Deforestation Leading to Deprivation
Deforestation is the clearance of natural forests through ungoverned logging. Willful deforestation occurs to obtain forest products like timber and fuel and for land-use requirements. Cutting away forests without recourse to reforestation results in degraded habitats.
Deforested regions typically undergo adverse soil erosion to end up as wastelands. Some of the more serious effects are loss of biodiversity and loss of groundwater. When forests are removed, trees no longer transpire water resulting in drier climate.
Destruction of forest areas has resulted in degraded environments the world over. Disregard of the innate value of forests through improper forest management and poor environmental regulation has allowed deforestation to occur on very large scale.
The result has been truly catastrophic in terms of extinction of species, changes in climatic conditions, desertification, and displacement of indigenous peoples. Deforestation is a contributor to global warming and a major cause of enhanced greenhouse effect. Tropical deforestation is responsible for twenty percent of world greenhouse gas emissions.
The chief reason for deforestation is the inability of governments to impose due checks and balances vis-à-vis the industry sector that mainly controls forest usage. Other factors include overpopulation, urbanization and inequitable distribution of wealth. Globalization is considered a major cause of deforestation.
Deforested regions typically undergo adverse soil erosion to end up as wastelands. Some of the more serious effects are loss of biodiversity and loss of groundwater. When forests are removed, trees no longer transpire water resulting in drier climate.
Destruction of forest areas has resulted in degraded environments the world over. Disregard of the innate value of forests through improper forest management and poor environmental regulation has allowed deforestation to occur on very large scale.
The result has been truly catastrophic in terms of extinction of species, changes in climatic conditions, desertification, and displacement of indigenous peoples. Deforestation is a contributor to global warming and a major cause of enhanced greenhouse effect. Tropical deforestation is responsible for twenty percent of world greenhouse gas emissions.
The chief reason for deforestation is the inability of governments to impose due checks and balances vis-à-vis the industry sector that mainly controls forest usage. Other factors include overpopulation, urbanization and inequitable distribution of wealth. Globalization is considered a major cause of deforestation.