Air pollution Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment‚ into the atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s
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We were walking through the forest; we had just got out from school. I was taking a look behind me and see Sarah running trying to keep up with my pace. “Slow down‚ I can’t keep up with your pace” she said breathing heavy from running so much. I rolled my eyes at my dramatic friend; she glared when she saw me roll my eyes at her. I turned around and continued walking at a slightly slower pace. “It’s not like anything bad is going to happen” I pointed out. It’s like she thought Big Foot or
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Conservationists have stopped illegal roads from building but the biggest ecological problem is destructive farming techniques. This method involves clear cutting trees to create sunny plantations. It’s eating away from the border of the forest. The solution that these conservationists have is to promote shade grown planation which will help the rainforest and increase the income of local framers. The conservationists that are responsible for this solution are The
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of high profile Indian environmental activists including Vandana Shiva. While forests are critical for subsistence (food‚ fuel‚ fodder‚ medicinals‚ materials) to rural communities everywhere‚ they are especially so to villagers of mountainous regions like the Himalayas‚ as forests provide valuable stabilizing services to the soil and water. (One of the slogans of the Chipko movement was in fact: "What do forests bear?/Soil‚ water and pure air.") In Uttar Pradesh State‚ where the Himalayas border
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form‚ represents the forests of this Earth in all their variety and diversity: ranging from boreal coniferous forests to deciduous forests in temperate zones and from the dry savannah forests of the subtropics to the impenetrable jungle of tropical rain forests. 2. The tree trunk supports the rest of the logo – emphasizing that trees are the distinguishing feature of the forest ecosystem and are the basis for many of the pivotal functions that forests fulfill. Indeed forests and their services
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Introduction A forest is an area of land with many trees. Many animals need forests to live and survive. Forests are very important and grow all over the world. Many forests are being cut down for houses to be built because of overpopulation. This cutting down of forests is called deforestation and it is causing damage to the natural habitat of animals. Even roads have been built for the peoples to pass though the forest to reach their destination. People have gotten rid of forest to build towns
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Introduction Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem on Earth‚ and are distributed across the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary productivity of the Earth’s biosphere‚ and contain 80% of the Earth’s plant biomass. (Yude‚ 2013). Human society and forests influence each other in both positive and negative ways. (Vogt‚ 2007). Forests provide ecosystem services to humans‚ but also impose economic‚ environmental‚ health and aesthetic costs. Human interactions with the forest‚ including
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Michelle Graf 7/1/2012 It is obvious the importance of the forest vegetation to everyone in the society. However‚ people in the past ages did a kind of thing that they thought was very meaningful—cutting down the trees. When they recall this history‚ most of them cannot be restrained from their remorse and guilty to it. Trees or forest are things that not only protect the environment but also help people to live better. Destroy of forest and deforestation brings a great many of harm to the environments
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land animals and plants live in forests‚ and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Deforestation also drives climate change. Forest soils are moist‚ but without protection from sun-blocking tree cover they quickly dry out. Trees also help perpetuate the water cycle by returning water vapor back into the atmosphere. Without trees to fill these roles‚ many former forest lands can quickly become barren deserts. Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy‚ which
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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 myriad other ways. The effort to use and subdue the forest has been a constant theme in the transformation
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