DEFORESTATION INTRODUCTION The clearing of tropical forests across the Earth has been occurring on a large scale for many years. This process‚ known as deforestation‚ involves the cutting down‚ burning‚ and damaging of forests. If the current rate of deforestation continues‚ the world’s rain forests will vanish soon‚ causing unknown effects on global climate and eliminating the majority of plant and animal species on the planet. It would also change the water and oxygen levels dramatically
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Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area. Indigenous forests now cover 21% of the earth’s land surface. In a forest the crowns of individual trees touch to form a single canopy. In a woodland‚ trees grow far apart‚ so that the canopy is open.
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Forests are the lungs of the earth and they should not be destroyed. Deforestation causes not only the loss of our precious and stunning forests‚ but also habitat destruction‚ extinction of species‚ and the loss of necessary resources. It’s imperative to prevent the total destruction of our land so that we might be able to salvage what’s left of our environment. If we don’t stop this problem soon there will be no future for our children. Habitat destruction is the awful process in which natural
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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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Deforestation Deforestation‚ involves the cutting down‚ burning‚ and damaging of forests. The clearing of tropical forests across the Earth has been occurring on a large scale for many years. If the current rate continues‚ the world ’s rain forests will vanish soon‚ causing unknown effects on global climate and eliminating the majority of plant and animal species on the planet. It would also change the water and oxygen levels dramatically‚ which would increase the global warming. Deforestation is
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Deforestation From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Deforestation (disambiguation). Satellite photograph of deforestation in progress in the Tierras Bajas project in eastern Bolivia. 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.[1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms‚ ranches‚ or urban use. More than half of the
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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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BIOL101 Article Review 5/1/2010 Deforestation It is impossible to overstate the importance of humankind ’s clearing of the forests. The transformation of forested lands by human actions represents one of the great forces in global environmental change and one of the great drivers of biodiversity loss. The impact of people has been and continues to be profound. Forests are cleared‚ degraded and fragmented by timber harvest‚ conversion to agriculture‚ road-building‚ human-caused fire‚ and in
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Cause and Effect The Effects of Global Warming Global warming is one of the greatest threats to humanity and to the environment. Global average temperature rose significantly during the past century. The current scientific view is that most of the temperature increases since mid-20th century has been caused by increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations produced by human activity. Most scientists agree that planet’s temperature has risen 0.5 degree Celsius since 1900 and will continue
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Composition P.2 02/17/15 Deforestation: A Disastrous Future Ahead With the world coming to a high need of land for agricultural‚ industrial and most importantly urban needs to contain cities and their growing population‚ an action that we have to recognize as “Deforestation” occurs. Deforestation is the cutting down of a forest for human activities. Once the trees are removed‚ the land turns into a non-forest area‚ which is normally used for agriculture. Most of the time deforestation comes to meet the
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