Natasha's++deforestation

If trees are so important to the earth why are we destroying rainforests?

Before Deforestation After Deforestation Natasha-Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometers of forest—an area larger than Greece—and since 1970, over 600,000 square kilometers (232,000 square miles) of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed. [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIgleUBDdE[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIgleUBDdEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JEJ-lV8Eso&feature=related|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JEJ-lV8Eso&feature=related]__]] [] [] [] [sq mi] ** || ** Deforestation [sq km] ** || ** Change [%] ** ||
 * ** Deforestation Figures for Brazil ** ||
 * ** Year ** || ** Deforestation
 * 1988 || 8,127 || 21,050 || ||
 * 1989 || 6,861 || 17,770 || -16% ||
 * 1990 || 5,301 || 13,730 || -23% ||
 * 1991 || 4,259 || 11,030 || -20% ||
 * 1992 || 5,323 || 13,786 || 25% ||
 * 1993 || 5,751 || 14,896 || 8% ||
 * 1994 || 5,751 || 14,896 || 0% ||
 * 1995 || 11,220 || 29,059 || 95% ||
 * 1996 || 7,012 || 18,161 || -38% ||
 * 1997 || 5,107 || 13,227 || -27% ||
 * 1998 || 6,712 || 17,383 || 31% ||
 * 1999 || 6,664 || 17,259 || -1% ||
 * 2000 || 7,037 || 18,226 || 6% ||
 * 2001 || 7,014 || 18,165 || 0% ||
 * 2002 || 8,260 || 21,394 || 17% ||
 * 2003 || 9,748 || 25,247 || 19% ||
 * [|2004] || 10,588 || 27,423 || 9% ||
 * [|2005] || 7,276 || 18,846 || -31% ||
 * [|2006] || 5,447 || 14,109 || -49% ||
 * [|2007] || 4,453 || 11,532 || -47% ||
 * [|2008] || 4,621 || 11,968 || -47% ||
 * [|2008] || 4,621 || 11,968 || -47% ||