Technical Writing

Task 1 - Forest are the lungs of the earth

Forest are the lungs of the earth. We can't disagree with the statement. They generates oxygen for all element in life cycle. Human, animals, and plants need oxygen for energy. Human lungs have function to process oxygen in air which we breath in and generates energy. So do the animals. And plants need oxygen to stabilize it's fotosynthesis process for it's life too. All of us need oxygen, and the only thing that can produce oxygen in massive amount and continually is forest.

Lungs are one of the most vital organ in our body. Without lungs we won't live like now. So do the earth. Without forest, earth won't live like today. Vast forest is very essential to earth's life itself. Beside producing oxygen, they absorb carbondioxyde that can be hazardous for our life in over amount. They anchors soil and prevent erosion, regulate waterflow and protect watersheds, modify the climate and cool the air, and provide a habitats for million of species of animals and plants. By providing water cycle regulation, soil conservation and biodiversity, forests are very vital to maintaining healthy ecosystems - on which humanity depend.

Forests are very vital for water and soil. They are important agents of evapotranspiration, the exchange of water vapour among trees, soils and atmosphere. The world's rainforests themselves help to produce anywhere from 50 to 95 per cent of the moisture they need to maintain ecosystem functions. Forest root systems hold soils in place, preventing erosion. And forest litter from leaves, twigs and bark, decays into rich humus that nourishes plants and sub-soil life, binds soil particles, and acts as a natural sponge to store water.

Saving tropical forests from destruction is vital to preserving biodiversity. Tropical forests, both wet and dry, cover only 7 per cent of the earth's land surface but contain over half of all known species of plants and land animals in the world. As instance, Costa Rica, with just 52,000 square kilometers of land, contains 8,000 species of plants, while Britain, with nearly five times the land area, has fewer than 1,500 species. It's more amazing in Indonesia. In Borneo (Kalimantan), there are about 15,000 species of flowering plants with 3,000 species of trees, 221 species of terrestrial mammals and 420 species of resident birds in Borneo.

Forests also provide more direct benefits to the world's economies, including wood-based commodities such as timber, fuelwood, and pulp for paper and packaging. They provide foods, medicines, spices, gums, resins, and oils. Forest products are used for everything from lumber for housing and furniture to books and myriad other paper products.

With all of those explanation, we can conclude that forest are very important to the earth, to the humanity. And of course, destruction of the world’s forests amounts to death of the world we currently know.

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posted by Tri Aji Nugroho @ 11:33 AM