Question

What is deforestation? Give three causes of deforestation.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Deforestation refers to the decrease in forest areas across the world that are lost for other uses such as agricultural croplands, urbanization, or mining activities. Greatly accelerated by human activities since 1960, deforestation has been negatively affecting natural ecosystems, biodiversity, and the climate.

The most common pressures causing deforestation and severe forest degradation are agriculture, unsustainable forest management, mining, infrastructure projects and increased fire incidence and intensity.

Answer 2

Question⤵

● What is deforestation? Give three causes of deforestation.

Answer⤵

• Deforestation refers to the decrease in forest areas across the world that are lost for other uses such as agricultural croplands, urbanization, or mining activities.

• Greatly accelerated by human activities since 1960, deforestation has been negatively affecting natural ecosystems, biodiversity, and the climate.

Causes ⬇

• 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.