Benefits of deforestation
There are several benefits of deforestation in the rainforest. The major
and most obvious benefit is economic gain. The rainforest is cut down for
various reasons, for example individuals clear land in order to build houses as
well as to carry out agricultural practices. Both of the examples above relate
to economic gain.
The benefits of deforestation are as follows............
The benefits of deforestation are as follows............
Agriculture
64 percent of the deforestation that occurs in rainforests is due to the
farming. Rainforest deforestation allows impoverished farmers to provide for their families. For every patch of land cleared of trees through deforestation, land becomes available for farmers to plant crops and carryout other agricultural practices such as raising livestock. Deforestation allows farmers to practice subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture as well.
Raw lumber/Paper products
Human society depends on the lumber acquired from deforestation. An individual cannot carry out basic daily duties without the use of wood and everyone's home contains some type of wood fixture. Whether it is a wooden table or a piece of paper, wood makes many of the objects people need for everyday life.
Employment
There are jobs that pertain to the use of lumber and lumber production. Employment is given to the people who cut down and process trees. Employment is also extended to the people who use raw lumber to make wood byproducts such as wood furniture and pencils as well as money. If deforestation would cease to exist many individuals would find themselves unemployed and unemployment would be a major issue.
Urbanization
The population of earth rises every single day. Modern technology allows more and more people to stay alive. Land is needed to accommodate the ever growing population. Rainforest deforestation provides that land and allows houses and other types of buildings to be built in place of the trees that once occupied the land
Debt management
Most rainforests are located in developing countries. South America, Africa, and Asia contain most of the world's rainforests and these three continents also contain most of the world's developing countries.
More prosperous countries such as the United States of America have lent developing countries large sums of money in an effort to help these developing countries function effectively. Cutting down the trees in the rainforest allows developing countries to pay back a portion of their debt because deforestation is economically profitable.