It’s known for a fact that world’s climate is directly related to the carbon cycle. The climate change, the global warmth is a consequence of carbon emission. As far as this issue is concerned, rainforest plays a critical role into the global carbon cycle that shapes the climate of our planet.

The Amazon forest breaths and the oxygen and carbon gas emission are pretty much balanced through this process. What makes the forest important to reduce carbon emission is the CO2 used into the constitution of new organic matter of which plants are made. In other words, at the end of the day if there are plants growing, old or new, the rainforest will absorb more carbon gas than it will emit.

However, deforestation caused by fires will increase the carbon emission and turn the forest into a greater emitter other than an absorber environment. Fires burning down the rainforest are commonly used to pasture clearance.

The fires burning taking place at the Amazon region are responsible for 20% of the worldwide carbon emission. When analyzing this percentage of CO2 emission, becomes patent the major role of the forest into the climate change. If the forest continues to disappear it will turn temperatures around the world increasing global warmth

Rainforest preservation has to be taken as a main topic whenever climate change factors are on debate as should be the ways of how can we protect it.

Eight are killed in weekend floods over the United Kingdom, more than 30 people died and millions were left without water and energy in the United States due to hurricane Ike, those are climate change consequences.

It´s common knowledge, carbon dioxide emission is the main cause of the global warmth. Climate change is starting to show more severe costs to humankind. The intensity and frequency of the so-called natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, storms among others, have increased.

When the whole debate on climate change began, many did not believe what scientists were predicting. Taking a look on the headlines of newspapers around the world becomes clear that natural disasters happen more often than before.

Who is to blame but ourselves? Our daily activities are related to carbon emission. Energy is vital in modern life but its responsible use became mandatory to avoid unnecessary carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere.

While new clean technologies are being created and becoming available there are small changes that must take place on daily basis seeking to reduce our individual carbon emissions. Lifestyle is not something easy to change and it takes a time that we don´t have anymore.

Even as we adapt our lives to a new style, a more balanced and ecological way of life it’s important to find an alternative way to compensate our emissions. The carbon credits suit this purpose and are there to be used.

Some natural disasters cannot be avoided but others would not take place if each and every one of us had better understanding of the consequences coming from our actions. Some regular daily activities on modern live could be changed having in mind diminishing harming effects towards the environment and ultimately us.

On the past decade was patent the growth of Artic sea ice melts during summertime. There are still several weeks to end the melt season at the Artic and 2008 is already setting a new record on this matter.

The data comes from satellites monitoring which is closely watched at summertime. The melt season goes from May until early August. The National Snow Ice Data Center (NSIDC) release last week some concerning data.

On 2005 the biggest melt was registered but as soon as August began the sea ice started to slow down. The current worry is that 2008 will set a new record as the daily ice extend this year is really close to 2005. Scientists are apprehensive fearing high temperatures on September and as a result a bigger melt of the Artic.

More ships then usual are seen sailing throughout the Artic’s, which clearly shows an evident consequence of the climate change and the global warming. The greenhouse effect is the major reason for all this.

Measures to stop carbon emission must be taken in order to stop the damaging of the global environment. Most of the consequences of the global warming are yet to be discovered and felt. The modern way of live is permanently damaging the entire Earth as in our daily activities there is great amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.

The industries are not the only one to be blamed. Every time a flight takes off, a tank is filled up, a heater is turned on or even when night comes and lights are on, there is an amount of carbon dioxide released. The emission might take place earlier but it is still a consequence of our daily activities.

Estimate your annual carbon dioxide footprint and consider adopting an acre of the rainforest. Helping the forest you will be ultimately helping the Artic and the global environment.

The rainforest is home to the indigenous population in South America, their culture is connected to the forest, its rivers, trees, animals and plants. The indigenous way of life of the remaining tribes at the Amazon is unique and therefore should be preserved.

If deforestation continues at this rate, soon enough the forest will not be home to the tribes that still depend on the tropical forest. There are tribes in the rainforest that don’t live outside their culture; they still keep their traditions, tales, and own understanding of the world.

Deforestation is not only destroying the biggest tropical forest standing in the planet but is also leaving a entire population without home. The preservation of the rainforest is very important to the indigenous population. Tribe’s survival is profoundly related to the Amazon Forest preservation.

Besides the importance of keeping a culture alive, the indigenous population has master the medical use of uncountable plants. Their knowledge must be learned. For thousands year tribes learned to wisely use the forest for their benefit. A sustainable relation between the indigenous population and the Amazon worked for years, now is threaten.

Let’s protect the indigenous culture, tradition, language and knowledge by saving the Amazon rainforest.

Since the industrial revolution began over 300 years ago the human kind has increasingly damaged the environment. From the beginning of times the relationship between mankind and our planet has been predatory. For a long time we did not acknowledge the cost that our actions would have on our own future.

Currently on the global agenda the on of the main concerns is the climate change and along with it other themes such as the extinction of plants and animals, deforestation, carbon dioxide emissions, global warming and so on. All of them are related to the human actions.

The matters listed above unroll other concerns such as the clean development mechanism (CDM) and sustainable development. Every time each of this topics are debated there is the questioning of how and up to what point is right or not to deny the right of countries yet to be developed to explore at ease without limitation its natural resources.

However at the moment are plenty of studies showing the consequences of development without taking under consideration the damages to the environment and it must be taken under consideration. Nonetheless how can we demand an effective action towards sustainable development from countries that still struggles with matters such as democracy, criminality and extreme poverty among others?

A reasonable answer is to help out communities closer to areas in danger. A good example is the rain forest; the region population is extreme poor, if there is no other way to make money besides cutting down trees, that’s what is going to happen. The communities by the Amazon forest need an alternative, let’s give them one, adopt an acre and help the environment.