Deforestation And Global Climate Change

The long-term removal of tree cover, deforestation, is a global issue that can be catastrophic if not resolved and is one of the most urgent of issues. Deforestation is a global issue, not only because it happens all around the world, in multiple countries but also because its causes are produced by globally-drive motives. Politically, Socially and Environmentally, deforestation is a global issue that delves deeply in almost all aspects of organism life. This essay will explore into the intricacy of the global issue of deforestation and its surface and root causes. Although deforestation occurs mostly in tropical rainforests, which are primarily in developing countries, this does not equate it to national problems, instead it is an issue, which through the rise of economic globalization, means that the global population are bearing down on the forests as well. The surface issues are agricultural expansion and infrastructure expansion, with deeper root causes, which fall under the political and social scope. These underlying causes “are fundamental forces that underpin the more obvious or proximate causes of deforestation” (Geist, Lambin, 2001, pg.8) This essay will draw from academic sources and will elaborate on author’s theories and opinions on the topic of the causes of deforestation. By doing this, a mixture of neo liberal, liberal and emancipatory social action approaches will be taken to be able to fully understand the surface and underlying causes of deforestation.

Deforestation is the action or process of the clearing of forests. Deforestation makes what we know as a cause and effect system. We cause the problems, and the effect is the aftermath of our actions. Some causes of deforestation include urbanization, climate, and overpopulation. And some effects include soil erosion, water cycle, and species loss. Removing trees at the pace we’re going now could lead to the vanishing of trees in a few hundred years("Deforestation"). Yes, we need the resources to survive, but the outcome of deforestation at such a fast pace could leave the future with nothing.

However, forests around the world are under threat from deforestation, jeopardizing these benefits. Deforestation comes in many forms, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change. This impacts people’s livelihoods and threatens a wide range of plant and animal species. Some 46-58 thousand square miles of forest are lost each year, which is equivalent to 36 football fields every minute.

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.

The purpose of this essay is to talk about what is the cause of deforestation. To do this, the word called deforestation has to be explain. Deforestation as talk about by BBC (2005) is when the forest is destroyed in a permanent way so that it can be use for other purpose. In Panama, it is noticed that about eighteen million acres of the forest is destroyed each year as a result of deforestation (FAO, 2007).

There are several world changing events happening right now. However, many of these events are either forgotten or rarely discussed. One of these “forgotten” events is the deforestation of the rainforests. Rainforest deforestation primarily started in the 1970’s, but has since increased. Up until recently, deforestation of rainforests was seldom talked about despite how much it has affected the world. Rainforest deforestation needs more attention because it has occurred for many decades despite the environmental damage, the rainforest is important for the economy, food, and medicinal purposes, it has many adverse effects such as climate change, and there are several projects to reduce deforestation.

Advocates for the preservation of these forests state that deforestation has devastating consequences including social conflict, extinction of plants and animals, and dangerous climate changes, and that local deforestation in these forests are causing damages that aren’t just local, but global. While opponents claim that tropical forests are destined to diminish as it is necessary for the growing human population to clear the natural landscape to make room for farms and pastures, to harvest timber for construction and fuel, to build roads and urban areas and to develop the economies of the often poor countries that surround the equator.

The biggest problem with deforestation is that we don’t cut down little areas at a time. We cut down trees in bulk. Some deforestation companies cut down trees football field lengths at a time. Indonesia once had one of the biggest rainforests in the world covering up about 95.4 to 112 million hectares before deforestation occurred( “Lambin” 3). After deforestation happened there rain forest is estimated to cover up about 52

Deforestation is one of the most significant issues of our time; considerable measures must be taken to prevent further pillaging of our unique forest resource.

Rainforests have been declining rapidly over the last few decades. There are various factors responsible for this decline, resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it.

Covering about 6% of the earths surface and spanning across Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America, rainforests provide humans with timber, animal products and medicines. Unfortunately these resources are often over exploited, and many rainforests have been subject to heavy deforestation. Logging rainforests to make room for farming/urbanization is also an issue in many

all of our tropical forests in about 50 years. It has been suggested that the

In the current management system in Nepal, community forestry (CF) is one of the effective mechanisms to reduce deforestation and increase greenery in the country, but there is uncertainty to what extent CF supports biodiversity conservation (Acharya, 2003). Community forestry has contributed to improving and diversifying livelihoods by mobilizing locally available natural forest. As per the Forest Act (1993), community forest user groups (CFUGs) retain 100% of revenues generated and 25% are used in forest development

The rate of deforestation is increasing and the tropical forests are falling at approximately 140,000 acres per day (Miller & Tangley 1991: xvi). The forests are crucial to the environment. They are important in minimizing erosion, providing a stable habitat for many animals, and helping to keep the environment clean. Deforestation has devastating effects, not only on the biological dependents within the depleted forests, but also on the surrounding human-populated communities.

In the deforestation front, almost half of the tropical forest is lost to deforestation, and this causes the world to lose plant species and animal species when their habitats are destroyed. We can see the market field at work in deforestation because 3% of tropical forest are being reported as managed by the Tropical Timber Organization, while Two-thirds of the forest is designate to a management regime. We are seeing acres of forest not being reported properly because of corruption, cronyism, and illegal logging, (Speth pg. 30)