Eswatini ECOSOC forum on forests and Sustainable Development

Delegate: Luise Gräfin von Wallwitz

School: Ermitage international shool of France

ECOSOC - UN forum on forests

Humans today are using resources of 1,7 Earths. Deforestation and unnecessary waste of many things are considered normal and Sustainable Development is supported by too few people.

It is a problem of education. Many people aren't aware of the problems that deforestation causes.  

The loss of biodiversity is immense. More than 80% of the world's species remain in the Tropical Rainforest. 50-100 of which are being lost every day as a result of the destruction of their habitats. Many plants and animals have already vanished from this earth.

Plants also absorb CO2 and turn it among other things into Oxygen. By destroying those plants the CO2 remains in the a...