what are the main causes of desturtion of forest
Answers
Direct human causes of deforestation include logging, agriculture, cattle ranching, mining, oil extraction and dam-building.
Explanation:
The most common pressures causing deforestation and severe forest degradation are agriculture, unsustainable forest management, mining, infrastructure projects and increased fire incidence and intensity.
Natural causes
as hurricanes, fires, parasites and floods
Human activities
as agricultural expansion, cattle breeding, timber extraction, mining, oil extraction, dam construction and infrastructure development.
Among indirect causes are:
Insufficient political actions and governance failure as inadequate land tenure system, corruption, wrong public administration investments
Political and socio-economic causes as population growth, military conflicts and climatic changes