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Conservation Page Positive Impacts A positive impact in the tropical rainforest is that 4th, 5th and 6th grade Eskimo students spent time learning about forests, how important they are, and what problems they face. In the 2009 - 2010 school year, the students did a fundraising event and they collected donations of coins. They raised $1,300 and donated it to the World Land Trust. They saved 26 acres of Colombian Rainforest. Students found the World Land Trust U.S. organization that purchased and protects highly threatened rainforests.

Negative Impact Human threats to the Tropical Rainforest are causing the Tropical Rainforest to collapse on it self. We have been causing wild fires ,the cutting down of trees, and many oil extractions that are killing the wild life of the tropics. This is many of the bad negative stuff that we are contributing to right know and that also includes polluting the cutting down of trees for lumber and war. The tropics is dying slowly also by the cause of water and air pollution from industrial sites, including the dumping of trash into rivers from over crowded cities. In some tropic areas the rivers aren’t even safe for animals anymore having them to suffer for it. Hunting and poaching also causes damage towards the Rain forest species that can cause extinction to many animals.

Problem and Solution 1 A major problem in the Tropical Rainforest ecosystem is the destruction of animal’s habitats and hunting animals. In the China tropics the tiger population has dropped due to the habitat loss, such as the Sumatran elephants are increasingly poached for their ivory and could go extinct within fifty years at the rate they are being hunted at. Orangutans are suffering from habitat loss and illegal trapping of baby orangutans for the simple pet trade, and usually the mother Orangutans are killed for not wanting to abandon their young. What we can do to stop this pandemic is to slow down the hunting and stop deforestation even start a fundraiser at your school to help this cause.

Problem and Solution 2 Cattle grazing is a problem in the Tropical Rainforest that needs to be addressed by humans. Cattle grazing is a major cause of Tropical Rainforest loss. The problem is it is clearing most of the trees to make room for cattle to graze. As a burger society makes high demands for more beef, more forests are being torn down. Beef is one of the main reasons of cattle grazing and loss of land. People should be informed of this. For example, a McDonald's Quarter Pounder will destroy 55 square feet of a rainforest. To start helping, you can begin by not eating as much meat.

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