Everybody knows that every where around the world has lots of forests. They are an important natural resource for many biological in environment, but they have been decreasing slowly because of deforestation. It has been spreading out around the world, especially in Thailand. Deforestation causes many problems in Thailand; the decreasing number of animals, destroying environment, and causing natural disasters, which become unstoppable.
The first issue about deforestation in Thailand is that the decreasing number of animals. Many animals live in the national forest which is a significant forest in Thailand. From the Thairath news in 2008, it showed that this forest has often been cutting down by wood smugglers. It gave an effect to many animals; losing their habitats. Deforestation has an effect on decreasing number of elephants. The news told us that wood smugglers cut down the trees from the national forest. As a result, the habitats of the elephants declined, and this, therefore, affected the elephant themselves. Furthermore, destroying the forest had affected to some animals which has already become extinct such as from the Wild Animal Preservation and Protection Tax Act A.D. 1992, Schomburgk’s Deer has become completely extinct since 1932. Therefore, deforestation is not able to save the animals, but decrease animals rapidly.
In addition to decreasing of animals, second, destroying environment is caused by deforestation, too. Forest is the origin source of river. Destroying more trees; cutting and burning, river sources will be lost. Collapsing ground is part of destroying environment which comes from human action; cutting many trees for making the road, and slashing and burning cultivation. From many reports of newspapers, the most collapsing grounds are in the north of Thailand. It has the highest statistics of our country. Moreover, deforestation has affected environment in a long term—pollution—when we cut a lot of trees, there won’t be fresh air. It makes lots of Carbon dioxide gas in our atmosphere, especially traffic jams in Thailand which makes Carbon dioxide very much. So, if we destroy unrelenting trees, our environment will come to the end soon.
Besides the decreasing number of animals and destroying environment, the last effect of deforestation is that it makes natural disasters. First of all, it’s about the flood which often happened in our country in the last year; destroyed villages and properties, as a result of cutting down lots of trees. When water flowed from the highland to low land, there are no trees to delay a speed of water. It makes the flood. Second, the Green House Effect is the big problem that can to give an effect to another problem; the Global Warming. The Greenhouse Effect occurs from Carbon dioxide gas, Sulfur dioxide gas and CFC which destroys the Ozone, plus, trees have been destroyed, so there are no trees to absorb these gases. What is more, the Global Warming is extremely affected from the Green House Effect, which is an unstoppable rising temperature. It’s not only in Thailand, but also around the world. Thus, the natural disasters are the big issues which have more risks to the loss of humankind. It’s because of deforestation; including Thailand.
To sum up, the decreasing number of animals, destroying environment, and making natural disaster, these are the effects occurring from deforestation. Thereby, we should save our country with our hands, especially stop the deforestation as a slogan “If the forest comes to an end, the disaster will occur. Please, afforest for 1 tree, we will have a happier life”.