Question

Why do people in poor countries cut down trees?
Chapter - The Ailing Planet
Class - 11th

Answer 1

Answer:

Poor people cut down trees for firewood and to build their houses.

Answer 2

People in poor countries cut down trees because -

1. They need FIREWOOD for cooking food.

2. They do not have access to GAS CYLINDERS nor they have gas stoves at their home, because of which they cut trees and BURN them in their traditional gas stoves.

3. The use of FIREWOOD not only lead to the cutting of trees and forests but it also cause a lot of POLLUTION because of the incomplete oxidation of WOOD.