Angela Ferr
SOC-202-01
02.03.11
A huge problem that can be seen around the world is the over deforesting of the trees and forests. It can be seen in our own history of the United States back when it was still new land and no one had gone as far as California. We cut down so many trees for the wood before we even think of the consequences. This can be seen in Brazil or anywhere in South America where the soil is very rich and some of the best in the world. It is rich because the trees block it from the sunlight and keep it moist, but when they cut down all the trees, the soil lessens in its value.
I want to emphasize this problem in the Philippines because of my own experience seeing it there as well as my mothers own history of living there as well. For the past couple decades, the Philippines has been ranked on of the highest deforestation rates out of all the countries. This has led to huge floods and mudslides that have made thousands of people loose their homes and lives. Last time I was in the Philippines, I remember it was dry on minute and the next minute the rain was coming down so hard. In about 30 minutes, people couldn't ride their mopeds because the rain had accumulated so high. My mother always told me about the hassles and loss of houses when it flooded and how they had to move everything as high as they could to save it from the water. This is obviously a huge problem and has been going on for a while now.
I believe it will be hard for a country as poor as the Philippines to come up with a way to really sustain the life of the forest and try to cut back on the deforesting. I think one way that could help would be to have it seen as a problem in other countries and maybe people can donate money for seeds to plant trees in the Philippines. It would also help to have people educating them on the effects of the trees to help buffer the storms and bad weather. America is a good example, because we have come up with many ways to try and plant trees as much as we cut down. There is now a website you can go to rent school textbooks, and every time you rent a textbook from them, they plant a tree.
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