How rainforest deforestation affects food supplies

by Aldo Bonincontro

Rain forests are the tropical and equatorial forests of our planet; their name is due to the heavy and frequent rains that allow their growth and exceptional richness in biological variety. These forests are essential f...read more

by The Hitchhiker

Imagine a farm. It's a big open space, right? Lots of crops, swaying gently in the breeze, perhaps a field full of cows, cabbages...etc. etc. Big combine harvester maybe. Now imagine a rainforest. Dense foliage, hun...read more

by Allen Teal

Any major deforestation effort will change at least the local ecology in ways that are often difficult to foresee. Given the mass and biodiversity of many rainforests, the changes extend beyond the local area to potential...read more

by Richard Roy

Just who do these people think they are, doing what they want with the land they own? Don't they know that America's enviro-nazi's know better than they do what's good for them? I mean, sure, a few poor third-world peopl...read more

by Joan Schroeder

From the tropical rain forests of Central America, to the temperate rain forests of British Columbia and Tasmania, these Jewels of the earth house some of life's most precious commodities. The majority of earth's animal ...read more

by Art Teska

In the economic climate today that is called globalization, there is a need to educate ourselves and others on the affect that deforestation has on existing ecosystems and the impact it will have on future generati...read more

by Akramah

The rain forest derives its name from its capacity for sustenance through constant rain enhanced by the abundance of trees. The trees, through transpiration, send water back into the atmosphere to create rain-bearing clo...read more

by Anonomous User1

Many people mistakenly believe that there is at least one fringe benefit to the fact that the rainforests are being cut down: it makes room for farmland. On the one hand, deforestation creates imbalances in agricultural la...read more

by Shanon Bednar

Rainforest rainforest where ever you are...grow back grow back and we'll be gentle. All I've ever heard was that depleting the rainforest was environmentally bad for the equilibrium of the earth, the weather, the creature...read more

by Gary Erb

Rainforests are vital to Earth's balance of nature, but they are rapidly disappearing. There are several reasons why they are being cut down. One reason is that they are perceived as a matter of survival for the natives th...read more