Problems Facing the Amazon

Tropical rainforests have more kinds of trees, insects, animals, and other types of vegetation than any other forests in the world. Aside from being the single largest generators of oxygen, they offer an innumerable amount of foods, shelter, and other raw materials that we use everyday. Some rainforest trees like mahoganies, teaks, rosewoods and okoumes provide valuable timber, while other rainforest products are nuts, fruits, rubber and rattans (Foster). In accordance with the growth of …

…Finally, as demonstrated by the attempt to limit the access to mercury, even if Brazil does muster the political will to pass legislation, there is no vehicle for enforcement of the laws due to lack of funding. That is the sad truth facing this rainforest today. I am left to wonder, if someone doesn’t act now…what is to become of one of the most intriguing and unique entities that nature has to offer?