Lee Garrant Everest University Online Instructor: William Gangloff There are three major practices that expose soil to erosion and they can be corrected and create a more sustainable society. They are over cultivation‚ overgrazing‚ and deforestation. We were asked to pick one out of the three and discuss it‚ the one that’s I chose was overgrazing. Overgrazing is one of the major practices of exposing soil to erosion. Overgrazing isn’t a new issue that we are facing. Grazing animals in great
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area of South America‚ housing some of the most magnificent plant species and animals‚ some found nowhere else in the world. Loggers‚ a group of people that use the rainforest to cut down the trees for wood‚ are a huge problem in the rainforest. Deforestation is killing acres and acres of land‚ cause at least 35 species of plants and animals to become extinct every day. These loggers need to stop this process quickly; otherwise the rainforest’s fate may be complete extinction. Many people may argue
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The UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 defined biodiversity as being the variability between all living organisms‚ terrestrial‚ marine and aquatic. This includes the diversity within species‚ between species and of ecosystems. A reasonable standard of living does not mean that a person should live at a luxury level‚ but neither does it mean that a person should only live at a subsistence level. It should be somewhere in between where the person can afford to eat nutritious food‚ buy clothes
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los Organos. This reduced Cuba’s forest cover to 53 percent and by 1960 it was down by 13.5 percent. Ultimately‚ mining‚ farming‚ sugar planting‚ supplying timber and setting up cattle ranches‚ demolished Cuba’s forests over the centuries. Deforestation‚ in any case‚ is both detrimental to the environment and to the economy of Cuba. Forest products are extremely important to the economical well-being of Cuba because they play a primary role in the production of tobacco‚ sugar‚ and citrus fruits
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Nearly three years ago a European Commission report blamed the industry for 72 percent of deforestation‚ and said its activities were much more harmful to the forests than felling by farmers or ranchers. The sawmills also waste an enormous amount of timber‚ sometimes as much as two-thirds of the trees felled. Even worse‚ most timber firms do not
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shelter‚ hiding places from their predators‚ and a source of food. There are so many animals competing for food‚ many animals have adapted by learning to eat a particular food eaten by no other animal. The tropical rainforest is being destroyed by deforestation and diseases. Tropical Rainforest: Plants
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to the holy bible‚ "Man is born unto trouble‚ as the sparks fly upward." This observation of Prophet Job is correct that human species is born unto trouble. On all sides of the world‚ we see violence‚ poverty‚ graft and corruption‚ pollution‚ deforestation‚ overpopulation‚ and so on‚ endlessly. We wonder what brought the world and the humankind into this deplorable condition. This prompted me to write this paper on one of the crucial environmental problem that we are facing: illegal logging. Forests
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I believe most of us known about the California fires‚ which was noticed on many networks a week ago. According to a report from bbc.com‚ it said‚ “17 wildfires in nine counties have burned more than 115‚000 acres in just the past 12 hours.” The data is reported in the past 12 hours‚ which means the damage is going to be larger‚ and there is no signal to show the fire will stop spreading out. By just looking at the cost it has created‚ I suddenly wonder did we actually consider the wildfires as a
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Human beings have been clearing forest for many years in order to have land for farming and keeping livestock (nasa.gov). The need to feed the ever increasing population has in most cases necessitated clearing of forests to plant crops and produce food. However‚ this action has resulted in reduced forest cover especially tropical forests. Tropical forests are known to be home of various animal species. Therefore‚ when tropical forests cover decrease so will the population of animals that depend on
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Temperate forests of Chile are in danger of losing native forest cover due to human alterations. When one mentions deforestation‚ the primary cause one will most probably think of will be conversion to agricultural land. While that is partly the reason for why native temperate forests are losing ground in Chile‚ the authors of this paper offers another underlying cause- native forests are being overrun by exotic tree species introduced by humans to supply raw resources for paper. Large areas of
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