October 2014 Detriment of Deforestation Image a planet without trees. This is a scary planet where the temperature is very hot and the air is very difficult to breathe. This planet will have nothing to protect people from the sun‚ nothing to slowdown the forces of the wind‚ and nothing to anchor topsoil from eroding in the rain. The conditions at this imaginary planet can become our reality on earth if we do not stop deforestation. There are many negative effects of deforestation. However‚ for the scope
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Modern-Day Plague Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale‚ often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area‚ but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year. The world’s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation. Forests are cut down for many reasons‚ but most of them are related to money or to people’s need to provide for their families.The biggest
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Deforestation Mitigation Strategies Tropical rainforests cover approximately thirty percent of the earth’s land area‚ around 2.5 million square miles‚ the size of the lower 48 states‚ despite the fact 80‚000 acres (32‚000) hectares are destroyed per day for economic reasons. Tropical rainforests are biodiversity hotspots. Rainforests are carbon sinks absorbing about half the carbon dioxide humans release into the atmosphere. Continued deforestation will affect the entire world with the ecological
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the lands that were once forests are now homes to factories that encourage more deforestation. Although it may not seem relevant to some people of the United States‚ this country still benefits from rain forests around the world. The United State’s government does have some economic incentives for preserving forests in the U.S. and other countries‚
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Deforestation is simply the means of removing trees and forests‚ generally through burning or cutting. In this paper I will cover South America where deforestation mainly takes place as needs in agriculture rise requiring more land. In the tropical regions there are mainly three types of deforestation that take place. Firstly‚ in poor economy countries such as South America‚ poor citizens turn to agriculture for feeding their families. Farmers use agricultural settlements and then cut down acres
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Indonesia has sold her sole (natural resources) to the highest bidder. The blame of the deforestation of Indonesia and in particular of Sumatra is down to the western consumers. Always striving for cheaper consumer goods‚ not taking the consequences into consideration. Thank you for your attention. Timothy Lynch Links: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/26/sumatra-borneo-deforestation-tigers-palm-oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia#Economy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra
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In Brazil‚ the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is a very big issue. In this report I will explain the connections of the deforestation to the Brazilian environment and economic development‚ and for extra reference I will relate these to the included map. The deforestation of the Amazon seems to be necessary to economic development in Brazil. Along with this‚ sadly the Amazon rainforest is being demolished at a alarming rate and it is causing major environmental issues including loss of bio-diversity
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Eden Marley Professor Eze Energy and the Environment 4/December/2012 Deforestation in the Amazon Deforestation‚ the destruction of natural rain forests‚ has been a major problem in the world today; caused primarily by human activities for development and population expansion. One of the main forests that have been affected is the Amazon Rainforest in South America. The main causes of deforestation in the Amazon are cattle ranching‚ subsistence and commercial agriculture‚ infrastructure‚
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Deforestation Deforestation is the process whereby natural forests are cleared through logging and/or burning‚ either to use the timber or to replace the area for alternative uses. Deforestation occurs around the world‚ though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted. Countries with significant deforestation currently or in the recent past include Brazil‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand‚ the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa‚ and parts of Eastern Europe‚ according to UNEP collaborating
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9.24.11 Deforestation and Malaria The changes in global environments is expected to affect the rate of malaria cases in humans. Malaria is a serious and at times fatal disease caused by an infectious parasite that can live within a mosquito that feeds on humans. These mosquitos breed in numerous areas and have affected many populations causing many people to suffer from its painful symptoms and effects of the disease. Researchers have been conducting tests on whether deforestation does in fact
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