2007-02-28 02:02:35 · 10 answers · asked by usama 1 in Environment
They're not being lost
they're being TAKEN !!
2007-02-28 02:07:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The forests of the world are being cut down to make room for pasture land to raise cattle. When this is done, the cutdown trees are burned , not turned into lumber. This is called Slash and Burn.
Lumber and Paper come from managed forests where the trees are replaced with new trees. this is called Reforestation.
Due to replantings there are more trees in the US now, than there were in 1900. Not so in the tropical rain forests of SA and Africa.
To make adifference buy wooden furniture and quit eating hamburgers from McDonalds.
2007-02-28 10:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by James A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2007-02-28 21:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the true answer is greed. people want to develop everything in sight. i have lived in my current home for ten years and HAD a lot of woods behind me. they are cutting them down to build. as they do this, i see various animals are scrounging to find new cover. they are taking away a big part of nature by impeding upon the wildlife habitat. they are not leaving the animals any place to go. this is supposed to be a world where people and nature can exist together but it seems that man won't be satisfied until all wild animals are in captivity or made into a coat! everything that has value is being sold for profit. all propert, all trees, all to get a buck!
2007-02-28 10:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by d. w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we are using them up faster than we can replenish them. Trees are cut down for wood which is necessary for making paper, furniture, houses, etc. Forest fires.... I'm sure there are many more reasons... If everyone recycled, & did their part to not be wasteful, we might be able to slow down the process.
2007-02-28 10:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by mrauscher74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because ppl keep cutting down the trees
2007-02-28 10:05:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You concept is wrong we have more forest than we had 40 years ago.
2007-02-28 11:30:44 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because we keep cutting down the trees, and because we keep having fires.
2007-02-28 10:05:56 · answer #8 · answered by barb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people are cutting it down...
2007-02-28 10:05:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we need more paper and furniture...
2007-02-28 10:05:49 · answer #10 · answered by -_- 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋