Long Term Environmental Effects Reduced Biodiversity 8o species can be found in tropical rainforests Often unable to survive in the small fragments of forested lend left behind Accessible to hunters and poachers Leading to extinction Climate Change Forests help to mitigate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions When cut, burned or otherwise removed they become carbon source Tropical forests hold more than 210 gig tons of carbon Deforestation represents 15% of greenhouse gas emissions Rising temperatures, changed patterns of weather and increase of extreme weather events