For deforestation to be reduced, for text books to be made of recycled materials

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

As a result of looking in class at deforestation, we have discovered that trees are declining at a rapid rate. We have decided that the number of trees being cut down for materials such as school text books need to be decreased.

Across the world, annually, we are losing 18.7 million acres of forests. Due to this we are left with only 3000 wild tigers across the world.
It has been shown that the amazon rain-forest has lost 17% of its trees in the past 50 years, due to forest conversion. It is also shown that trees are our carbon sinks, therefore proving that they inhale the carbon we cant. If they cant inhale this carbon it will be let off into the atmosphere. 15% of all greenhouse gases are due to deforestation.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for text books.

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Timeline

8 May 2018	Petition opened for signatures
14 May 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 May 2018

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