A New Environment : Human Populations : A New Environment

Deforestation is the destruction of a wide area of forest land into a cleared land that is used for a variety of reasons. The impact on the environment from cutting down, burning and damaging forests is very detrimental and there are severe consequences for the environment and future generations because of deforestation. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization approximately 7.3 million hectares of forests are being destroyed per year in the world (Bradford, 2015). In this essay, I will explore the impact that deforestation on the environment and I will also look at the actions that are being taken to prevent deforestation. There are various reasons why deforestation is occurring despite its negative effects on the environment. Deforestation can cause very serious environmental problems such as climate change, flooding, loss of habitats as well as others.

Human population growth is becoming a huge issue in our world today. The population is increasing rapidly. The reason that it is becoming a concern is because it has affected the economic, environmental, and social aspects of our world. In the film Frontline: Heat, we can see how there might not be a future for our planet unless we are able to reduce the emissions and make our world a safe place. Not only for the present but also for future generations so that they are able to live long and healthy lives.

All over the world, the human population fluctuates throughout each country due to several different factors. Some of the factors that can lead to an increase or decrease in population include industrialization, economic instability, poverty, laws, disease, resource destruction, sanitation, natural disasters, birth control, and access to education (Class notes). Although population decline is possible and relevant in some countries, the more important issue facing many countries today is overpopulation. Some over population problems include decreases in food sources, housing needs, land, increase in distribution problems, decrease in job availability, and poor health care environment (HowMany.org, 2014). One important question related to controlling

Every day we use paper, and every day we sit on or use furniture that is made of wood. Look around you, how many things are not made out of wood? Deforestation is the destruction or removal of forests. In fact, 50,000 trees are being cut down every minute. The issue deforestation links directly with the issues of air pollution, loss of animal habitats and climate change as well as several health problems. Deforestation can be solved if everyone helped, but not everyone has the same perspective. For example, some world leaders like Donald Trump do not believe that climate change is an issue, and a lot of people do not care about deforestation because they are unaware or because they do not care about anything beside themselves. I became interested in this topic after knowing that in countries where deforestation is a bigger issue, people are less healthy. Although Canada does not struggle with deforestation as much compared to China and the US, I do not want the same to happen.

There once was a time when rainforests had grown over fourteen percent of the Earth’s surface, now the rainforests manage to cover only six percent. This is due to deforestation. Deforestation of rainforests occur because of logging, powerplants cutting down and burning trees for electricity and as well as the paper industry causing its own damage. There are multiple factors for why rainforests are being destroyed, but the main root of the cause can be linked back to human’s havoc and upbringing of wasting resources. The future is technology, but mankind still will lay waste to their environments such as rainforests and the oceans. Rainforests and its inhabitants are currently in danger due to deforestation and human’s life choices will only lead them further into subjection which

This report states that although it is important to meet the needs of humans, the needs must be satisfied in a sustainably conscious manner. For this to be achieved, direct effects of each human need must be critically analysed and understood. This paper aims to deliver this by identifying particular human actions that contribute to the global issue of deforestation.

Environmental issues affect every life on this planet from the smallest parasite to the human race. There are many resources that humans and animal needs to survive; some of the most obvious resources come from the forests. Forests make up a large percentage of the globe. The forests have global implications not just on life but on the quality of it. Trees improve the quality of the air that species breath, determine rainfall and replenish the atmosphere. The wood from the forests are used everyday form many useful resources. Moreover, thinning the forests increases the amount of available light, nutrients and water for the remaining trees. Deforestation (forest thinning) is one of the most

Homo sapiens has a huge impact on photosynthesis and plants. Humans are continuing to develop and it is making it more difficult to compensate for everyone’s needs. The population is exponentially increasing and they need shelter. The only way to make room for more people is to cut down forests and use the wood and lumber to create shelter. The cutting down of trees is known as deforestation. Trees are not only cut down for shelter, but for also businesses. Areas that were once

The more people being born is a huge risked on the ecosystems and exhausting our resources to build homes and create more supermarket to distribute food to everyone. The British medical journal states that “whether the globe can accommodate 6 billion people, each for 60-70 years, without causing damage to ecosystems, is not a question of science but of distributive justice” (Arunachalam 443). The author suggests that people in power can contribute to the solution of population growth or overcrowding then simple scientific solutions. They believe science is not solely responsible for the population growth but it’s the people in power and the people who make the decision to have children’s. better health concerns are the key to understanding human population growth and how we can improve it.

Next, there are several causes of overpopulation. Significant improvement in quality of life and basic health services has resulted in decline in death rate on one hand, and increase in the birth rate on the other. Continuous migration of people from underdeveloped areas to developed areas has triggered an unnatural growth in population in developed areas, thus, putting immense pressure on available resources. Our failure in understanding the problems caused by overpopulation in urban areas is reflected in unplanned growth of newer towns and cities. More importantly, a look at the projected population growth is even more horrendous, which in itself stresses on the fact that we are not learning from our mistakes.

Even though we need trees for many things, deforestation needs to lessen because it causes things to happen to the atmosphere, animals, and humans. Deforestation is bad for the environment. At least half of the world’s tropical forests has been cleared. There is about 2,000 trees being cut down per minute. An estimate of 140 species of rainforest plants and animals go extinct every day! Deforestation is the clearing of trees to make a cleared place of land that is used for many things. People use the cleared land for money, people’s need to provide for their families, and agriculture. Farmers cut down forests to have more room for planting crops and room for their animals to graze. People also cut down trees to make many things, such as, shelter, fuel, paper, and many other things.

Deforestation is happening all around the world. Not only are people destroying animal habitat but they are also cutting off the oxygen source that keeps living beings alive. Forests cover 31% of the land area on this planet and it provide homes for people and animals. Approximately 1.6 billion people depend on the forests and so do many of the world’s most threatened and endangered animals. Each year 75,000km2 – 93,000km2 of forest are spent. It is estimated that approximately 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions are the result of deforestation. All manufacturing emissions are from human activity.

Today, about thirty percent of our planet is covered by trees. These trees bring us oxygen, wildlife and stabilize our earth’s soil. The problems we are now facing are the effects of deforestation. Clear cutting through trees is very harmful to our environment and is one of the leading causes of global warming (National Geographic). It also tampers with the quality of Earth’s soil, leading to landslides and future problems in regrowth of new trees. On top of all this, our wildlife is decreasing from the deforestation of their habitats.

Deforestation is increasing global actions with environmental and economic outcomes. It refers to the destruction of tropical forests, primarily done by human activities such as logging and agriculture. Eighty percent of Earth's land animals and plants live in forests that results with deforestation. By the act of deforestation, humans are destroying the homes and killing individual species that habitat there. In addition to the harm, deforestations strike on animals is also having a devastating effect on the climate. consequently, with the act of deforestation, many Americans are given various job opportunities related to agriculture.

Deforestation is a problem that does not concern many people, but it is an issue that the people of Earth need to deal with. In the past 50 years deforestation has increased a significant amount, but people around the world have been removing the forests since the 1600s. The forests remaining are in danger as the human population goes up, the need for resources will also increase and this will make the deforestation of the last forests come quicker before humans realize it is too late. Unless the people address this threat to the world, it will be too late because this is something that can be fixed, the forests can be rebuilt but it has to start right now before there is nothing people can do. There are many causes for deforestation such as, clearing space for urbanization, making areas available for houses, or harvesting the lumber for goods and other consumer items and all of these have an effect on the world. The consequences of deforestation can affect all aspects of life on Earth, including the water cycle, the soil, and the life quality of species around the world.