Rainforest Destruction. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's surface, only 6% remains and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be destroyed within 40 years.

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Rainforest Destruction

Deforestation in the tropics is as much a social problem as an ecological one. Inequitable land distribution in many developing countries forces the peasants to work marginal land and perpetuate a cycle of poverty and environmental destruction. If these people are given title to productive land, and access to such social programs as free education and family planning, the cycle can be broken.

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