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Rainforest Destruction and Sociological Effects
Summary: Explores the relationship between society and the desctruction of rainforests. Describes how taking wood from rainforests and old-growth forests is detrimental to the environment and society. Explores ways the world can have sustainable wood and energy sources.
The natural resource of wood is being used at an unsustainable rate, with minimal effort to change societal views on the depletion of this valuable natural resource. Much of the wood we use today comes from old-growth tropical forests, and in many regions it is harvested illegally. Recently in England, it was revealed that the major department store, Marks&Spencers, made much of its garden furniture out of Nyato wood which was logged illegally from Indonesian rainforests. Looking at this problem from a micro-level orientation, we can clearly see how the actions of individuals in both Britain and Indonesia affect one another.
In Indonesia, the illegal logging trade is as profitable as ever, and as is often the case in many countries that have a globally desirable, yet illegal resource, it is run by an organized crime ring. There exist in certain areas of rainforest in Indonesia timber...
This section contains 410 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |