What are the Causes and Effects of Deforestation? Deforestation involves the cutting down‚ burning‚ and damaging of forests. Deforestation can be defined as the change of forest with depletion of tree crown cover more than 90%. However‚ depletion of forest tree crown cover less than 90% is considered forest degradation. Causes of Deforestation: The main causes of deforestation are summarized below: (i) Population explosion (ii) Agriculture: shifting cultivation‚ overgrazing‚ cash crop
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will be lost over the next two decades” (From “Last of the Amazon” by Scott Wallace). Deforestation can be caused by many things‚ natural or unnatural. The number one cause can be said to be illegal logging or erosion‚ but we all know that is not it. Deforestation in the world is caused by man and the effects are devastating to the environment and can also effect global warming. Man can cause deforestation because of his greediness to want everything. For example‚ loggers in the Amazon are illegally
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The Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon region Throughout the years‚ the Amazon region of Brazil has become the focus of many controversial issues involving deforestation. One of the main concerns within this region is the cutting and distribution of trees‚ otherwise‚ known as logging. The forest industry surrounding the area has relied on sufficient lumber volume and growth in healthy forests. The conditions and outcome of logged forests in the Brazilian Amazon is associated with widespread high-resolution
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Deforestation is a significant issue in to be examined in California’s history because we are destroying what is left of the natural beauty of this great state by cutting down trees in our forests. Before us the current residents or California took over a vast majority of California was once blanketed by towering trees and they seemed to be endless from what most people saw. But as most of us Californians see it now we have cut down a majority of trees and instead of the natural trees we once had
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Rainforests The rainforest is under threat from destruction but why is it being destroyed? An area the size of a football pitch is being destroyed every second. Structure of the Rainforest The rainforest is made up of 4 layers: Emergent Layer- The tallest trees are in this layer they can be 200 feet above the forest floor. These trees can also have trunks that are 16 feet round. Animals found here include eagles‚ bats‚ monkeys and butterflies. Canopy Layer- This layer forms a type of roof above
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not harvest timber in a responsible‚ sustainable manner. Because of this‚ forests are shrinking‚ habitats are disappearing‚ and animals are now forced to find new habitats‚ as their old ones have been ravaged and eradicated. It is obvious that “deforestation is taking place at an unsustainable rate‚ and forests are being cut at an unsustainable rate” (Acheson). Fortunately for us‚ habitat destruction can be decreased by harvesting and replanting different segments of forest land in a staggered order
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Lestin Cobble Hill 9th December 1‚ 2014 Topic: Deforestation Argumentative Essay Deforestation is the process of cutting down trees and plants in an area‚ mainly in rain forest. Rain forest are home to 50 percent of its species‚ maintain the water cycle and protect against flood‚ drought‚ and erosion. Trees plays a significant role in the environment and deforestation is harmful to humans and our environment. Deforestation poses a threat to the biological diversity of
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the cause and effects of Deforestation The cutting down of forest or deforestation can affect us and have serious effects on our environment as well. A few effects of deforestation are soil erosion‚ disruption of the water cycle‚ and possible even global warming When forest areas are cleared‚ it results in exposing the soil to the sun. Which would make the soil very dry and eventually‚ infertile‚ due to nitrogen being lost. In addition‚ when there is rainfall‚ it washes away the nutrients
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is estimated to be around 55 million years old‚ providing a long time for speciation to occur and explaining why over half of the known species that walk‚ or grow on‚ the planet call it their home (Amazon). With that said‚ it is crucial to stop deforestation and anything else that threatens the remarkably ideal habitat for a plethora of plants and animals. Of that biodiversity‚ over 40‚000 different plants thrive in the Amazon and produce over twenty percent of the oxygen produced globally (15 Cool
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