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A 6 page paper which offers an examination of the
deforestation that is taking place in Central America. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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South America, Africa, and Asia" (Evans, 1999). They are also considered to be "the most valuable environmental entity on this earth as they provide the world with the majority of
its species of animals and plants, food resources, and medicines. Because of their extreme importance, rainforests are also being used for economic and social welfare" which essentially leads to deforestation
(Evans, 1999). Central and South America serve as some of the most powerful scientific places where deforestation can be studied and understood. This is because it possesses "rich and far
reaching tropical forests, is a key example of the harsh realities of tropical rainforest depletion. Countries such as Brazil, Bolivia, Columbia, and Ecuador have taken the bare front of this
onslaught of destruction. From 1980-1990, approximately 645,000 square meters of forest were lost, and 50% of the rainforests still present today are under a moderate or high threat of being
removed" (Evans, 1999). The following paper focuses on the deforestation of Central America beginning with a discussion of the various causes of deforestion. The paper then examines the problems
that have resulted through deforestation. Lastly the paper examines some of the possible solutions. Causes In terms of what is going on, and what has gone on regarding deforestation,
we see that "The rate of habitat destruction has increased to 2.47 acres per second, 214,000 acres each day, and about 78 million acres each year" (Evans, 1999). There are,
as would be imagined, many causes to the deforestation. Evans (1999) indicates that, "Rainforest depletion in South America cannot be blamed on any one occurrence or event as a
number of underlying factors have contributed to the destruction of these valuable lands." For example, we have the fact that "Foreign governments, transnational corporations, and international lending agencies, like the
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