Question

What are the major causes of degradation of forests in Brazil and India?

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Answer 1

Answer:

Deforestation is the major cause fordegradation of forests. It is done for mining, building dams, expanding agriculture etc. 2. Industrial development has caused degradation of foreststhrough pollution, over-exploitation, encroachments etc.Illegal "wildlife trade", "illegal poaching", "air pollution", "water pollution", "land degradation", excess mining activities, wetland degradationand severe oil spills are the main cause offorest degradation in Brazil."

Causes for Deforestation:

Agriculture: Conversion of forests to agricultural land to feed growing needs of people. ...

Commercial logging: ...

Mining: ...

Increase in population: ...

Urbanization and industrialization: ...

Construction of dam reservoirs: ...

Forest fires: ...

Overgrazing: