Comment on what the earth would be like without the green of the forests

In our country, forests occupy a fairly large area. Throughout the length of the country, from Muc Nam Quan to the tip of Ca Mau, there are forests everywhere. The vast forests of the Northwest, Viet Bac, Truong Son, the Southeast... The primeval forests of Cuc Phuong, Cat Tien, Bach Ma, Can Gio, U Minh... are invaluable natural resources that exist naturally. how many generations. There is a proverb: The forest is golden, the sea is silver. It is true that forests have brought people great benefits. Humans cannot live without forests, so protecting forests is protecting our lives.

In the history of building and defending the country of the Vietnamese people, forests are closely associated with people: Mountains stretch thick steel ramparts, forests cover soldiers, forests surround enemies (To Huu). The Viet Bac mountains and forests became the capital of the 9-year resistance war against the French colonialists. The Truong Son mountains and forests along with the Ho Chi Minh Trail have become legends of the painful and glorious resistance war against America to save the country...

In peacetime, forests provide people with invaluable resources and countless benefits. Watershed protection forest belts are effective barriers to prevent mountain landslides and soil erosion, to protect property and human lives. Forests are giant natural machines that regulate climate, provide oxygen, and maintain life on the ground. The forest is also a rich and diverse museum of the world's many species. The beautiful landscape of the forest gives people wonderful moments of relaxation after tiring and stressful days of work and study.

Deforestation will lead to serious consequences, directly affecting daily life. Our country's forest area is increasingly shrinking in a worrying way, partly because of "loggers" destroying forests to get precious wood and getting rich illegally, and partly because of the lack of understanding of mountain people who often destroy forests. get arable land. Rudimentary and outdated ways of doing business such as slash-and-burn farming, burning bees to collect honey... just a little carelessness can cause immeasurable damage.

Due to not having a proper awareness of the importance of the living environment, people have harmed themselves. For immediate profits, many people destroy forests and seas. Cut down trees for wood, expand farming and cultivation areas; Burning slash and burn farms, hunting precious animals... these actions, lasting for many years, will cause the natural forest area to become increasingly narrow, seriously affecting the ecological balance. Typical large-scale deforestation cases such as in Tanh Linh, Binh Thuan, in the Southeast provinces, in the Central Highlands... or the fire of several thousand hectares of primary forest in U Minh are typical examples.

Our lives will be greatly damaged if we are not conscious of protecting the environment. It is something that cannot be denied. Every day, through media such as newspapers, television, radio... we see natural disasters occurring continuously: storms, floods, heavy rains, droughts, and prolonged heat appearing across the Asian continent. , Europe, Africa, America... leading to many terrible disasters. Even in our country, every year during the rainy season, floodwaters from upstream rush in fiercely, breaking dikes, washing away houses, crops and claiming many lives. Then mountain landslides, mud floods, and flash floods suddenly came, causing scenes of loss and pain... All of these are the consequences of reckless deforestation because deforestation means the belt is destroyed. Without protection, people will often have to face natural disasters.

Speaking closer, more specifically, is the environment around us. Currently, in large cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City... pollution has reached alarming levels. The air is filled with gasoline fumes and smoke emitted from factories and plants. Toxins from smoke are one of the causes of skin diseases, respiratory diseases, neurological diseases...

There is a proverb: Forest money, sea silver, Golden forest, silver sea... but that doesn't mean the forest and sea are endless treasures. If exploitation is not coupled with preservation, protection and development, these two great resources will gradually dry up. If the two main living environments are degraded, human life cannot be good.

Forests are the great lungs of our country. Therefore, protecting forests is protecting nature and protecting human's living environment. Every citizen must have self-awareness in preserving and developing forests so that their homeland and country will forever be green and full of life.