I will pay for the following article Economic Development and Environmental Protection. The work is to be 5 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page. The deforestation of certain regions of the world is certainly compounding the pollution problem since this deforestation and rise in pollution levels often takes place in countries that have precious few remaining options for economic growth (Hertsgaard, 1997). For example, forests in India are being cut away to make room for growing cities and farmland for villages. The Gir forest is one example of a region which is being cut away to make the land available to mango farms and quarries for limestone. Millions of hectares in forest land are destroyed annually around the world of which the majority takes place in locations like South America (Mabogunje, 2002).

At the same time, the pollution levels of cities and industrial zones in South America are approaching a critical level as more than ninety-five percent of the forest land in Brazil and Costa Rica is gone. In the Philippines, 90% of the land covered with forests is now being used for other purposes. If this situation is allowed to continue unchecked, within a few years, there would be no forests left in developing countries except in zones which are dedicated to habitat protection and forest preservation where armed guards protect the trees (Rich, 1994).

Undoubtedly, it is human activity and human growth which is causing pressure on the ecological systems of the planet. These activities take place at a very high rate in nations like India and China which are seeking to make their mark in terms of economic development and progress. While they seek development, they also utilize fossil fuels and whenever these are used to drive cars, provide power to offices or run the wheels of industry, significant pollution is added to the ecological system (Hertsgaard, 1997). While a certain amount of pollution can be handled by nature, excess pollutants and greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide and other chemicals upset the delicate ecological balance. The present rate of pollution in these developing countries also means that their cities have become some of the worst offenders in terms of pollution.