According to CBBC Newsround‚ it is estimated that seven and a half million acres of rainforests are being cut down each year. If everyone started planting trees‚ we could end deforestation. There are many causes of it‚ impacts‚ and alternatives to deforestation. First of all‚ there are a lot of causes of deforestation. According to the World Wildlife Fund‚ illegal logging plays a key role in it. When illegal logging happens it depresses the price of timber worldwide‚ which disadvantages companies
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Deforestation‚ a Growing problem in the Philippines Background According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) the country has now only about seven million hectares of forest land left. The illegal logging has contributed to the rapid deforestation not to mention the continuous release of permits to big logging companies. It is no wonder the country suffers from consistent floods and landslides all year round. According to the recent reports of National Disaster Risk Reduction
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Global warming Global warming is when the earth heats up (the temperature rises). It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere‚ which increases the temperature. This hurts many people‚ animals‚ and plants. Many cannot take the change‚ so they die. The greenhouse effect is when the temperature rises because the sun’s heat and light is trapped in the earth’s atmosphere. This is like when heat
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The worst impact deforestation has on the amazon rainforest is the loss of habitat for many important species. This has greatly impacted the habitats of species in the Amazon rainforest. There are about ten million species that have been discovered by man living on earth. More than half of these species live in tropical rainforests such as the Amazon. Many keystone species and apax predators have habitats in the Amazon. A keystone species is a species that has many important interactions within a
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Timber companies and logging proponents have their own point of view about conservation‚ and in “Opposing Viewpoints: Logging and Deforestation”‚ people in favor of deforestation practices argue‚ Wood is one of the most valuable natural resources. It is used to build homes‚ businesses‚ churches‚ and museums. Men and women who live in rural areas use it to heat their houses during the colder months of the
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Government Official country name: India Government System: Constitutional Federal (federation) Republic Head of State: Pranab Mukherjee Official Languages: Hindi‚ English Region: Asia Allies/blocs: Russia‚ Singapore‚ South Korea People Population: 1‚220‚800‚358 Growth Rate: 1.51% Major religions/cultures: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism Standard of living: Overall life expectancy rate: 65 infant mortality rate: 72 per 1‚00 live births literacy rate:
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DEFORESTATION I.Identify the problem. Forest in our country are very rich in biodiversity. Many of our plants and animals cloud be found in the rainforests. It is due to the constant high temperature and humidity in the tropics. Unfortunately‚ many forests are threatened due to deforestation. The primary reason are commercial logging and cutting of trees to provide for their agriculture needs. There are so many effects of deforestation in our country. Not only to
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Deforestation The “Slashing and burning” of rainforests has to stop. The deforestation of our rainforests is effecting our environment and us more than you may think. We get the oxygen we need from trees‚ forests protect us from Carbon Dioxide‚ and forests protect most of Earth’s plants and animals. We need trees to breathe and rainforests to protect us from harsh things that we emit from our bodies. Many rainforests help and protect us. “More than 20% of the world’s oxygen comes from the Amazon”
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The worldwide depend greatly on paper‚ wood and land has resulted in what is known as deforestation. Trees are felled so quickly that nature cannot replace them fast enough. We already lost half of our tropical forests. Every minute‚ around 6-football field size of rainforests is being destroyed. At this rate‚ the world’s forests could be totally destroyed in another few decades. Without trees‚ the soil will be eroded easily and there will be more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Besides these
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the world‚ deforestation has become a major problem. The rainforest is arguably the most complicated and largely interwoven ecosystem on land. However‚ this treasure is being lost and demolished day by day‚ the land being cleared away for the pure interest of money making‚ in the process of deforestation. Not only are thousands of species of organisms being driven to extinction‚ but we are also effectively eliminating any chance of studying many of the species. Also‚ deforestation has a major
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