The Amazon rainforest covers
more than 2 million square miles of the Amazon Basin. Connecting nine countries:
including Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, the Amazon accounts for more than half of
our planet’s rainforests. Preserving
this forest is essential for fighting global warming and protecting many endangered
species.
13% of the rainforest
covers more than half of Peru and laws have been established on preserving this
crucial natural resource. Today, illegal logging is in full swing and will soon
become destructive to the Earth’s environment if nothing is changed. About 80%
of Peru’s logging exports to the United States are illegal. Even with these new
laws for protecting the land, many officials and industries are incredibly
corrupt. Secret lumber farms spring up deep in the jungle and if a government
official stumbles upon it, most of the time they are bribed to look the other
way. The States and Australia have banned illegal lumber but it is not enough
without a stand by the authorities of Peru.
This is the
kind of situation where I’d like to hope humanity would settle in. Though, I can
understand how some of these “corrupted” Peruvian officials become “corrupted”.
If one man turned in a major illegal industry the judge may still even pass
them off as clean and he could lose his job. Instead of that hassle he could
lie and earn upwards to $5,000. It’s just the matter that in the long run it affects
everyone on this planet.
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