Question

What is Deforestation????​

Answer 1

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Deforestation causes can either be direct or indirect. Among direct causes are: 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.

Answer 2

Deforestation can be defined as the large-scale removal of trees from forests (or other lands) for the facilitation of human activities. It is a serious environmental concern since it can result in the loss of biodiversity, damage to natural habitats, disturbances in the water cycle, and soil erosion. Deforestation is also a contributor to climate change and global warming.

The Data behind Deforestation:-

• Forests cover approximately 31% of the total land surface of the Earth.

• Tropical forests harbour over half of all land-based animal and plant species in the world.

• Between the years 2000 and 2012, over 568 million acres of forest has been claimed by deforestation.

• Approximately 9 million acres of virgin tropical forest was cut down in the year 2018.

• The Amazon rainforest, which is the source of 20% of the world’s oxygen supply, loses approximately 1.32 acres of its area every minute due to deforestation.