Today, I read some articles in a book called “Global Resources, Opposing Viewpoints.” This was a good source because it gave me some points for the position that rainforests deforestation has been exaggerated and the rainforests are not in great jeopardy.
One of the articles talked about how the statistics and percentages of the destruction of rainforest are not always accurate and how there are false claims by environmentalists. Sometimes statistics include forests, not specifically rainforests. This means that I will probably have to define what a rainforest is in my paper and do further research to make sure the statistics I use are accurate and used properly.
This article also discussed the Amazon’s rainforests. The article said that 12.5% of Amazon’s rainforests that have been deforested are not in the process of regeneration, and that the public needs to be alert about the myth that the Amazon rainforests are endangered by development and deforestation. It even said that “there is a larger percent of the Amazon rainforest intact than there are most other forests in the world”. Another point mentioned was that oceans have a greater impact on global warming than deforestation.
This book gave me helpful information that will help me write the expository essay. The information will help me describe the opposing side.
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It's interesting how whoever is writing the article will sometimes exaggerate or modify the statistics for self serving purposes. It makes it difficult to know the truth about what's happening in the environment. Deforestation is a problem that needs to be addressed and the longer it is not dealt with, the bigger the problem will get.
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