| From Latin America came the topmost contributor of | | | | and famine will be in much abundance especially in |
| land scraping in the whole world. Deforestation in Latin | | | | impoverished tropical countries. |
| America accounts for almost 53% of the emitted | | | | Water resource will be greatly reduced, plant and |
| carbon dioxide in the atmospheric air. Logging in the | | | | animal species will decrease in variability, the |
| region has become so immense that it claimed to | | | | ecosystem will be significantly disrupted, and melting of |
| have the highest rate in the world, and the fight of it | | | | most of the earth's glaciers will take place. |
| came to be one of hardest struggles of the continent. | | | | If such events that harm nature will not be stopped, |
| In over a period of 5 years, the world lost 100 hectares | | | | imagine what the world would be like in the coming |
| of the forested lands, and about half of that came | | | | years? Would there be something to live for by then, |
| from the Latin American nation. Deforestation has | | | | or are the humans about to face extinction in the next |
| been quite a great toil to them and their people for | | | | 30 years? The questions are very well dependent on |
| years now, and it hasn't been an easy battle because | | | | humans for answers. |
| economy has been playing with the nation ever since. | | | | Key Issues Of Deforestation In Latin America |
| What makes the fight even more exhausting is that | | | | Latin America is presently facing all of these issues: |
| the economy of Latin America relies on its own soil for | | | | gradual increase in their environmental temperature |
| support. Not only are the Latin Americans dependent | | | | which causes much change in their climate, tropical |
| on their ecological capacity, but the neighboring nations | | | | forests especially that of the Amazon is buffeted by |
| as well. If this present trend will run continuously for a | | | | drought and fire occurrences, shortage in wheat yields |
| period of 30 years, the world will be totally depleted of | | | | brought about by drought and some other ecological |
| all its natural resources. | | | | factors. |
| To combat and counter the ways of deforestation, | | | | The availability and quality of their water which once |
| the Latin American government imposed laws which | | | | was abundant has changed, coastal areas are |
| could help stop all illegal activities. However, it is still a | | | | immensely affected through sea water level increase, |
| question up to this time why the problem has not | | | | infrastructure has been built all the more to counter the |
| ceased for years. | | | | effects of coastal problems. Epidemics of disease |
| Predictions For Latin America | | | | have been reported; and lastly, a wide classification of |
| Recently, Latin America has experienced great | | | | plants and animals are facing extinction due to mal |
| climactic changes, and this could have been brought | | | | adaptation. |
| only by the intense cutting of their forests and the | | | | Urgent measures must be taken in saving the Latin |
| abuse that their lands receive. | | | | American forests. Developmental strategies as well as |
| By the year 2050, these set of predictions by | | | | firm decision makings should properly be imposed upon |
| environmentalists and experts are set to happen | | | | their people and the neighboring countries which benefit |
| globally: distribution of human diseases will be widely | | | | from them as well. If deforestation in Latin America |
| spread and emergence of new types of illnesses will | | | | prevails, the world could only promise more |
| rise, crop disease and pest will likewise rise in trend, | | | | devastating results. |
| economic activities will be severely depleted, drought | | | | |