Identify an area in India that needs efforts on a war footing to conserve the<br />
bio system. On the model of Wangari Maathai's efforts, prepare <br />
power point presentation or essay covering the environmental problem, causes,<br />
effects and solutions. Each student in the group should present a part of the<br />
presentation
Answers
Saving Forests: Saving Source of Life
Franklin D. Roosevelt rightly said, “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ” The present condition of forests in the world, especially developing countries is pathetic and miserable. Forests are the source of life. They are the giving angels. They give man oxygen, rains, wood, fruit, make the world look so beautiful, yet the sinister man kills them! Who will be more inhumane than man himself? Cutting of forests ultimately endangers man’s own existence. Deforestation has many disadvantages.
One of the major disadvantages of deforestation is that it disrupts the water
cycle. Trees are responsible for drawing up water from the soil and releasing
moisture into the atmosphere. Deforestation causes a disturbance in the water
cycle and makes the environment drier. Climate change is a severe outcome of
the excessive cutting down of trees. Forests lock up atmospheric carbon during
the process of photosynthesis. Trees contain a major portion of carbon from the
atmosphere.
Cutting of the forest cover has a negative effect on the environment. It
results in an increase in the amount of carbon and other greenhouse gases in
the environment. Burning of forests results in the emission of a large amount
of carbon dioxide into the air. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like
the oxides of nitrogen and methane are known to trap atmospheric heat, thus
increasing the average temperature of the Earth's surface. This increase in the
temperature near the Earth's surface and oceans is termed as global warming.
Extreme weather conditions, changing agricultural yields, and increase in the
disease vectors are some of the other effects of global warming. Deforestation,
being the primary reason behind global warming, we need to show greater concern
towards the cutting of trees on a large scale. We need to take quick measures
for preventing deforestation so that we can hope for an environment that is
healthy to live in. The people of the world must unite and launch large scale
afforestation drives in all the countries, especially the developing countries.
If the environment is not given the top priority throughout the world, we will lose it forever; losing it means the annihilation of the entire humankind along with all other life-forms of flora and fauna! Do you want it to happen? If no; kindly start doing as much as you can for the preservation of the environment!