Question

what are the factors that cause the loss of forest cover ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The major causes of forest decline include:

1) pollution from both industry and agriculture

2) stress factors, e.g., desiccation

3) changes in stand dynamics

4) decline disease of forest or diseases of complex etiology

5) degradation of productivity and/or soil fertility in pure plantation forests. Forest degradation in China is similar to that all over the world, but with the characteristics in forest components, i.e.,

1) secondary forests are the major forest resources,

2) China has the most plantation forests in the world, some of which have low qualities or functions. Based on the above reviews and perceptions on forest degradation and related practices, the main causes of contemporary forest degradation were summarized, and the general countermeasures for combating forest degradation/decline were given.