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The Future of the Rainforests - 1 views

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shared by Ajay V on 25 Sep 09 - Cached

Since just 1950, the world's population has more than doubled to more than 6 billion people, with the fastest population growth being in the tropics.
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Today, more than 3 billion people live in the tropics alone, more than lived in the entire world in 1950.
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Annual world consumption of tropical hardwoods is now more than 250 million cubic meters, or over 100 billion board feet, per year.
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All of the primary forests in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh are gone. Ivory Coast's forests are essentially non-existent. Nigeria's forests have been decimated as well.
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  Peasant farmers also clear the rainforest to have land for planting, by cutting the forest, and then in the dry season burning what they have cut.
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Today we have less than 1.5 billion acres left, and we are clearing this remaining rainforest at the rate of 30 to 50 million acres per year, two to three times as rapidly as just a few decades ago.
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  It is increasingly vitally important to plant tropical hardwood trees for harvest and to protect the world's remaining tropical rainforests.      It is also vitally important to get the message out to others about the importance
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With the help and faith of our tree owners, with more than 2 million tropical hardwood trees planted to date, we are beginning to make a difference.
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RAN.org [Rainforest Heroes]: 7 Steps Kids Can Take - 0 views

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Use less gasoline and plastic.Gasoline and plastic are two things that are made from petroleum, or oil. A lot of oil comes from the rainforests through a process called extraction. Since oil extraction is very harmful to the rainforests, using less oil products can help save the rainforests.
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Eat less red meat.One big reason rainforests are being destroyed is for beef. Millions of acres of rainforest are slashed and burned, which means that the land is set on fire in order to clear it. The cleared land is then turned into grass pastures for cows.
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Use less paper.Since most paper comes from trees, using less paper can help save the rainforests. Use recycled 100% post-consumer waste (PCW) paper whenever possible.
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Fundraise for the rainforest! Raising money to help protect rainforest land is easy and important.
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Write a letter.Writing letters to the presidents of companies, or corporations, that destroy the rainforest is a very powerful thing to do.
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Educate yourself and others. Rainforests are magical places that are important to every living thing on earth. Whether we live in the city, country, mountains, or deserts, rainforests affect all of us. Learn more about the rainforests and why they are so magical and important.
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