Monday, November 23, 2009

Why the Amazon should quit smoking

Fire in the Amazon

The Amazon is the largest remaining rainforest on Earth and plays a major role in regulating the planet's climate. But tens of thousands of square kilometres of Amazon rainforest are destroyed each year by slash-and-burn practices, which local people use to clear land for farming.

[Photograph by: Dado Galdier/AP]

3 comments:

  1. Nice and informative post. Smoking is not good for the health it can lead to several disorders. Smoking can also causes cancer.

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  2. Thanks a lot for this nice informative Blog.


    Smith Alan

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  3. thats soo scaryy,sikkkk,btw its the not cus of smoking, since when does a rain forest smoke?,it is the poor migrant farmers that are looking for space for agriculture? i swear you learn that in like year 6

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