Problems and solutions of deforestation in Ecuador. To: Rafael Correa (current president) By: Noah Hansen

 Worldwide there are about 50 football fields of forest being cut down every minute. On average in Ecuador there is a 1 to 5% decrease in forest land every year.  Areas are being cleared in the coastal lowland because of growing population.  There is a demand for wood products and exotic woods from Ecuador. Ecuador is a large producer of balsa wood.  There are dozens of countries that have lost 90% of there native forests.

 Tropical rain forests have more biodiversity then any other place on earth.  Creation of national parks and forests is a good way to conserve forests, stop deforestation, and still have an income from those land areas from tourists.  Better education on the consequences of deforestation and what future generations will have to go through because of what is happening now.  In the article “The Difference a Year Makes” it said that “Comparative research carried out since 1992 in five lowland Indian groups in Honduras and Bolivia suggests that one more year of schooling could reduce the area of old-growth forest cut by a rural household by 7 to 17%”.

 Trees produce oxygen and oxygen makes it so we can breath. So if we stop cutting down so many trees there will be more oxygen and we will have a healthier atmosphere. By stopping deforestation we could help stop global warming which will help us and the future generations.  Right now scientists estimate that up to 57% of the tree species in the Amazon are at risk of extinction. If we stop deforestation in the Amazon those trees will have a far greater chance of surviving and thriving.  By stopping deforestation we are creating a more sustainable environment and one that will be able to support the growing human population.

 This is the world that we live in, and right now every day there is less forest and it is our responsibility to stop it and keep our would thriving just like it has kept humans thriving for thousands of years.  We need to conserve what we have left and regrow what we have destroyed.

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