Forest management

this world is gradually decreasing to critical levels. Forests take up 31% of the Earth’s land, and the numbers are dropping. This is the impact of deforestation; we are losing our forests, our jungles, and our trees. Deforestation is done in many ways, including cutting for agriculture, timber logging, and natural events like fires and climate change. Both people and animal are affected by deforestation. Around 46-58 square miles of forest are lost to deforestation annually, which equates to…

According to Nichols et al. (2006), the earliest recorded monoculture dated back to 1368, in which several 100 acres of the Lorenzer Forest near Nuremberg was sown with Pinus sylvestris to produce industrial timber. The Western concept of monocultures also developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe because of the scarcity of timber,…

One of the biggest threats the world faces is the continuing destruction of our environment. Among the many ways that we as human destroy the environment deforestation by far has the most impact. Deforestation is a process by which forest are cleared in order to use the land for alternative purposes. Many may not think that losing a few trees will hurt anyone, however the fact of the matter is the impact effects all of us in a negative fashion. Trees are essential to life on earth. Trees…

such as the environment or the society. Forests are known to be the planet lungs, how could their destruction impact environment? To understand better this phenomenon, an overview of the areas deforestation around the world, its history and main causes is essential. Then, focusing on a specific area, the Amazonia, is useful to explain the deforestation consequences. I-Overview of the deforestation phenomenon a.Causes and history Only 30% of the original forests remain today. The deforestation’s…

world was covered with forests. Fifty years ago, 32% of the world was covered in forests. Today, 12% of the world is covered in forests. Forests have a big role in the environment and keeping animals, as well as the air, healthy and clean. The world is losing one of its main resources. Instead of throwing away some paper that was used, put it into the recycling bin. Or, instead of sitting outside and doing nothing all day, plant a tree. These little things can help save forests and animals…

has a reaction. In the world in today, mankind has made various actions against mother nature, which has supplied and provided for man for millenniums on end. One of these actions is deforestation. Deforestation is the process in which trees in forests are cut down and cleared land for industrial and urbanization purposes. This process comes at a pricey cost in which it creates more harm than good. The United States of America should enforce a stricter law that restricts deforestation…

interconnected. Many individuals are unaware of the human impact we have on the environment, corresponding to many people abusing and misusing nature, which is essential for our survival and livelihood. The American Forest Foundation (AFF) is in a pursuit to change this typical…

others are distributed scattered around the site (Figure 7). Figure 7. Species distribution across the area of study. One hundred and fifty two of the trees surveyed were dead (7.1%), with 81 of those (53.29%) situated in the Green Prairie management unit (Figure 8). 5. DISCUSSION 5.1 Tree composition and structure By analyzing species composition in the area of study, we can see that the site is close to what you would expect to find in an oak savannah, with 90.6% of the…

“Slash and Burn”, a popular and illegal method of deforestation used by farmers to cut out forest, burn the trees, and farm in the nutrients of the resulting ash. The problem with slash and burn is that the crops drain the soil of its nutrients within 3-4 years, and it takes nearly a century for the forest to grow back. Humans have practiced this kind of environmental burnout for most of history, and as our population grows the world only seems to get smaller. This method is practiced because it…

Kowloon, and the New Territories. Despite being only a small place, a total of 24 country park and 22 special areas have been designated for the purposes of nature conservation. (Afcd.gov.hk, 2015) These country parks and special areas comprise hills, forest land, reservoirs and coast in all parts of Hong Kong, cover a total area of 44,300 hectares, but about 40% of the land area of Hong Kong, much higher than world average level. The most important function of these country parks and special…