Logging And Land Conversion Activities For Agriculture And Palm Oil Plantation

A major source of controversy when it comes to biodiesel and other biofuels such as ethanol is what ingredient are used to make the fuel. When oils from crops are used, a number of problems can arise. For instance, biodiesel and other biofuels are often touted as environmentally friendly since they are typically made from plants, which suck the global warming gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to grow. However, the land may be damaged in order to grow these crops as demand for biofuels grow for example, in Indonesia, biodiesel may be causing deforestation, as native forests are destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. The chemicals from agricultural fertilizers and pesticides may also upset ecosystems.

However, forest and land fires are problems that arise in forest fire control rules in particular for opening of agriculture and plantation area. Whenever be traced again, in

There are many causes that leads to the haze problem such as open burning on the large scales, the increasing number of vehicles and uncontrolled industrial activity.

The words forest fire have a negative connotation to them, however at the right time and place, forest fires prove very beneficial to the environment. Burning prevents the hazardous buildup of flammable fuels, recycles nutrients, and improves the overall health of the ecosystem. Controlled fires mitigate the damaging impact of uncontrolled fires. Through prescribed burns, foresters prevent damages to human settlements and animal habitats. Overall, controlled or prescribed burns are necessary to secure the health and safety of the forest ecosystem and neighboring people.

Thirty point three percent of Greece is forest, and on a yearly basis from 1990 to 2010, almost 1% of the Greece’s forest was deforested each year. Greece faces an economic instability without deforestation. Fuel taxes that were originally installed to hep combat ocean pollutions, have made created prices families can not afford. These families instead turn to fire-based alternatives for heat, and this including the burning of wood. Illegal imports of wood have become more and more common throughout the country due to the demand for more wood. And with an influx of illegal activity, police reinforcements have been used to arrest violators of the laws.

Tropical fires can change interannual and long-term trends in carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. These changes can have large effects on Net Primary Production, seasonal cycle of net biome production, and on carbon fluxes in biomes of intermediate moisture. The paper found out that about six percent of the annual Net Primary Production in the region between thirty-eight degrees North latitude and thirty-eight degrees South latitude was burned by fires. These changes can help magnify natural, smaller fires into large extreme fire events. One such example of this is the large 1997-1998 Brazil and Indonesia fires that showed that closed canopy forests can be consumed by fire when extreme climatic conditions exist and even more so when worsened by human activities.

Establishing a palm oil plantation often involves planting on peatland; encompassing carbon-rich, partly decomposed organic matter. In order for agriculture to be successful, peatlands must be drained or burned, to dry the land. Consequences of burning or draining, means large amounts of carbon are released into the atmosphere. Analysing carbon emissions, the World Resources Institute (WRI), state that draining a single hectare is equivalent to burning more than 6,000 gallons of gasoline. Subsequently, Indonesia, in 2015 exceeded the average daily emissions by the U.S. economy.

In this paper I’ll be showing the two sides of palm oil. Where animals such as orangutans are becoming endangered because of the production of the oil. Also the making of palm oil is what keeps our world a content place, along with providing jobs for those who need it. Overall, this paper will show how such a large conflict can be dealt with a lot easier than how it’s actually being approached.

​Since 1970, raging forest fires have doubled. Climate Central reports, this is because of climate change which has brought hotter summers and longer fire seasons. Throughout this paper, I will go over how forest fires are contributing to air pollution, ground ozone, the impacts on humans, and the response to the problem. This is a problem that individuals can’t help but there are ways they can keep safe and stay healthy when forest fires arise in their areas.

The Indonesian government has taken a stand against the fire, but has done nothing to actually stop the farmers from destroying the land. The actual problem is that the farmers are burning their land to make way for their crops. The farmers not only set the fires in the first place, but also chop down trees to make land open for crops. This deforestation adds to the problem because they just let the trees lay and the wood tries and is perfect kindling for the fires. This logging for the way of plantations is one cause that is leading the way. The government has no real reason to stop the farmers because they are bringing in the money for the country. This use of fire is a ?cheap and often illegal way of clearing land.? (http://forests.lic.wisc.edu/ric/wrr37/fires.htm) This shows the blahtent disregard for nature and the entire community. If the farmers only had the means to clear their land in a way that didn?t cause such a destructive effect on the earth there wouldn?t

Foresters can actually permit certain forest fires to occur due to all the ecological benefits. These fires are set by firemen in safe conditions far from human life with low winds and high humidity

Not only do forest fires occur naturally but humans have come to contribute both indirectly and directly to the formation of forest fires. This influence is known as anthropogenic meaning that it is caused by human activity, this paper will focus mainly of anthropogenic influences and their contribution to forest fires. Humans can contribute directly to the formation of forest fires through certain actions

This is manily dut to the burning of the fossil fuels. One of the biggest mistakes was the removal of the forests, which help in absorbing the fossil fuels and all the harmful gases. For example, “human activities such as: biomass burning; agriculture; animal husbandry; fossil fuel extraction, distillation, and use; and the creation of landfills and rice paddies have increased the atmospheric concentrations of several other greenhouse.”(Trenberth, 2001)

Overview: This study investigated the utilization of satellite information to screen carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM) in Northern Thailand throughout the dry season when woodland flames are known to be a vital reason for air contamination. Satellite information, incorporating Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) CO, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer vaporized optical profundity (MODIS AOD), and MODIS fire hotspots, were examined with air contamination information measured at nine programmed air quality overseeing stations in the study range for February–April months of 2008–2010. The association examination indicated that every day CO and PM with size beneath 10 μm (Pm10) were connected with the woodland fire hotspot include, particularly the country regions with the most extreme relationship coefficient (R) of 0.59 for CO and 0.65 for Pm10. The correspondences between MODIS AOD and Pm10, between MOPITT CO and CO, and between MODIS AOD and MOPITT CO were additionally dissected, affirming the companionship between these variables. Two backwoods fire scenes were chosen, and the scattering of contamination tufts was mulled over utilizing the MOPITT CO downright segment and MODIS AOD information, together with the surface wind vectors. The outcomes demonstrated consistency between the crest scatterings, areas of thick hotspots, ground checking information, and common winds. The satellite information were indicated to be

Forest goods and services are valuable recourses and providing huge benefits to humankinds and all live on earth. Forest can bring about high level of commercial, material, and immaterial benefits. Many countries get benefits from trading in forest goods and services and consider forestry to substantial source of income. On the other side, trade in forest goods and services can contribute to environmental problem and environmental deterioration such as global warming, decrease of wildlife, and lack of resources. By this concern, a number of regional and international corporations have attempted to develop law and regulatory framework on forestry. However, there are