“A tree is beautiful, but what’s more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees” (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov). Increasing economic and social pressure to cut, burn and change forest into agricultural land or another land uses is accelerating the rate of deforestation, contributing to a permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. When forests are lost or degraded, we lose far more than just the trees that they contain. Deforestation or “the action or process of clearing of forests” has a significant impact not only on climate by increasing the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide and contributing to global warming “Deforestation”. It also affects
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The process of reforestation can be achieved through planting young trees and seeding. The forest-grown through the process of reforestation, known as secondary forests, are not as diverse and rich as the original forest. Even if the secondary forests will not regain all the original trees, plants or animal species, at least they open a path of forest restoration (Mansourian and Vallauri 293). Secondary forests have a positive impact not only on animals or plants of the region, but also on people. The direct benefits of reforestation are economical gains, such as new employment opportunities, increased potential for local craft and cottage industry, and ecotourism services, much more recreation and esthetic space for social events (UNFCCC). Another benefit of reforestation is the health and wellbeing of food diversity and nutrition because the deforested land is again fertile. Moreover, planting trees reduces the excess of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Reforestation is playing an important role in soil erosion control, soil fertility improvement and it has a “critical role for the local hydrological cycle due to its role in cloud interception, …show more content…
Recycling saves trees and protects biodiversity and habitat. Worldwide, about one million tons of paper are used every day. Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees. If all our newspapers are recycled, we can save about 250,000,000 trees every year (National Wildlife Federation). As reported by Environmental Protection Agency “paper makes up nearly 30 percent of all wastes Americans throw away each year” Recycling means a lot more than sorting waste, it means minimizing waste by using email strictly electronic or reading the newspaper online. In addition, if someone buys products made from recycled materials is just as important as sorting waste into the right bins. There are a few ways in which we can cut down on waste and boost our recycling skills, such as shopping smart by purchasing paper products for home or office that are made with post-consumer recycled content and packaged in recyclable materials. Recycled paper is made from industrial scrap, which is much better than virgin wood. Using a high percentage post-consumer recycled content decreases deforestation and waste because it is reusing paper that would have gone into the landfills. There are a several alternative fibers for producing paper, such as “kenaf, hemp, agricultural residual materials, denim fabric and even old paper money”, so “tree-free” paper product can be an alternative (National Wildlife
The process of reforestation can be achieved through planting young trees and seeding. The forest-grown through the process of reforestation, known as secondary forests, are not as diverse and rich as the original forest. Even if the secondary forests will not regain all the original trees, plants or animal species, at least they open a path of forest restoration (Mansourian and Vallauri 293). Secondary forests have a positive impact not only on animals or plants of the region, but also on people. The direct benefits of reforestation are economical gains, such as new employment opportunities, increased potential for local craft and cottage industry, and ecotourism services, much more recreation and esthetic space for social events (UNFCCC). Another benefit of reforestation is the health and wellbeing of food diversity and nutrition because the deforested land is again fertile. Moreover, planting trees reduces the excess of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Reforestation is playing an important role in soil erosion control, soil fertility improvement and it has a “critical role for the local hydrological cycle due to its role in cloud interception, …show more content…
Recycling saves trees and protects biodiversity and habitat. Worldwide, about one million tons of paper are used every day. Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees. If all our newspapers are recycled, we can save about 250,000,000 trees every year (National Wildlife Federation). As reported by Environmental Protection Agency “paper makes up nearly 30 percent of all wastes Americans throw away each year” Recycling means a lot more than sorting waste, it means minimizing waste by using email strictly electronic or reading the newspaper online. In addition, if someone buys products made from recycled materials is just as important as sorting waste into the right bins. There are a few ways in which we can cut down on waste and boost our recycling skills, such as shopping smart by purchasing paper products for home or office that are made with post-consumer recycled content and packaged in recyclable materials. Recycled paper is made from industrial scrap, which is much better than virgin wood. Using a high percentage post-consumer recycled content decreases deforestation and waste because it is reusing paper that would have gone into the landfills. There are a several alternative fibers for producing paper, such as “kenaf, hemp, agricultural residual materials, denim fabric and even old paper money”, so “tree-free” paper product can be an alternative (National Wildlife