replacement of cute trees group discussion
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\Cutting down of forests for non-forest use is not a morally good thing to do, we have been told over and over again ever since school days of essays. But then we grow up and despite environmentalists coming into headlines for protests against deforestation, we tend to ignore it and somehow contribute our little but towards destruction of forests and natural habitats of many species going extinct.
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Some facts about Forests and Deforestation:
It is estimated that within 100 years there will be no rainforest left owing to deforestation.
Every second one and a half acres of forest is cut down for various purposes, the major one being agriculture. This equals destruction of 20 football fields every minute.
According to World Resources Institute, 12 percent and 17 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions is due to deforestation.
Amazon forest contributes with 20 % of the oxygen supply to the world.
At the current rate of cutting down of forests, about 28,000 species are expected to become extinct by the next quarter of the century.
Half of the world's tropical forest has already been cut down completely. Tropical forest also hold more than 210 gigatonnes of carbon.
1.6 billion people use forest products for livelihood, hence contributing to deforestation.
Europe, United States and Japan alone consume half of world's timber and up to 70% of paper.