3a. Some important rainforest resources are the fact that it absorbs carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, regulate the climate, and shelter millions of animals and plants. It also has cedar and mahogany.
3b. Rain forest destruction is destroying animal and plant habitats, it is contributing to global warming because it can't absorb as much carbon, land is more exposed to erosion
3c. Some factors that may slow rainforest destruction are the debt-for-nature-swap, where environmental groups pay some government debt if they agree to protect portion of the rainforest. As well as finding the balance between competing interests for use of the land.
4. In the future I think that the rainforet could potentially be saved if more governments use the debt-for-nature-swap. It would be worthwhile to save the rainforest because of the benefits it brings the atmosphere, but there will also be many pressures from corporations to build. i think the rain forest will still be there but it will be much smaller and have a lot of buildings.
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