causes of deforestation
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Causes of Deforestation
☆ Forest fire also known as wild fire, grass fire, vegetation fire is a natural disaster consisting of a fire which destroys a forested area and can be a great danger to people who live in forests as well as wildlife. Forest fires are generally started by lightning but also by human negligence. Forest fire can burn thousands of square kilometers of forest hence causes deforestation.
☆ Drought is also a natural disaster causing destruction of forests.
☆ Because of increasing population, level of poisonous gases in environment is also increasing. These poisonous gases like sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, nitric oxide etc. when combine with rain causes acid rain. Acid rain destroy the trees and wildlife up to a great extent hence causing deforestation .
Causes of deforestation are:
•Livestock Ranching.
•Logging.
•Infrastructure Expansion
•Overpopulation