Deforestation has caused enormous impacts on the environment and we should stop logging and burning it. Forests are responsible for most of the global changes that have occurred recently, as they act as the lungs of the earth. Their great loss has caused an ever-increasing amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. “Deforestation has such a massive effect on climate change that Indonesia and Brazil are now the third and fourth largest emitters of carbon dioxide on the planet.” When rainforests are logged or burned, large amounts of carbon dioxide escape into the atmosphere, increasing global warming. Most people don't even know that rainforests are being cut down as quickly as they are being cut down, while some aren't even aware of it at all. “About half of the forests that covered the Earth have disappeared. Another 39 million acres disappear every year.” With this high amount of forest burned or logged for timber, half of today's rainforests will disappear by 2025, leaving little to the imagination. Until that time our environment will change substantially and the remaining trees will soon become valuable assets. Most people who cut down the world's rainforests and other major forests do so for financial gain. Indeed, this has temporarily helped those families to have a home and food, but over time, the decline of forests worldwide will inevitably lead to the ruin of the Earth and of most species. The rainforest is home to many different species of animals, which are rapidly losing their vitality. ecosystems and natural habitats. “More than 50% of the world's plant and animal species are believed to be found in the rainforest. Surprisingly, it covers only 6 - 7% of the total l...... half of the paper ......off the Planet since 1888. Web. 19 September 2011. "Rainforest". Rainforest animals. Network. 19 September 2011. "Recycling and deforestation". Johnston Archive. Network. October 31, 2011. “Symbiotic Relationships in the Rainforest.” Rainforests. Network. 31 October 2011. "The 'Fire Stick Farming' hypothesis: Australian Aboriginal foraging strategies, biodiversity and anthropogenic fire mosaics." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Network. 31 October 2011. "The negative effects of paper recycling". Livestrong.com. 2011. .