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[|Peru Moves to Protect 'One of the Last Great Intact Forests'] The New York Times, February 14, 2018

This article discusses the creation of the Yaguas National Park, which is located in Peru. The park is a remote rainforest that holds a large variety of species and is said to be, "...one of the last great intact forests on the globe". By making this special and diverse forest a national park, it's gaining great protection against development and deforestation. Many indigeous people to the area are working hard to protect the forests rights because these people rely on the forest for the production of its flora and fauna. These people are informing scientists about the lay of the land and the amazing animals within. Although it's great that this location is now a National Park, it's known by Gregory Asner that after around 20 years, the old remote location becomes known and desired by other.
 * Summary:**

Throughout APES, our class discussed the extinction of animals, maintaining biodiversity, and the degradation of tropical forests. Within the textbook, it's said that, "Between 1960 and 1990, about one-fifth of all tropical forest cover was lost" (Miller 651). That's insane, and now people around the world are trying to prevent more rapid loss of tropical forests due to deforestation. Tropical forests supply half of the world's annual harvest of hardwood and hundreds of food products; they effect everyone daily and the destruction of all of these habitats could be horrific. These forests also account for many diverse animals that are important in our understanding of the world (Miller 653). It is important to protect rainforest around the world, and Peru is doing an excellent job.
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 * Opinion:**

In my opinion, I think that it's great that people in Peru care so deeply about a forest that they fought to have it become a national park. I agree with the article, that it is important to protect forests and our environment in general. The people in Peru are rather thinking about the future of the world rather than selfishly about what's best for business, which is great. Later, the article discusses briefly about the United States weakening the protection of forests from deforestation. I think that this is terrible, considering there's so much research on why we should protect our ecosystems. Overall though, I'm happy that the people in Peru can live another 20 years knowing that the Yaguas National Park is safe from developments and the animals within can live with out habitat loss due to development or deforestation.

The Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 prohibits commercial activities, motorized access, and infrastructure developments in congressionally designated areas. The Yaguas National Park is protected under the rules of a national park which prevent any development of the land. This park prohibits commercial activities, motorized access, and infrastructure developments like in the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978.
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citation: Klein, Joanna. “Peru Moves to Protect 'One of the Last Great Intact Forests'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/science/peru-yaguas-national-park.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate&action=click&contentCollection=climate®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront.