Deforestation Table of Contents Introduction 1 Important Facts 1 Historical Background 1-2 Background Law 2 Causes of Deforestation 2 The Green House Effect 2-3 Reducing Deforestation 3 Case Studies 3-4 Pros and Cons 4-5 Conclusion 5 Bibliography 6 Ninety
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DEFORESTATION 1. OVERVIEW Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet. They produce vital oxygen and provide homes for people and wildlife. Many of the world’s most threatened and endangered animals live in forests‚ and 1.6 billion people rely on benefits forests offer‚ including food‚ fresh water‚ clothing‚ traditional medicine and shelter. But forests around the world are under threat from deforestation‚ jeopardizing these benefits. Deforestation comes in many forms‚ including fires
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With increasing population‚ the need for forest products‚ such as‚ fuel‚ timber‚ bamboo grasses etc. increased dramatically for habitation. Hence deforestation becomes a permanent feature of our normal life. The single largest problem faced by the developing world for dwindling in their forest resources is deforestation. Causes of Deforestation: The main cause of the present day crisis is increasing population. Majority of people living in rural areas depend on forest for their firewood for
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Deforestation is the loss or destruction of naturally occurring forests. It is primarily due to human activities such as cutting trees for fuel‚ slash-and-burn agriculture‚ clearing land for livestock grazing‚ oil extraction‚ and many others. Deforestation is considered to be one of the contributing factors to global climate change. It can occur around the world‚ even though it’s more common in tropical rainforests. Countries with significant deforestation currently or in the recent years include
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Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale‚ often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Deforestation is a problem that is caused largely by greed and want for property‚ money and possibly status. In many parts of the world the forest is taken for granted as a replenishable resource‚ which it is. The problem is that the trees cannot be regrown and replanted at the rate at which they are being cut down. For this reason the forests are declining at an incredible rate and
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words. El Salvador is on the most deforested countries in the region. Explain how and why this problem should be solved. Deforestation is the permanent devastation of forests. Deforestation happens in many ways: when trees are cut down to grow crops‚ logging so wood can be used for building things like houses‚ for roads and neighborhoods‚ and forest fires. Deforestation is affecting our country. At least eighty percent of our forests have been destroyed. Although there may be a need to cut down
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Deforestation: Deforestation is the excessive cutting down of trees and clearing of forests for different purposes. In other words‚ it is the destruction of forests. These directly and indirectly affect us. Thus‚ deforestation is a serious type of environmental degradation. Soil erosion: Soil erosion can be defined as the destruction of the top layer of the soil as a result of natural or human activities. Soil erosion refers to the carrying away of soil. Soil erosion is also serious type of
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DEFORESTATION Deforestation has been described as the cutting down of trees without planting others in their place. Deforestation‚ clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms‚ ranches‚ or urban use. It is hard to think that there was a time when 90% of the earth was covered by trees‚ but this was once the case. More than half of the animal and plant
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Deforestation Forests are vital for life‚ home to millions of species‚ they protect soil from erosion‚ produce oxygen‚ store carbon dioxide‚ and help control climate. Forests are also vital for us to live as they provide us with food‚ shelter and medicines as well as many other useful things. They also purify the air we breathe and water that we need to survive. Deforestation by humans is causing all of these necessary functions to be lessened‚ and hence damaging the atmosphere even further. Forests
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LAND POLLUTION TYPE: DEFORESTATION 1. INTRODUCTION Deforestation: is the removal of trees as well as other plants from forest areas much more quickly than they can be replanted or regenerated naturally. It ’s a trouble due to the parts how the trees must play in stabilising the climate‚ atmospheric composition and soil structure. According to The Environ Facts 8 Feb. 1999‚ deforestation reduces the ability of the land to support life‚ affecting wild species‚ domestic animals‚ agricultural
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