Rainforest Help Please.?

Rain forests are stripped to supply wood and create land to farm, poor as it is. People need to live and this is what they do in some areas. The cause is their government, or lack of it. They are slow to enact laws to protect the forest. They also don't have the ability to provide enough istance and incentive to help the people out of their dire conditions. As fast as an area is cleared and the small amount of money is gained for these old growth woods, farmers come in and work the poor land. It is poor for cropping as the nutrients of the rain forest are tied up in the growth so that removing it takes all the nutrients out of their cycle. Once the land has been cropped once or twice, it is left. It doesn't produce and the incentive (or regulation) is not there to improve the land. Why should someone put all that effort and cost into a thing when it's easier to move to the next plot. That is where the governments fall down. Frequently their leaders are busy feeding themselves while the people starve. Individuals that care wish to stop the slash and burn farming and the illegal logging to protect the old growth and the many species that call them home, some still not discovered yet. How many new species went into extinction before they were ever even noted and at least tried to be saved? If you look at a map and follow the equator you will see many rain forest areas and they are quite varied. One thing they have in common is the smoke from the clearing. Load the link below if you have a decent computer and look around in the jungle areas around the world and you will see what I mean. Just follow the logging roads to where the smoke rises. Load Google Earth (and sky) and you will be amazed. With a good video card I found my house and my car in the driveway!