Why Prevent Deforestisation “Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet.” (WWF) While there is more land available for agriculture and industry, we should stop deforestation of the rainforests because of the loss of wildlife, loss of eco system, and devastating effects of climate change. The slash and burn technique to deforestation is the most popular method to clean the land. In order to fill the need for lumber, fuel, land for cattle and agriculture increase, we lose over “frothy-six thousand square miles of rainforest every year. The equivalent to forty-eight football fields a minute.” (WWF) The effects on the soil, atmosphere, water, erosion of the land and spreading disease are divesting to animals, plants and eventually human
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After a few years the soil will lose nutrients, then it isbeing converted to cattle land. The soil that is exposed to more sunlight increases in temperature and thereby causes carbon to oxidize, releasing more carbon into the air. Cleared land is effect by erosion, fertilizers, nutrients and pesticides are washed away because of ineffective irrigation or heavy rain fall. Heavy run off after rain fall, especially in drier areas hasten soil erosion. The agriculture that replaces the forest is ineffective to prevent erosion. In some cases, plants “such as coffee, cotton, palm oil, soybean and wheat can exacerbate soil erosion,” (WWF) The affects in the nearby streams and rivers as the nutrients are leached from the soils effect the plants and animals around the world. Nutrients eroded from the land into the water causes the levels of nitrgen to rise, therefor the levels of dissolved oxygen in the water rise, causing an increase in temperature. The animals that live in the rivers and streams cannot adapt as quickly to the environmental changes and thereby start to die off. Forests and trees aid in mainting how much water vapor is release into the environment. It maintains the balance of the vapor that mixes with carbon and other chemicals that creates greenhouse gasses. The greenhouse gasses will heat up the air and can cause the ripple effect of flooding and drought around the globe. It is important to practice responsible agriculture and protect the forest to maintain a healthy
After a few years the soil will lose nutrients, then it isbeing converted to cattle land. The soil that is exposed to more sunlight increases in temperature and thereby causes carbon to oxidize, releasing more carbon into the air. Cleared land is effect by erosion, fertilizers, nutrients and pesticides are washed away because of ineffective irrigation or heavy rain fall. Heavy run off after rain fall, especially in drier areas hasten soil erosion. The agriculture that replaces the forest is ineffective to prevent erosion. In some cases, plants “such as coffee, cotton, palm oil, soybean and wheat can exacerbate soil erosion,” (WWF) The affects in the nearby streams and rivers as the nutrients are leached from the soils effect the plants and animals around the world. Nutrients eroded from the land into the water causes the levels of nitrgen to rise, therefor the levels of dissolved oxygen in the water rise, causing an increase in temperature. The animals that live in the rivers and streams cannot adapt as quickly to the environmental changes and thereby start to die off. Forests and trees aid in mainting how much water vapor is release into the environment. It maintains the balance of the vapor that mixes with carbon and other chemicals that creates greenhouse gasses. The greenhouse gasses will heat up the air and can cause the ripple effect of flooding and drought around the globe. It is important to practice responsible agriculture and protect the forest to maintain a healthy