Half of Amazon rainforest may be gone by 2030

Half the Amazon Rainforest to be Lost by 2030

According to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) half of the Amazon will be destroyed or severely damaged by 2030. Destruction of forest for logging or to produce farmland is the main culprit. Both these factors are rapidly increasing. Unfortunately at the same time in the next 20 years there is expected to be 20% rain fall and a 2 degree increase in the Amazon area due to global warming.

The lack of rain and increase in temperature will not only stunt the growth of the forest, it will also increase the likely hood of forest fires. In these conditions the forest will not be able to regenerate at a quick enough pace. If open soil is exposed the line layer of topsoil in the Amazon is quick to be eroded away and leaves the land unable to support healthy and significant vegetation.

If the Amazon continues to be destroyed at the rate it is the climate of the world will be affected as well. If 60% of the Rain forest is degraded this will cause global warming to such an extent that even precipitation in India will been changed.

We are starting a dangerous cycle where the rainforest will be destroyed by global warming and global warming will be speed up by the destruction of forests. This in effect will cause humanity much grief.