Mary, Philip, and Sameer are three participants who are basically from New Zealand, Ireland, and India. The first question investigates what does deforestation really mean. Mary thinks that deforestation is the unfortunate activity of cutting down the trees. Philip gives an in-depth answer to it. Besides mentioning the cutting down of trees at a rapid pace, he also thinks that deforestation is to clear a forest in order to in order to use that piece of land for other purposes like residence, industry, business or any other use. According to Philip, blinded by the progress towards ultra-modernism, forests are being cleared as a part of a strategic mechanism. Sameer …show more content…
Mary thinks that, at this point, the most suitable countermeasure for deforestation seems to be reforestation. Reforestation will help to rebuild and restore habitats for many wildlife species, stabilize the CO2 cycle, normalize the water cycle, reduce the soil erosion, and increase the CO2 storage capacity of the trees. Philip provides another potential solution. He mentions that another solution is shifting the human beings to a diet plan that is wholesomely based on plants. This will decrease deforestation as there will be no need of raising a huge amount of livestock. Sameer adds that we have to adopt certain alternatives that reduce the use of wooden or tree-based materials in our daily lives. Reducing the necessity of wooden materials will surely help in reducing deforestation. The solutions provided by the students have clarity and logic. But, these points lack some depth and breadth in