Date: 6/0/14

To: Professor Massey

From: Christian Rodriguez
Re: word widife
!t is a "ro#em that a$e%ts us a& deforestation %auses air 'uaity to go down( The
))F *word widife+ is an organization that not ony tries, to sto" deforestation #ut
aso he"s other animas from going e-tin%t( The organization started in 1.60 and
was originay made to re%ei/e donations on a wordwide s%ae0 this was to gi/e
1nan%ia su""ort to other nature %onser/ationist( There mission is to %onser/e
nature and redu%e the most "ressing threats to the di/ersity of ife on 2arth( They
"rote%t the earth #y sto""ing %imate %hange& o/er 1shing& "oution and many
other threats to the "anet and to us(
3ne of the main %auses of deforestation is iega ogging( !t ha""ens around the
word& and in some "a%es& iega ogging is more %ommon than the ega /ariety(
!ega ogging and other destru%tion of nature %ause greenhouse gas emissions to
go u"( )hen trees are %ut or #urned they reease %ar#on& the high amount of %ar#on
%an %ause a rise of tem"erature in the whoe area( Deforestation aso %ontri#utes to
soi erosion( !n "o"uated areas in %an %ause andsides #ut in nature water %an
wash away fertie soi if there are no trees to hod them in "a%e(
Deforestation aso a$e%ts the animas( The word most threatened animas i/e in
rain forests( The ))F "rote%ts these animas 4ust i5e it "rote%ts the rainforest(
6nimas i5e ee"hants gorias& or tigers( The ))F #eie/es in he"ing a of nature
so they try to he" the animas in nature as we as nature itsef( The ))F aso he"s
the %ommunity through dire%t he" and im"ro/ing nature( They try to get and
"rote%ted for indigenous "eo"es so they %an %ontinue there ife stye( They aso
he" in other threats to earth that are not deforestation( They he" to sto" o/er
1shing and #y %at%hing( This a$e%ts the e%osystem 4ust i5e deforestation(
3ne way the ))F sto"s deforestation is through reforestation e$orts( They aso try
to %reate "rote%ted area that he"s the %ommunity #y gi/ing them %eaner air and a
more %om"e- e%osystem to intera%t with( This has #een done in Peru were they
sto""ed 70 of deforestation with a zero toeran%e aw( ))F aso has %reated and
sustained o/er one hundred "rote%ted areas around the word( They "ro/ed that a
we sustained "rote%ted area %ontri#utes to redu%ed %ar#on emissions( 3ne ast
thing they do is set u" "rograms that "ro/ide in%enti/es for nations to "rote%t their
forests whie safeguarding the rights of o%a %ommunities and indigenous "eo"es(
8asty& deforestation is a "ressing issue( The ))F is a 1fty year od organization
that "rote%ts the forest from iega ogging and other forms of deforestation( They
aso try to he" %ommunities that i/e using resour%es from the and #ut utimatey
want to "rote%t the and( They ha/e redu%ed threats of %ar#on emission and #y
doing he"ed a of us(