DEFORESTATTION: CAN WE AFFORD TO CUT DOWN ANOTHER TREE?

Deforestation is a process when a forest (mainly rainforests) is cut or burned down for timber or agricultural land. Deforestation destroys an important component neccessary to combat global warming. When the rainforests of the world are cut down, you destroy the trees and plants that eliminates carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere. Plants use carbon dioxide as energy in the process called photosynthesis. As the trees asborb the carbon dioxide they release oxygen which is necessary for the survival of the people in the world. When the forests are cut down there is no remedy to reduce the carbon in the atmosphere.

Deforestation also puts carbon into the atmosphere. When the trees are burned or wood is left to decay carbon dioxide is being released. It is calculated that 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide is being released each year due to deforestation.

• CARBON DIOXIDE
• METHANE
• CFCs