In the Caribbean, most of the islands suffer from huge amounts of pollution and deforestation. There have been many occasions where an oil spill occurs, causing the death of reefs that are much need for tourist companies. They have been polluted with mostly industrial wastes and sewage. The region has also suffered of large amounts of air pollution caused by gas emissions for cars, and this creates much warmer temperatures in already very warm areas. Many plantations owners spread their land by cutting down acres of trees to make way for more farming. This process also causes a lot of global warming and climate change in these regions.