3. The destruction of the worlds forest is inevitable as our need for land and food grows.

Do you
agree?
Man or humankind as a whole, has always been expanding. In ancient time, people used to
live as clans in small areas of land that they claim as their own. These clans live independently of
each other without even knowing of their existence .but as need for food and resources increase,
their land get bigger. At some point, they get so huge that some clans started to clash for the first
time in their history. Then come the age of exploration when people are racing to get more land
beyond the sea. After the age of conquest, knowing that their land would not grow more, people
start setting their sight on the forest. As much as I do not want to admit it, at this pace, destruction
of worlds forest is inevitable.
Every year, roughly 19 million babies are born all over the world and in about 3 month later,
these 19 million new-borns would create demand for more food and all kind of life essentials. Thats
right; we expand at that kind of rate. No wonder china that boasts as the country with most
population had to result with something like one child policy to sustain. To make matter worst, as
medicinal knowledge increase, our mortality rate are also steadily decreasing. That is actually good
in many ways, but not so in this topic. Diseases or illness that would have kill people once are now
curable to say the least. Basically, less people are dying due to illness while more get to live to old
age, increasing the population even more as well as the need for foods and land. People are working
hard in devising ways every day to save land for home by inventing flat houses and skyscraper, but in
time, deforestation is inevitable since these new invention would need land anyway.
As of now, forests all over the world are being destroyed. Even the biggest forest as of this
time, the amazon forest is under siege. Being largest in the world, it is also known as the lung of the
world. Believe it or not, Brazil actually rank number 4 in emission of greenhouse gasses due to
deforestation. In 2011, amazon deforestation actually increases 1000% from the previous year. One
of the causes for this deforestation is without doubt, the logging activity, be it legal or illegal. A
handful of international logging companies are cutting down the rainforests at record rates every
year. With bribery and corruption as it roots, illegal logging activities are even worse. Considering
these fact, the destruction of the worlds forest is inevitable.
Besides that, agriculture activities are also responsible to this problem. In Africa, Latin
America, and Asia agriculture activity contribute to 80% of deforestation. This is actually not too
surprising considering the huge demand for foods and every days essential. In our own country,
Malaysia, huge amount of land are cleared every year for palm oil and rubber plants plantations.
In Brazil, soy and sugar cane plants now cover a big part of the amazon forest and are expected to
increase more due to its demand in biofuel. In Sumatra, Asia Pulp and Paper or APP, Indonesia
biggest paper maker are steadily changing the forest into a huge acacia tree plantation
excessively. If you think that it makes no difference in case of agriculture since they are planting
tree anyway, then you are very wrong. Plantations are very different with forest in so many ways.
These plantations are not meant contain the diverse flora and fauna found in the forest. They are
also greedy resources. With increase of more demands, more of these plantations will cause the
destruction of worlds forest inevitable.
In conclusion, our planet is not large enough to fit billions of humans with other life as
well. Our population are increasing at an alarming rate and the forest and being cleared as fast.
Unless we can find a way to get to space or other planet, with are stuck with earth. Therefore, we
really have to consider the possibility of the complete destruction of the worlds forest.
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