Question

Answer the following Questions

1. Explain how deforestation causes "Desertification and "lowering of Water Table "?

2. What is meant by Planned harvesting and how it helps in conservation ?

3. Differntiate between "Wild life Santuary and Biosphere Reserve ". ​

Answer 1

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1. The loss of trees, which anchor the soil with their roots, causes widespread erosion throughout the tropics. ... After heavy tropical rains fall on cleared forest lands, the run-off carries soil into local creeks and rivers. The rivers carry the eroded soils downstream, causing significant problems.

2. Planned Harvesting,i.e., cutting only some of the trees in an area. It helps in conservation of forests as,the uncut trees prevent erosion and produce seeds so that new trees can grow