I strongly believe deforestation should be restricted. Deforestation is the process of trees being cut down. Thousands of trees are cut down daily. Trees prevent carbon from being released and mudslides from happening. A landscape filled with trees is much more pleasing to the eyes and relaxing to the soul than a bare landscape. Let’s save the trees by not cutting them down.

When forests are burned, their carbon is returned to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that has the potential to alter global climate. When trees are burned, they release carbon dioxide into the air. According to scientists, global temperatures increase because of human industrial activity such as agriculture and deforestation.   However, scientists have attributed the recent increase in global temperatures to human cause, primarily, the release of certain gases into the atmosphere as a result of industrial activity. According to the US Forest  Service Forest Management (US FSFM), another source of carbon dioxide from human activity is the clearing of forests for agriculture and other purposes. These gases are known as greenhouse gases. They absorb and trap heat emitted from Earth’s surface through a process known as the greenhouse effect. Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air to make food through the process of photosynthesis. When trees are cut down or burned, much of the carbon that they have stored is released back into the air as carbon dioxide.

Many believe forests recover after being destroyed. Although forests may recover after being cleared, this is not always the case. According to the US FSFM, about 150,000 square miles (400,000 square kilometers) of tropical deforested land exists in the form of steep mountain hillsides. That is a great amount of land. The combination of steep slopes, high rainfall, and the lack of tree roots to bind the soil can lead to disastrous landslides that destroy fields, homes, and human lives. Steep slopes aside, only about one-fourth of the humid forests that have been cleared are exploited as croplands. The rest are abandoned or used for grazing land that often can support only low densities of animals because the soils underlying much of this land are extremely poor in nutrients.

We should not cut down our beautiful forests, which are a home for animals and native tribes. Forests grant us beautiful scenery and a place to rest our souls away from our stress-filled cities. If trees are cut down this is all lost. Many forests are peaceful, quiet places where people can rest or play. When trees are cut down, this recreational use of forests is lost. Forests are home to an enormous range of living things. When an area is deforested, many plants and animals are killed. Others lose their habitats. Some types of living things become extinct because of deforestation, especially those that live in tropical rainforests. The traditional way of life for rainforest peoples can be greatly affected by deforestation. Rainforests have been home to many groups of tribal peoples for thousands of years. There is a historical tribe called the Rainforest Indians. They live in forests and they have to move out because of deforestation. Many of them were forced to move or to change their way of life as they came into contact with people from outside the rainforest who were cutting down their homes. According to scientists, however, there are still some groups that have maintained their traditional culture. There are still others that are considered “uncontacted,” or “undiscovered”. These are people who are located so remotely that they have yet to be encountered or who have intentionally been left alone by other people. Let’s preserve their traditional way of living by not cutting trees down.

Many people think it is okay to get trees cut down to get more office space or doctors’ offices, which help our health. They say that if trees are cut down we get more paper for textbooks to benefit our education. But what they don’t see are the dangers. The oxygen we breathe comes from trees and if the trees get cut down the oxygen provided decreases. Trees are also there to hold the soil. Without trees, there could be serious landslides. The aesthetic scenery that trees provide will all be gone. Trees are a part of our environment and we need them to survive. Let’s save the trees!