Many people face dire situations everyday, but what about deadly? This is what about 43,000 Filipinos faced on October 15, 2013 when a deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the islands of Bohol and Cebu. The temblor was the largest to shake the area in 23 years. (BK Info) Also, 2211 aftershocks hit the region and most citizens were completely unprepared, and shocked. The cause of this disaster is likely the East Bohol Fault. The quake killed around 185 people and put at least 36,000 buildings (mainly homes) into a state of destruction. Various locations were now just heaps of wreckage, including ports, schools, airports, hospitals, and lots of houses. People respond to a natural catastrophe by gathering supplies, getting help, and trying to survive and get back upon their feet.…
Hurricane Maria caused devastation in the Caribbean. It results to a big lost in the area. The Hurricane killed at least 10 people at Puerto Rico according to the report of Theresa Waldrop of CNN. Puerto Rico officials describe 'apocalyptic' conditions of the said Hurricane. And after the storm it destroy the…
Unfortunately 17% of the forest cover has been lost in the last 50 years due to deforestation in the form of/to make space for logging, mining, cattle ranches, tourism,…
Forests have essential economic and ecological benefits within themselves. They offer opportunities to extract wood, wood products and ecotourism among others. These commercial products and opportunities come side by side with employment prospects and…
Tropical revolving storms occur in every area of the world, affecting both the richest and poorest countries. The effects of such storms can be devastating to even the richest and most developed countries; however it is often the case that poorer countries are affected most adversely by tropical revolving storms in both humanitarian and economic terms. For example, whilst tropical storms in highly developed countries such as Hurricane Katrina is the USA caused substantial damage, the effect of Cyclone Nargis on the less economically developed Myanmar was arguably far greater.…
I am appealing to you as a conservationist. I believe that the natural resources of the forest can be of great help to us. As we experience this oil and gas crisis in the US, we are forced to import oil from foreign countries. Thus causing the cost of gas to skyrocket. If we are allowed to develop parts the forest for oil and gas, it will help to lower the cost of gas. “The oil and gas boom is also affecting the quality of life in small towns, causing spikes in the housing market.” (“Wyoming Outdoor Council” 2009-2013). These developments will help also to increase revenue for the US.…
The overuse of natural resources due to increased demand and also the removal of ecosystems due to population growth have had a large negative impact on the environment. Extensive deforestation has occurred world-wide with the logging industry being fuelled by the need for disposable products. 11 million acres a year are cut for commercial and property industries. In Australia 90% of native forest wood are exported, destroying Australia’s natural heritage. About one half of the forests that covered the Earth are gone. Each year, another 16 million hectares disappear. Deforestation is expanding and accelerating into the remaining areas of undisturbed forest. In Indonesia, powerful families allied with the government rulers control large and highly valuable timber concessions. These forests are being rapidly logged, at enormous…
Deforestation is an issue we need to fix. I would like to spend 100,000 dollars on deforestation because some of the trees that are being cut down are thousands of years old. “Any fool can destroy trees”(John Muir, “The American Forests,” Atlantic Monthly, August, 1897) Above all this, one fact remains the same, we need trees to live. If we destroy all the trees in the world, we are left with harsh living conditions for ourselves. Our forests should be preserved if we want a better nation.…
Deforestation occurring to increase standard of living – More timber needed, more space needed for houses and roads.…
Deforestation is not something we can just look over. There are many things in our lives that we take pride in and protecting our forest is one of them. Our trees help our animals live, our crops grow, and our families survive.…
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.…
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.…
down to compensate for at least a portion of the damages the typhoon caused. This paper…
As we know human need air to live without air we can not breathe, so it is important for us to keep our forests. environmental problems arise as a result of human activity itself, utilization of natural resources that exceed the threshold carrying capacity of land and without regard to the aspects of sustainability will be bad for the environment. Based on the data that I quoted from the internet, Indonesia has a total forest area of about 126.8 Million Hectares From Sabang to marauke, and 126.8 million hectares is expected to accommodate the lives of all Indonesian citizens, amounting to 46 million people. llegal Logging according to Law No. 41/1999 on Forestry was a violation of law committed by any person or group of persons or legal entities in the field of forestry and trade of forest products; cut or collect wood forest products (HHK) of forest land without permission, receiving or buy HHK allegedly illegally collected, as well as transport or have HHK without a Certificate of Legal Forest Products (SKSHH).…
For a long time, forests have offered a great assistance to our country in many aspects: social, economic, and ecological. People gain benefits from the forests, as forests also gain from them. Years have passed and the people became greedy. They come out to take whatever they could before someone else does; not taking into their minds whatever environmental problems may arise. The society is not aware of how the forests have been there to maintain the equilibrium in the environment for they only took into account the economic benefits they could get from it. It is known to all that most individuals have the tendency to learn the importance of an object only if they would experience a dilemma without that object. The people rarely appreciated the ecological benefits provided by the forests, so they continued to be unreasonable until they have been experiencing drastic environmental problems making them realize that the forest resources are not made to last forever.…