Brazils rainforest destruction drops by 46%!

Matthew Kenney
2:02am!
9/4/09

The article I found had to do with the rain forest. The article presents good news about the rainforests in Brazil. According to Brazils national institute of space studies, the annual rate of destruction of its rainforests have decreased by 46 percent. Many experts believe that this is partly due to increased police patrol. This is the lowest it has been in 21 years. The demand for soybean, beef, and timber has caused an increase of deforestation over the years. People have urged Brazil to cut back on the amount of loggers and ranchers using their land. This stat will give Brazil some arguing room at this years world climate summit. Brazil states last year that it would reduce Amazon destruction by 50% in the next decade. This destruction down fall has helped Brazil lower its green house gases by 15%. That’s basically the whole article.

When this article caught my eye, I was very excited. To hear that the destruction on one of the most ecologically diverse places on earth has fallen by 46% is fantastic! It really irritates me to hear about all these lumber companies cutting down very important forests and not thinking twice about it. So to hear that such a significant percent of deforestation of the rainforest has declined, I was excited. This is a big step in helping our earth and its ecosystems. Did you know that four square miles of the rain forest houses over 2500 different species of plants and animals, most not even discovered yet. Reading this article about Brazils efforts to preserve this great forest has brightened my outlook on the survival of earths great ecosystems and has brightened earth itself.

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN01291585