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    our planet (WWF). Reducing the number of trees and the surface area of a forest is called deforestation. Deforestation is one of the biggest problems in today’s economic system. There may be a lot of positives behind the idea of cutting down trees; however they are all outnumbered by the negatives. If one is not careful with the removal of a forest‚ it may lead to more deserted areas. First of all‚ deforestation is one of the reasons for the loss of habitat for millions of species around the world.

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    Questions The research questions that this study wants to approach are as follows: RQ#1: Why does deforestation rampantly occur in less developed and poor countries such as Honduras? RQ#2: How does deforestation in Honduras contributes to global warming that leads to natural catastrophes? Methodology This study achieved its findings by analyzing the severity of deforestation in Honduras based on those areas which have already reported severe forest damages and are already alerting

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    Deforestation in Costa Rica Costa Rica is famous for it’s rainforests and vast biodiversity and ecosystems‚ including 12‚000 species of plants‚ 1‚239 species of butterflies‚ 838 species of birds‚ 440 species of reptiles and amphibians‚ and 232 species of mammals (Wikipedia)‚ which overtime have become under threat due to deforestation. Since the end of World War II‚ 80 percent of Costa Rican forests have disappeared (Wikipedia). Various companies are cutting down forests‚ to provide

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    Deforestation is the demolition of the world’s forests on a massive scale‚ usually resulting in harm to the quality of the surrounding area. There are many types of deforestation‚ counting forest fires‚ clear-cutting for farming and oil extraction‚ development‚ logging‚ and degradation as temperatures rise due to the changing climate. Woodlands cover around 30% of the land coverage on Earth; however‚ we are losing enormous pieces of it daily. Not all of the deforestation is deliberate‚ yet there

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    Why should we care about deforestation? Deforestation is a leading cause in global warming and the increase in greenhouse gases like carbon. Deforestation also affects many things including man-kind. The degradation of the Amazons trees and vegetation would be oil industries‚ and soybean farmers’ expansion into the rainforest. The effects are also important as well‚ some effects of Deforestation are the change in climate‚ the impact on the global hydro climate‚ and scattered rainfall; whether it

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    help our civilization move forward was actually a step back or a step towards our end. Deforestation is one of those thing. In this essay I will talk about how deforestation was a big part in Brazil moving forward and how it also may have done great damage to the rest of us. Brazil is not the only one to blame. I am using their situation as an example. Deforestation is the removal of trees in a forest. Deforestation was protected for many reasons‚ but like most things it was related to money (National

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    SPH 101 Informative Outline (I) Introduction Defining deforestation: It simply means the removal of trees. (II) Central Idea Talk about three different areas of deforestation: 3 The effects of deforestation on wildlife. 4 The effects of deforestation on the global environment. 5 The preventive measures against deforestation. (III) Body: A The effects of deforestation on wildlife: - The rainforest is one of the most biologically diverse regions of the world. 2 more than

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    Deforestation is the removal of damage of forest vegetation to the extent that the effected area can no longer support its natural flora and fauna (Thomson‚ www.dmc.engr.wisc.edu). I think that the four main causes of deforestation which interrelate with each other are logging‚ agriculture‚ ranching and population growth. There is an argument called the tragedy of the commons theory which will be discussed. One cause of deforestation is logging. Logging is the practice of cutting down trees‚ then

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    than 50 percent of the tree cover has disappeared due to human activity. Although humans have been practicing deforestation since ages‚ it was in the mid-1800s that forests began to be destroyed at an unprecedented rate. As a matter of fact‚ throughout the earlier part of the medieval age‚ Europeans used to live amongst vast areas of forested land. But later‚ they began deforestation at such a high rate that they started to run out of wood for cooking and heating. Also‚ due to the depletion of

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    whichever way the organisms that reside in Madagascar got there‚ many now appear to be in serious danger. Some of Madagascar’s forests have been deemed to be top priorities for conservation since 1995 (Ganzhorn et al.‚ 1997) due to the rate of deforestation across the island disrupting a

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