Deforestation

Along with industrial pollution, rampant deforestation in South America and elsewhere has significantly increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere" (“The Vital Links between”). The forest absorbs most CO2 throughout the year. With the rainforests destroyed there would be no greater…

citizen’s behaviour and related to factors such as, deforestation, overpopulation and rise of sea level. To begin with, deforestation is arguably the biggest problem that Indonesia is encountering. It is the hardest one to solve since it is related to Indonesia’s national income. According to FAO State of the Forest, in 2011 Indonesia ranks the second country with biggest tropical deforestation. Nevertheless of this fact some people argue that deforestation is inevitable since Indonesia needs…

to the manufacturing knowing that less profits can be made and this can help to conserve the rainforests as logging activities and deforestation is controlled. Thus, changing our consumption habits is vital in maintaining the sustainability of tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforests are disappearing quickly because of human activities like logging and deforestation going on. There is a need to preserve the rainforests to ensure the survival for future generations to appreciate, enjoy and…

said to be barren because of the irreversible loss of soil nutrients. There are also other factors that causes soil degradation in Nigeria. These factors include poor farming practices, inappropriate irrigation, overgrazing, land clearing or deforestation, urban sprawl, land pollution plus industrial waste, mining of stone, minerals, sand, and other commercial developmental activities. However, I will discuss selected few in this article. Misuse or excess use of fertilisers The development in…

impact of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Nonetheless, according to Live Science, the main causes of cutting off forests are “[F]or making more land available for housing and create room for cattle ranching” (Bradford. A, 2015). Consequently, deforestation caused by factory farming releases large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere to increase the rate of global warming by 50 percent (Good. K, 2014). Moreover, factory farming has a negative effect on lakes and rivers because of…

our atmosphere are from deforestation from plantation agriculture (WWF). The Amazon Rainforest is known as a carbon sink, meaning that the trees here soak up carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that pollute our atmosphere (WWF). With the increasing numbers of trees being cut down every day for the high supply and demand of the cash crops here, the amount of the greenhouse gases being released in the atmosphere have also increased . If carbon emissions from deforestation were taken into…

Lemurs are currently facing double jeopardy: as they are already considered critically endangered in terms of diminishing numbers, they are also under threat of starving to death. Lemurs was said to be abundant in the African island of Madagascar. However, due to the effects of climate change, their population is mostly concentrated on the country’s eastern side. Among the bamboo lemurs, the greater bamboo lemurs of Madagascar are considered the largest. They were thought to be extinct, until…

catchment areas. Causes of Deforestation Deforestation affects carbon and nitrogen cycles. The removal of plants in the rainforests disrupts the natural cycle of nutrients. The level of atmospheric carbon dioxide rises as less carbon dioxide is removed from the air by plants during photosynthesis. The recycling of nitrates and other ions is slowed down. Tree roots bind soil particles together, and the tree canopy reduces the force of rain beating down on the soil. Deforestation therefore causes…

against any other country. As I explain some of the new rule that I might add and some I might replace let me explain to you what problems Ecuador is facing. Around 2000, Ecuador's major environmental problems were erosion in the highland areas; deforestation, especially in the Oriente; and water pollution. The Ecuadoran…

down for commercial use. The air and water supplies of the area became heavily polluted with smog. As a result, the fish and wildlife of the area were forced to relocate to more habitable environments. An example of this in real-life would be deforestation. When trees are cut down, millions of species become…