Furthermore, the main ingredient in birth control pills came from tropical rainforest plants. From the plant species of the rainforest, the medical field has made advancements in its treatments of diseases. .
Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest.
Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest has dramatically increased in the past century. From figure 2, twenty percent of the world's rainforests have been cleared from 1960 to 1990. Figure 3 illustrates the dramatic increase in .
Fig. 2. Percentage rate of deforestation Fig. 3. Deforestation rate for Amazon Rainforest .
deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest, particularly between 1992 and 1994. The clearing of these forests has been attributed to various human-driving forces.
Many human driving forces have led to the clearing of the Amazon Rainforest. Some of these reason stem from agricultural desires. With wood being an important product in human consumption, "the first and most important cause" (Deforestation: Causes and Solutions) of deforestation is wood extraction. Economical factors also play a large role in the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest. With Brazil's debt's to industrialized countries, "profits from exporting products from the Amazon go toward paying annual interest on debts" (Hui). To pay off these debts, the rate of deforestation has increased and the Amazon Rainforest quickly deteriorated. With agricultural and economical human driving forces, people of the Amazon Rainforest region have turned to forest clearing. .
Deforestation leaves many devastating effects. These effects range from ecological changes to climate changes. As forests are continued to be cleared, species are becoming extinct and initial changes to the global climate.
Deforestation and resulting global climate changes.
With thousand of different plant, animal, and insect species living in the rainforests, when these forest are cleared, numerous species are destroyed.