On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:56:29 GMT, jazzerciser@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>http://www.naturalnews.com/023673.html
>
> Half the Amazon Rainforest to be Lost by 2030
>Tuesday, July 22, 2008
>by: David Gutierrez
>
>
>(NaturalNews) Due to the effects of global warming and deforestation,
more
>than half of the Amazon rainforest may be destroyed or severely damaged
by the
>year 2030, according to a re****t released by the World Wildlife Fund
(WWF).
>
>The re****t, "Amazon's Vicious Cycles: Drought and Fire," concludes that
55
>percent of the world's largest rainforest stands to be severely damaged
from
>agriculture, drought, fire, logging and livestock ranching in the next 22
>years. Another 4 percent may be damaged by reduced rainfall caused by
global
>warming. This is anticipated to destroy up to 80 percent of wildlife
habitat
>in the region.
>
>
>
>By 2100, the re****t adds, global warming may cause rainfall in the Amazon
to
>drop by 20 percent and temperatures to increase by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6
>degrees Fahrenheit). This combination will increase the occurrence of
forest
>fires, further accelerating the pace of deforestation.
>
>The Amazon contains more than half of the planet's surviving rainforest
and is
>a key stabilizer of global climate. The re****t notes that losing 60
percent of
>it would accelerate the pace of global warming, affecting rainfall as far
away
>as India.
>
>WWF warned that the "point of no return" for the Amazon rainforest, from
which
>ecological recovery will be impossible, is only 15-25 years in the
future,
>much sooner than has previously been supposed.
>
>"The Amazon is on a knife-edge," said WWF-UK forests head Beatrix
Richards,
>"due to the dual threats of deforestation and climate change."
>
>She called for the countries discussing global climate change at an
>international conference in Bali to take the im****tance of forests into
>account.
>
>"At the international negotiations currently underway in Bali,
governments
>must agree a process which results in ambitious global emission reduction
>targets beyond the current phase of Kyoto," she said. "Crucially, this
must
>include a strategy to reduce emissions from forests and help break the
cycle
>of deforestation."
>
>
>
>Natural News Network 2008
"Crucially, this must include a strategy to reduce emissions from
forests and help break the cycle of deforestation."
Reduce CO2 emissions from Forests?????
Not only are they kooks but they are some dumbass bastards.
They all must have failed 7th grade biology.
CO2 does not kill trees. Trees breathe in CO2 and release Oxygen.
CO2 helps ALL plants grow. Ask any pot farmer fer christ's sake.
Plants only emit CO2 during reverse photosynthesis which occurs at
night and to a much lesser degree than photosynthesis in the daytime.
It's amazing that anyone has to be told that.
So what are they gonna do to reduce emissions from forests? ****ne
huge lights on them at night so they don't produce any CO2?
The world doesn't need to worry about Global Warming.
It doesn't need to worry about wars or famines or any such thing.
The world will undoubtedly end due to terminal stupidity such as
above.
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
big enough to take away everything you have.'
"You cannot enrich the poor by impoveri****ng the rich."
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