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To clear land for growing crops and raising livestock. You rarely hear about the GOOD aspects of destroying rain forests. But the people who are clearing this land are poor people in undeveloped nations, just trying to grow enough food to feed their families. Would you condemn them to starving to death to save a few acres of trees? If so, you need to take that up with the governments of those nations. Because, even if you are so heartless as to let those people starve to death, you have no control over the Central American rain forests. The governments there are doing, and allowing, what they think is best for their populations. It's none of your business. It's easy for you to sit here in comfort complaining about rain forests being destroyed, when you're not the one who has to cut them down to feed his family.

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Rainforests are being destroyed for the value of the timber by huge logging companies and shortsighted, economically strapped governments. The destruction of those rainforests is displacing indigenous tribes and animal populations. Tree species are being wiped out. Plants and microorganisms with proven medicinal value are being wiped out. Fruits, spices, nuts, and sources for chocolate are being wiped out.


Massive deforestation causes increased air and water pollution, a loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, less rain, and less oxygen. Much of the cleared land is taken over by the world's most wealthy people and corporations. You can read more about it at the link provided below.


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How is the tropical rainforest being threatened by global warming?

Global warming is changing rainfall patterns in the tropical rainforest. The Amazon rainforest has many trees dying and many others are no longer growing.


What is happening to your tropical rainforest?

Tropical rainforests are being destroyed at an alarming rate due to deforestation for agriculture, logging, and development. This habitat loss leads to biodiversity loss, carbon emissions, and impacts indigenous communities who rely on these forests for their livelihoods. Conservation efforts are crucial to protect these valuable ecosystems.


Why is the Congo rain forest being destroyed?

The Congo rainforest is being destroyed primarily due to deforestation for agriculture, logging, mining, and infrastructure development. Additionally, there are activities such as illegal logging, hunting, and fires that are also contributing to the destruction of the forest.


How many acres of rainforest are being cut down per minute?

Approximately 40 football fields worth of rainforest are being cut down every minute. This equates to around 60 acres of rainforest lost to deforestation every minute.


Characteristic of tropical rainforest?

The primary characteristic of a rainforest, is that it has a wide variety of plant life. There are temperate rainforests as well, but they follow the above description.So to our tropical rainforest is that it is in the tropics, and will be much warmer, and may or may not have lots of rain.Tropical rainforests will commonly have several layers of canopy - a climax canopy of the tall trees, a forest floor vegetation of ferns and shrubs and mosses, and an intermediate canopy of medium tall shrubs, trees, and vines.The humidity in a tropical rainforest will be high, and much of the rainfall is being continuously evaporated.One serious problem we have, is that when a tropical rainforest is cleared, the land reverts to a much drier plainland with much less forest. This is observed in the Amazon. Much of the humidity of the rainforest interior is self-generated, and not from direct rainfall.

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How big is amazon rainforest before and after deforestation?

Well, there is no definite answer to your question because the rainforest is being destroyed everyday. but currently, around %18 of the Amazon had been destroyed.


Which natural feature of latin America impacts global climate and provides many medicines in danger of being destroyed?

The tropical rainforest qualifies as such.


What country has the most rain forest destroyed each year?

tropical equatorial rainforests are near the equator some are in the amazon S.T <3 T.L


Why are rainforest being detroyed?

They are destroyed for land use.


What is the community like in a tropical rainforest?

Its like being in a jungle


How is the tropical rainforest being threatened by global warming?

Global warming is changing rainfall patterns in the tropical rainforest. The Amazon rainforest has many trees dying and many others are no longer growing.


What are they clearing the rainforest for?

Rainforest is being destroyed due to logging and clearances for ranching, roads, agriculture and quarrying.


Why is the rainforest being destroyed and how can you stop it?

Talk to the minister of climate change


What are the people that live in the Amazon Rainforest doing about their homes being destroyed?

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What will happen to the animals if the rainforest is destroyed?

Animals will loose their home and try to survive , most likely they wont.


Which types of forest is found in the amazon basin?

•The Amazon Rainforest is the world's greatest natural resource - the most powerful and bio-actively diverse natural phenomenon on the planet. Yet still it is being destroyed just like other rainforests around the world. •The problem and the solution to rainforest destruction are both economic. •Rainforests are being destroyed worldwide for the profits they yield - mostly harvesting unsustainable resources like timber, for cattle and agriculture, and for subsistence cropping by rainforest inhabitants.


How many hectares of tropical rainforest are being lost each year to the logging industry?

500,000