Mostly occurring in the moist forests and open woodlands of the tropics. There are 30 million species of insects in the tropics. Many species are unique to a certain area, and extinction is inevitable when this area is deforested. Burning causes carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere contributing to global warming. Continued urbanization of the world Deforestation Link .
People learn how important rain forests are.
Put more pressure on governments to better regulate the lumber industry. Countries such as Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Costa Rica, and Sri Lanka are likely to lose all their tropical forests by the ear 2010. There is still hope. Many countries have decreased levels of deforestation, such as Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, and India.