Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area. Indigenous forests now cover 21% of the earth’s land surface. In a forest the crowns of individual trees touch to form a single canopy. In a woodland‚ trees grow far apart‚ so that the canopy is open.
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Forests are the lungs of the earth and they should not be destroyed. Deforestation causes not only the loss of our precious and stunning forests‚ but also habitat destruction‚ extinction of species‚ and the loss of necessary resources. It’s imperative to prevent the total destruction of our land so that we might be able to salvage what’s left of our environment. If we don’t stop this problem soon there will be no future for our children. Habitat destruction is the awful process in which natural
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Deforestation Forests are vital for life‚ home to millions of species‚ they protect soil from erosion‚ produce oxygen‚ store carbon dioxide‚ and help control climate. Forests are also vital for us to live as they provide us with food‚ shelter and medicines as well as many other useful things. They also purify the air we breathe and water that we need to survive. Deforestation by humans is causing all of these necessary functions to be lessened‚ and hence damaging the atmosphere even further. Forests
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Besides‚ deforestation increases the severity of global warming. All living plants store carbon (Venkataramanan‚ M & Smitha 2011). Unfortunately‚ we are currently destroying plants which are one of the best known mechanisms for storing carbon (Venkataramanan‚ M & Smitha 2011) besides oceanic processes such as solubility pump and biological pump through the burning of forests (Michael‚ E & Selin‚ H no date). The human conversion of forests into farmland and cities (Venkataramanan‚ M & Smitha 2011)
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The destruction of the world’s forests is inevitable as our need for paper and timber grows. I believe this‚ because there are many ways that we‚ as a global population‚ are aiding in the annihilation of our rapidly receding forests. Therefore‚ as our need for land grows‚ our forests shrink. We need to be conscious of what we are losing when we eradicate our forests. Trees provide us with food‚ medicine‚ shelter‚ and warmth. Almost everything we eat that doesn’t come from an animal comes from plants
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are lost every second. In fact‚ they now cover only a mere 6% of the earth’s land surface compared with 14% when humankind first settled. Experts estimate that the last remaining rain forests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Obviously‚ deforestation has been becoming an alarming phenomenon for the whole world. Writing about this issue‚ Laura Lopen‚ John Maier and Dick Thompson express some quite strong opinions. In “Playing with Fire”‚ the authors indicate that the rain forests of the Amazon
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Introduction Walt Disney has made many lives of people across the globe acquire a very imaginative imaginary and has made many hours of entertainment. Over his many years of cartooning and entertaining movies Walt Disney has earned him self 48 Academy Awards. Childhood Adolescence On December 5th 1901 Walt Disney was born into a family of seven
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used daily. Such chemicals are being released more and more each day; faster than our trees and oceans can absorb. Having less and less trees each day could also be an important factor to take into account. The rainforest is disappearing due to deforestation‚
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the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation is the cutting down of a large area of trees and the destruction of forests by people. Forests are what we call an exhaustible resource‚ one which can be used up if it is not used carefully. Over the last few decades‚ deforestation has threatened the rainforests with total extinction. To understand why deforestation is such an important issue‚ you first have to understand why trees
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loose this “green blessing” due to massive and uncontrolled deforestation‚ now at its peak. This research was conducted by interviewing two experts in the field of biodiversity and forestry‚ while also taking a survey with 26 respondents from diverse backgrounds. The results display a grave situation of our forests‚ simply vanishing at a remarkably quick rate. Although our media have been successful to spread the message of our deforestation problem‚ but the extent of the problem deserves a lot more
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