An article by EPA called "Climate Impacts on Forests" https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/c … ests_.html states that forests take about up about 740 million acres of the Earth's surface, which is about a third of all land. Forests have many benefits like giving us clean water, clean air, recreation, habitats for many organisms, carbon storage, climate regulation, and a variety of forest products created from its wood. Forests use the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for photosynthesis, which is the process of absorbing carbon and making it into oxygen and energy for the plant to thrive. Basically, plants like trees allow us to breathe. The increase in carbon dioxide could increase the doubt that causes wildfires and those forests to shrivel up and die. Wildfires have consumed more than 8 million acres of forest in the U.S, which means that the air quality and water quality have decreased as the trees are killed.

I fully agree with the importance of forests as carbon sinkers and would argue that the best way we can assist forests is to both preserve them and to take action to reduce our own carbon footprint. Unfortunately, rain forests continue to be destroyed at a rate of more than 80,000 acres daily. Consequently, much of these areas do not possess the same biodiversity they once had. Obviously this damages our environment, destroys ecosystems, losses renewable resources, and reduces carbon sinks. To remedy this destruction, some solutions include payments for ecosystem services, ecotourism, bioprospecting fees, and corporate sponsorship. These methods will produce money for the betterment of our forests and can begin rehabilitation.
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