done, what can be done to stop it, etc. but that both are part of the bigger picture of global warming. Your points were supported by a good amount of facts and you did a nice job of appealing to the reader's emotions. This clearly shows that we all have a role to play, no matter how big or how small and that it is vitally important for each of us to do something to help make changes before it is too late.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2021 at 2:54 PM

      Thanks, we have a big role to play and it is extremely important we do as much as we can vs nothing at all. But anything that can be done is important even if it is little.

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  2. Ms. LaClairJanuary 10, 2021 at 7:13 AM

    Tyler, why does the increase in carbon help young trees grow faster? Wouldn't that be a good thing? You also mention New England's previous issues with deforestation. What happened in the past and how did we solve the problem? I also wonder if there are reasons why Brazil's president isn't doing anything about the deforestation in the Amazon.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2021 at 2:10 PM

    I really like this topic and how you explain it very nicely. I like how you brake up the paragraphs with pictures. The pictures are a little hard to see I would have liked to see them a little larger but other than that I think it looks great and provides the reader with a lot of good information about logging and the effects it has on the environment.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2021 at 2:36 PM

    This is a very neat article about deforestation in not only New England but also in the Rain forest and having information about these two very different locations made the blog interesting to read especially looking at the big picture and the amount of trees being felled every year.

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