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Preserve the rain forests

If I could change one thing in the world, I would have to try to stop people from cutting down the magnificent Rain Forest. First, I would go to all of the lumber companies, and I would say to them, “Why would we want to cut down the Rain Forest, with all of its exotic plants and eye capturing animals?” I mean, if some of the animals can’t survive in their new habitat because their old one was destroyed, then eventually they would die out. Then, the things that eat those organisms would die out, and then the things that ate the other things would die out and so on and so forth. This is so devastating because once those animals are gone they are gone.

After that, I would contribute money to the organizations that devote their time to the Rain Forest. These people really see that these beautiful forests took hundreds and hundreds of years to get to what they are today, so basically they are international landmarks. I do not understand why nobody sees this, only [a] few do…. Many people that see this think that they cannot make a difference, but they can if they put their mind to it.

We most certainly take the Rain Forest for granted. There are so many reasons that I can think of that I could say about saving the Rain Forest, but I can’t think of how to say them. Have you ever had that feeling? Just take it from me, saving, or trying to save the Tropical Rain Forest will be the best thing that you ever do.

Joseph Stoddard, age 11
Vero Beach, Florida

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