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Geography 3.6 | Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue |
A contemporary geographic issue refers to a topic, concern, problem, debate, or controversy related to a natural and/or cultural environment, which includes a spatial dimension, and is currently unresolved.
The deforestation that is currently occurring in Africa is a contemporary geographic issue, as it is a concern for the African environment, covering the region of sub-Saharan Africa, and is still on-going in the present day.
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Deforestation refers to the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation is detrimental to any environment, and has a variety of negative environmental impacts including: * Loss of ecology.
African forests contain millions of species of countless wildlife and plant species. It is estimated that up to 50,000 plant and animal species become extinct each year due to tropical deforestation. This is detrimental to our ecology, and we will eventually lose millions of species due to deforestation. * Contributions to global warming.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, deforestation could account for up to one-third of all anthropogenic carbon emissions. Deforestation causes carbon to linger in the air, which traps solar radiation in Earth’s atmosphere, ultimately warming Earth’s air temperature. * Loss of soil and atmospheric moisture.
Many trees transpire groundwater through their roots, and release this moisture into the atmosphere. Once an area of forest in cleared, the water is not released into the atmosphere, resulting in loss of precipitation in nearby areas, ultimately resulted in insufficient nutrients for other areas of forest.
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Map 1: http://au.businessinsider.com/map-of-the-day-deforestation-2011-12 N
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Map 1: http://au.businessinsider.com/map-of-the-day-deforestation-2011-12 However, the deforestation occurs
A contemporary geographic issue refers to a topic, concern, problem, debate, or controversy related to a natural and/or cultural environment, which includes a spatial dimension, and is currently unresolved.
The deforestation that is currently occurring in Africa is a contemporary geographic issue, as it is a concern for the African environment, covering the region of sub-Saharan Africa, and is still on-going in the present day.
1000km
1000km
Deforestation refers to the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation is detrimental to any environment, and has a variety of negative environmental impacts including: * Loss of ecology.
African forests contain millions of species of countless wildlife and plant species. It is estimated that up to 50,000 plant and animal species become extinct each year due to tropical deforestation. This is detrimental to our ecology, and we will eventually lose millions of species due to deforestation. * Contributions to global warming.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, deforestation could account for up to one-third of all anthropogenic carbon emissions. Deforestation causes carbon to linger in the air, which traps solar radiation in Earth’s atmosphere, ultimately warming Earth’s air temperature. * Loss of soil and atmospheric moisture.
Many trees transpire groundwater through their roots, and release this moisture into the atmosphere. Once an area of forest in cleared, the water is not released into the atmosphere, resulting in loss of precipitation in nearby areas, ultimately resulted in insufficient nutrients for other areas of forest.
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Map 1: http://au.businessinsider.com/map-of-the-day-deforestation-2011-12 N
1000km
Map 1: http://au.businessinsider.com/map-of-the-day-deforestation-2011-12 However, the deforestation occurs