Question

Explain the main reason for deforestation answer in geography

Answer 1

There are many causes of deforestation. The WWF& reports that half of the trees illegally removed from forests are used as fuel.

Some other common reasons are:

To make more land available for housing and urbanization

To harvest timber to create commercial items such as paper, furniture and homes 

To create ingredients that are highly prized consumer items, such as the oil from palm trees

To create room for cattle ranching

Answer 2

There are various reasons for deforestation, some of which are mentioned below:

1. Agricultural expansion

A combination of forces is responsible for deforestation and the biggest among them is agricultural expansion. Forests are being cleared on an alarming rate due to rising global demand of food grain and the commodities like soybeans and palm oil. Since the beginning of agriculture, there has been a mass reduction in the forests worldwide for agricultural expansion. As per an estimate, over 40% of the forests have already been cleaned worldwide to obtain land to meet the demands for agriculture and wood. Agricultural expansion has left the world much devoid of its original forests.

2.Increasing Urbanization and Industrialization

For the purpose of development work the cutting of trees has been going on for years. Increased urbanization is one of the major causes of deforestation. To meet residential and industrial requirements, such as for the development of housing on a mass scale besides, construction of roads, mineral exploitation and industrial expansion, forests are being cleared on a large scale. The road expansions also leads to illegal logging, where the people take benefits of doubt and slash down trees without obtaining permission from authorities.

3. Growth in Population

Deforestation is taking place at a faster rate to cater to explosive growth in population. Due to rapid increase in human population in developing countries, it has become necessary that the vast areas of forests should be cleaned and farmed so that the needs of the growing population can be met. Demand for timber is increasing day by day. As a result, there is a steady increase in tree cutting. Equatorial mangrove forests are being eliminated by 20 million hectares annually.