DEFORESTATION

DESCRIPTION

• The clearing of earths forests at a massive
• scale often resulting in damage to the
• quality of the land

LEADING CAUSES

• Logging companies cutting trees down for money
• Farmers cutting trees down for extra farm land
• Clearing of trees for new roads and towns

NATURAL OR ANTHROPOGENIC?

• Deforestation is anthropogenic
• It is also natural because wildfires can burn down forests
• As well as termites and other animals cutting down trees
• But for the most part it is mostly because of humans

EFFECTS ON BIOSPHERE

• Loss of habitat for millions of species
• Climate change
• Disruption of the water cycle

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

• Easy: stop cutting down trees
• More practical: carefully manage forest
• resources by eliminating clear cutting to make
• sure that forest environments remain intact
• Clear cutting: clearing all trees from a given tract of land