Rain forests play a crucial role in keeping proper ecological balance by providing habitat to a wide variety of animals and other living beings. But the deforestation of rain forests poses impending dangers for the living beings in those forests as well as for the mankind.
Rain forests nurture the oldest ecosystems in the world. They are featured by hot and humid climate and the highest amount of rainfall throughout the year. The unbelievable fact is that they cover only 6 per cent of the earth but they have more than half of total plant and animal species in the world.
About 30 million plant and animal species live in these forests and are the sources of various foods as well as medicines. They help balancing the climate of the world, prevent floods as well as draughts and support tribal people to earn their livelihood.
Though, we have so many advantages from the rain forests reckless felling of trees goes in different parts every year. The exploitation of the rain forests is only getting wood for timber, buildings construction, road construction, extraction of minerals as well as energy to name a few.
Felling of the rain forests is going on because it is a source of huge profit. However, mankind will soon realise the severe consequences of felling rain forests. Severe climatic changes are because of felling rain forests. For instance, in the recent decades, Indonesia has seen several severe draughts because of felling trees recklessly. Felling rain forests also interrupts the water cycle and subsequently, causes the unequal distribution of rainfall and soil erosion as well. Besides, various animals and plants homeless and some other species endangered and become extinct.
For thousands of years, man has only been satisfying his requirements by taking things from the environment. Now, even the existence of earth is jeopardised. It is high time humans should take stout measures to stop exploiting the ecosystem of the earth.
Humans should create mass awareness and initiate preventive campaigns with a view to salvaging trees for the ecological balance of the earth.