My 9-year old daughter was reading the National Geographic Magazine last night. She saw an article about the disappearance of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil due to clearcutting. She began to cry. Why are people cutting down all the trees when they know it's going to hurt us all?
She is worried about the loss of habitat for the millions of creatures that live in the rain forest. No more panthers, no more tree frogs, no more tapirs or monkeys; not to mention the birds, tarantulas and insects.
We began to plan ways to alert people about the dangers of deforestation: write a letter to the government! If all the kids in school write about it surely someone will listen?
National Geographic Magazine
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