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    Deforestation The “Slashing and burning” of rainforests has to stop. The deforestation of our rainforests is effecting our environment and us more than you may think. We get the oxygen we need from trees‚ forests protect us from Carbon Dioxide‚ and forests protect most of Earth’s plants and animals. We need trees to breathe and rainforests to protect us from harsh things that we emit from our bodies. Many rainforests help and protect us. “More than 20% of the world’s oxygen comes from the Amazon”

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    The worldwide depend greatly on paper‚ wood and land has resulted in what is known as deforestation. Trees are felled so quickly that nature cannot replace them fast enough. We already lost half of our tropical forests. Every minute‚ around 6-football field size of rainforests is being destroyed. At this rate‚ the world’s forests could be totally destroyed in another few decades. Without trees‚ the soil will be eroded easily and there will be more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Besides these

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    the world‚ deforestation has become a major problem. The rainforest is arguably the most complicated and largely interwoven ecosystem on land. However‚ this treasure is being lost and demolished day by day‚ the land being cleared away for the pure interest of money making‚ in the process of deforestation. Not only are thousands of species of organisms being driven to extinction‚ but we are also effectively eliminating any chance of studying many of the species. Also‚ deforestation has a major

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    must take an action to make a change. To discuss deforestation we need to look at a role of government and its economic policies . Also we need to look at how the private sector views the ownership of property and its resource at the expense of the environment. Deforestation is the felling and clearance of the land ‚ mostly in the (Less Economic Developed countries.) .Deforestation occurs in many ways. Most of the clearing its done

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    04 Rainforests have been declining rapidly over the last few decades. There are various factors responsible for this decline‚ resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation refers to the destruction of large areas of natural forests resulting in serious irreversible damage. Forests are crucial factors to our existence and because of the time it takes to replace harvested trees‚ they must be carefully

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    In recent times‚ many developing countries such as Indonesia and Brazil do more logging than before that people believe developing countries need more income. However‚ other people think logging in the native forests should be banned that can protect wild animals and their natural habitat‚ and also can reduce global warming. In this essay‚ I will support the latter idea. Banned logging in native forests has some disadvantages. Firstly‚ it will decrease economy‚ and also will decrease the income

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    to Your Burger Than Meats The Eye: Cattle Ranching and It’s Increasing Affect on Deforestation One may not look at the hamburger in their hands and automatically think‚ “What was done to our environment in order to make this delicious piece of meat?” but it really is a question that any meat consumer should consider. Believe it or not‚ eating that one hamburger indirectly causes the rate of deforestation to increase every single day! It actually is quite simple how this hamburger

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    Deforestation of Canada ’s Boreal Shield & Pacific Coast First off‚ what is deforestation? The majority of people have come to know this term; deforestation is the clear cutting or total removal of trees in a forest. With the destruction of these luscious and plentiful forests come many environmental issues ranging from global warming to soil erosion to loss of habitat. By the end of this report you should have a better understanding of the impact of deforestation and what has to be done in

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    Discuss the view that urbanisation in both the developed and the developing world is unsustainable (40marks) Urbanisation is the process in which people move from a rural area to an urban area. Levels of urbanisation are determined by looking at both the population of rural and urban areas. For the first time ever in history more people live in urban areas than in rural areas. This movement shows no sign of stopping with a predicted 1.84% increase in people living in urban areas expected between

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    hardly‚ to think hard what had they do for their past to the nature. It happen when deforestation occurred! By definition‚ deforestation means the cutting or removal of trees from woodlands or forests in order to convert the land into commercial or logging reasons or for whatever purpose it may serve them (Hata 2008). People agree with deforestation because of agriculture and increasing of population. Deforestation is risky to environment and human being because it can cause erosion of soil‚ increases

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