areas leave the soil vulnerable to erosion by wind and water. The human practices that contribute to desertification include: · Overgrazing · Improper soil and water resource management · Cultivation of land with unsuitable terrain or soils · Deforestation without adequate replanting One of the main
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Chapter 11 : Soil: The Foundation for Land Ecosystem Chapter 11 Brooke Settles Chapter 11 discusses three major practices that expose soil erosion and how they can be corrected . The three are Over- cultivation‚ Overgrazing and Deforestation. These are each all major problems in creating an unsustainable society. The good thing is that each of these causes of erosion can be corrected to create a more sustainable society. First there is Overcultivation which is the practice of repeatedly
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forest ecosystems. There was a time when the Deciduous forests covered about half of the land on earth‚ but it’s how reduced to one-third due to the forest clearing. Humans also incidentally harm these forests through burning fossil fuels and deforestation by burning the land. The forests in North America had been
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pollutants like carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide. They also help to lower temperatures. They give shade during the summer and act as windbreaks during winter if they are located on the windward side. They also prevent soil erosion. In times when deforestation has led to global warming‚ acid rain and the greenhouse effect; ‘saving trees’ has become an issue we have to address. Environment degradation has occurred almost everywhere thanks to man’s need to capture more and more land either for agriculture
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CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION Deforestation is the product of the interaction of the many environmental‚ social‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and political forces at work in any given region. The mix of these forces varies from decade to decade‚ and from country to country. As a consequence‚ generalizations are dangerous. In most cases‚ deforestation is a process that involves a competition amongst different land users for scarce resources‚ a process exacerbated by counter-productive policies and weak institutions
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square miles. The land of Benin is mostly flat plains with some hills and low mountains. The tallest mountain is just over one thousand feet in height. Some environmental concerns that Benin is facing is the issue of clean water‚ poaching‚ and deforestation. There are many endangered species in Benin due to habitat destruction.
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The Borneo Rainforest is located in Borneo which is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java‚ Indonesia‚ at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. The Rainforest is 130 million years old‚ which makes it the oldest rainforest in the world. The Borneo rainforest is one of the only remaining natural habitats for the endangered Bornean Orangutan. It is an important refuge for many endemic forest species‚ including the Asian Elephant‚ the Sumatran Rhinoceros‚ the
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PROTECTED AREA BY FOREST A protected forest is a specific term to denote forests with some amount of legal‚ and / or constitutional protection in certain countries. Forests have been used by humans since the beginning of civilization for hunting‚ harvesting trees and other activities. As populations grew there became a need to manage forests for the benefit of humans as well as the animals‚ plants and insects that live in them. Conservation forestry is the part of forestry that focuses on protecting
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food supplies. Two thirds of the Sudanese population lives within 300km of the capital city Khartoum and the signs of overpopulation are obvious in this region of Sudan. The rising population depends on wood fuel for cooking and this has led to deforestation of the region. Increasing numbers of people keep cattle and grow crops on the land. Population growth is leading to a rise in cattle numbers and over-cultivation of land. The cattle trample the soil and eat the grass cover that makes it less fertile
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minerals the increasing quarrying and mining activities lead to land pollution. The excavation and mining activities leads to loosening of soil. Increased mechanization leads to contamination of soil‚ thus causing severe land pollution. Deforestation is one of the major causes of loosening the soil that in turn causing soil erosion. The soil that is left their naked on harvesting crops from agricultural lands is vulnerable to being eroded by wind and water. Intensive agricultural causes the
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