Deforestation
Deforestation is the active permanently removing trees from the environment to make away for something else. Forests make up more than 30% of the worlds land surfaces. They are home to over 80% of the worlds terrestrial bio diversity. Forests provide food, medicine, jobs and fuel for over 1 billion people worldwide.
Most of today’s deforestation occurs in tropical areas. These forests are being destroyed to make way for agriculture and grazing. Naturally occurring fires are uncommon, but very intense and devastating to the surrounding the wildlife. There are also human lit fires, the valuable timber is first harvested and then any other surviving vegetation is burned away to make way for livestock and crops. Other forests are cleared to make way for palm oil plantations. Palm oil is a very common vegetable oil that is found in over half of all grocery store products.
Deforestation also causes a drop in the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the trees. These trees play in important role in climate change, they are estimated to be providing 23% of The climate mitigation needed to slow down climate change.
https://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html
Most of today’s deforestation occurs in tropical areas. These forests are being destroyed to make way for agriculture and grazing. Naturally occurring fires are uncommon, but very intense and devastating to the surrounding the wildlife. There are also human lit fires, the valuable timber is first harvested and then any other surviving vegetation is burned away to make way for livestock and crops. Other forests are cleared to make way for palm oil plantations. Palm oil is a very common vegetable oil that is found in over half of all grocery store products.
Deforestation also causes a drop in the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the trees. These trees play in important role in climate change, they are estimated to be providing 23% of The climate mitigation needed to slow down climate change.
https://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html
Yes, so many reasons for us to find a way to preserve forests, as they are
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