Deforestation and It's Effects

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Deforestation

• And Its Effects

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What Do you Mean By Deforestation?

• Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the
  removal of a forest or stand of trees where the
  land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.
  Examples of deforestation include conversion of
  forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use.
• The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause
  climate change, desertification, soil erosion,
  fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases
  in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for
  indigenous people.

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Deforestation Facts

• Facts 1 Forests cover 30 of the earths land.
• Facts 2 It is estimated that within 100 years
  there will be no rainforests.
• Facts 3 Agriculture is the leading cause of
  deforestation
• Facts 4 One and a half acres of forest is cut
  down every second.
• Facts 5 Loss of forests contributes between 12
  percent and 17 percent of annual
  global greenhouse gas emissions.
• Facts 6 If the current rate of deforestation
  continues, it will take less than 100 years to
  destroy all the rainforests on the earth.
• Facts 7 The rate of deforestation equals to loss
  of 20 football fields every minute.
• Facts 8 There are more than 121 natural remedies
  in the rain forest which can be used as
  medicines.
• Facts 9 According to Rainforest Action Network,
  the United States has less than 5 of the worlds
  population yet consumes more than 30 of the
  worlds paper.
• Facts 10 The over exploitation of forests is
  making it extremely difficult to replant a new
  ecology.

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Causes Of Deforestation?

1. Conversion of forests for other land uses.
2. Forest fires.
3. Illegal and unsustainable logging.
4. Fuelwood harvesting.
5. Mining.
6. Climate change.

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Effects Of Deforestation?

1. Loss of species.
2. Depletion in Water Resources
3. Soil erosion.
4. Life quality.
5. Increased Greenhouse Gases.
6. Water in the Atmosphere.
7. Damage to ozone layer.

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How to Stop Deforestation?

1. Start Planting Trees.
2. Stop Printing and go Paperless.
3. Buy Recycled Products.
4.  Recycle as much as Possible.
5. Stop Hurting Environment.
6. Protect Rainforests and Wildlife. 

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Dont cut trees down it will make your future
down.
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