Deforestation and its environmental effects
Causes of deforestation
There are many causes of deforestation and reasons behind them. Need of money, both in terms of profitability as well as providing for one’s family in most scenarios, along with lack of or no forest laws, need for land space for housing and many others are some of reasons. These are some of the causes of deforestation that happened widely around the globe. 1. Agric Agricult ultura urall Activ Activiti ities es Agricultural Agricultural activities are one of the major factors affecting deforestation. •
ue to overgrowing demand for food products, huge amount of tress are fell down to grow crops and for cattle gra!ing. ". #ogging $ood based industries like paper, match%sticks, furniture etc also need a •
substantial amount of wood supply. $ood is used as fuel both directly and indirectly, therefore trees are chopped for supplies. &irewood and charcoal are e'amples of wood being used as fuel. (ome of these industries industries thrive on illegal wood cutting and felling of trees. ). *rb *rbani! ani!at atio ion n +verpopulation too directly affects forest covers, as with the e'pansion of •
cities more land is needed to establish housing and settlements. Therefore forest land is reclaimed. . ese eserti rtific ficati ation on of of land land (ome of the other factors that lead to deforestation is also part natural and •
part anthropogenic anthropogenic like esertification of land. -t occurs due to land abuse making making it unfit unfit for growth of trees. trees. any industries industries in petroch petrochemic emicals als release their wastes into rivers which results in soil erosion and make it unfit to grow plants and trees.
/. ining +il and coal mining re0uire considerable considerable amount of forest land. Apart Apart from •
this, roads and highways have to be built to make way for trucks and other
e0ui e0uipm pmen ent. t. The waste aste that that comes omes out out from from min mining ing poll pollut utes es the the environment and affects the nearby species. . &ore &orest st &ire &ires s 2undreds of trees are lost each year due to forest fires in various portions •
of the world. This happens due to e'treme warm summers and milder winters. &ires, whether causes by man or nature results in huge loss of forest cover.
Effects of deforestation
$hene $heneve verr there there is a cause cause,, there there is an effe effect ct that that comes comes with it. The effe effect cts s of deforestation have made our earth many damaged to all living and non%living things. 1. 3lim 3limat ate e -mbal -mbalan ance ce efore eforest stati ation on also also affe affect cts s the the clima climate te in more more than than one one ways ways.. Trees Trees •
release water vapor in the air, which is compromised on with the lack of trees. Trees also provide the re0uired shade that keeps the soil moist. This leads to the imbalance in the atmospheric temperature further making conditions for the ecology difficult. &lora and fauna across the world are accustom accustomed ed to their their habitat habitat.. This This hapha!a hapha!ard rd clearan clearance ce of forests forests has forced several of these animals to shift from their native environment. ue to this several species are finding it difficult to survive or adapt to new habitats. ". -ncrea -ncrease se in 4lo 4lobal bal $ar $armin ming g Trees play a major role in controlling global warming. The trees utili!e the •
green greenhou house se gase gases, s, rest restori oring ng the the balan balance ce in the the atmosp atmosphe here. re. $ith $ith constant deforestation the ratio of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased, adding to our global warming woes. ). (oil (oil 5ros 5rosio ion n ue to the shade of trees the soil remains moist. $ith the clearance of tree •
cover, the soil is directly e'posed to the sun, making it dry. . &loods
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$hen it rains, trees absorb and store large amount of water with the help of their roots. $hen they are cut down, the flow of water is disrupted and
leads to floods in some areas and droughts in other. /. $ild $ildli life fe 5'ti 5'tinc ncti tion on ue to massive felling down of trees, various species of animals are lost. •
They lose their habitat and forced to move to new location. (ome of them are even pushed to e'tinction. +ur world has lost so many species of plants and animals in last couple of decades.
Ways to control of deforestation .
There have a lot of solution how to reduce or control the deforestation become worse at future if we do not start an action from now. 2ere are the solutions to control deforestation problem6 1. Curb the sentiment of trees , by employing a series of rules and laws to govern is the best deforestation deforestation solution. -n the current scenario, this problem may have reduced but, however, it would be too early to assume. ". All nation should should promot promote e the regener regeneratio ation n of degrade degrade forest lands lands to increase permanent forest cover, reduce the pressure of natural forest, conserve biodiversity, protect the water sheds and soils and stabili!e clima' ). 7esi 7eside des s that that,, by using a recycled items consumers can purchase a variety of recycled items , including notebook paper, books, toilet paper, and shopping
bags. $hen people reali!ed and use a recycled product and make conscious effort not to waste, the demand for a new raw material to replace these items can reduce. . The The gove govern rnme ment nt should be monitored when the forest is over gra!ing. /. 8eople nowadays shou agains nstt the the ha!a ha!ard rd of should ld aler alertt this this probl problem em to agai deforestation . Clear cutting of forest must be banned because if not the land will curb total depletion of the forest cover. +r another way, after cutting the tress, they must be replaced by planting a new young tress to older ones that were cut. 2owever,
trees that we are being planted take several years to get big tress likes before and that are not match with number of the one we’ve already lost.
Conclusion:
As the conclusion, conclusion, deforestation deforestation still uncontrolled uncontrolled because because to fully to do something something matter for daily life. 2owever, 2owever, at certain place or nation have reforestation reforestation to save biodoversity life. 8eople nowadays should reali!ed that deforestation is worse activity if some human uncontrolled cut the trees to make a new product.
References
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