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what is deforestation​

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Deforestation

Deforestation is the indiscriminate cutting, or over-harvesting, of trees for timber or paper, or to clear the land for agriculture, ranching, construction or other human activities.

♠️ Consequences of Deforestation

  • The carbon cycle
  • The water cycle
  • Soil erosion
  • Silting of water courses, lakes and dams
  • Extinction of species
  • Desertification
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Deforestation :-

The cutting of trees on a large scale to fulfill the needs of man can be termed as deforestation.

Causes Of Deforestation :-

◾ Increase in human population is the main cause behind it. With an increase in population human needs also increases.

◾ Urbanisation is the another reason behind it. Urbanisation increases human needs. For setting up urban area, factories, for raw materials, human start vanishing Forests.

◾ There can be some natural causes too such as forest fire, lighting, flood etc. These natural disaster also leads to a great loss in forests

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