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Biodiversity Loss Through Deforestation of Indonesia, Madagascar, and Amazonia

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protective cover. The effects of deforestation and logging upon indigenous populations comes in many forms, including issues of air quality, food supply, shelter, protection from predators, habitat, population and  climate concerns. Unquestionably, "mother earth has given much responsibility to trees" (Anonymous, 2002). Inasmuch as man has overpopulated himself right out of having a sufficient amount of supplies  upon which to exist, he has taken to infiltrating some of the most delicate and precarious of regions - such as Amazonia, Madagascar and Indonesia - and inevitably butchering them  beyond recognition. Those who are left behind to suffer the consequences of lost biodiversity are the inhabitants who are hard pressed to adapt to any other form of environment.  "Forests have virtually disappeared in 25 countries and will continue to vanish unless governments change their policies and practices now, an international commission warned in proposing new initiatives  to save the worlds trees" (Anonymous, 1999, p. PG). II. AMAZONIA Among the myriad conditions created by deforestation in Amazonia, erosion plays  a particularly hazardous role, which effectively ties into the issues of food and habitat. The existence of indigenous species necessitates trees for shelter and food for sustenance, both of  which are removed by deforestation and logging. However, as these trees are systematically taken from the tropical forests, they leave behind no protection for the soil quality that is  now exposed to the elements. "The decrease in deforestation over the past two years could create the false perception that the problem is being resolved, whereas the situation really  is alarming" (Osava, 2002). With each drop of rain, the soils nutritive value is washed away, leaving nutrient-poor vegetation for the inhabitants to