Negative Impacts Of Deforestation

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Many people believe that deforestation has a negative impact on the world because it stops carbon dioxide in take (how trees take carbon dioxide from air to purify the oxygen), causes soil erosion and destroys habitats for many species, however many do not as it supplies jobs for thousands of people, it helps environments in particular places and frees land for grazing animals and houses.

Deforestation presents in an abundance of ways, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change. The foremost reason of deforestation in Latin America is the requirement for food, fuel, shelter, and foreign exchange. Year on year, a space of tropical forest the size of Great Britain is "converted" from an area equal to the size of Europe. Ever since 1950, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), half of the world 's forests have disappeared. “Latin America has lost 37 percent of its tropical forests,” says the FAO. As more and more of Latin American forest are degraded, more and more detrimental effects are being seen. Deforestation is changing a number of resources for tribal groups, altering their way of life, temperatures are increasing at a dangerous rate because of a buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, habitats and species such as plants and wildlife are being annexed due to the destructive effects of deforestation. Deforestation is inarguably helpful to supplying money to countries that sell the products from the forest, but huge wealth being generated from the forests comes with large-scale environmental and social costs. The local residences are not benefitting and the funds are being siphoned out of the region.

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7.8 million hectares of palm oil plantation existed in Indonesia in 2011 and 6.1 million of the plants were harvested. (Anon., n.d.) That means 6.1 million trees were cut down and 24.4 tonnes of palm oil were produced. In Malaysia 4.49 million hectares of palm oil was cultivated resulting in 17.73 million tonnes of palm oil. (Anon., 2013) This mass production reverberates in more products containing palm oil. However, the choice to utilise this supply as well as the generation of this demand stems from businesses such as Kraft, Clorox, Domino’s, Wendy’s and PepsiCo which have all been discovered to have large ecological footprints. (Butler, 2015) PepsiCo incorporates 427,500 tonnes of palm oil per year in product lines like Dorito’s and Lay’s. (Opray, 2015) The annual Palm Oil Scoreboard evaluates policies regarding palm oil sourcing of 40 large-scale companies. Domino’s, Wendy’s and Clorox all scored 0 (Butler, 2015), meaning they have no commitment to sustainable palm oil use and to a certain extent use palm oil irresponsibly, with little to no regard for implications it may have. All these companies; as previously mentioned; are large-scale companies signifying that they have widespread influence. Millions of products are manufactured and purchased from these companies whose products fill supermarket shelves. The fact that many big companies are

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.

The once vast forests of Malaysia and Indonesia are quickly disappearing due to the mass destruction of their rainforests caused by the palm oil industry. Malaysia and indonesia are responsible for ninety percent of the world's supply of palm oil (“Labor Abuses Common in the Palm Oil Industry”). In the recent years, the destruction of these forests has led to the endangerment and extinction of numerous organisms. The employees on these plantations suffer from poor working conditions and are often taken advantage of by employers. Although palm oil is a cheap and healthy alternative to trans fats used in the majority of today's foods and cosmetics, the palm oil industry needs to be regulated due to its effects on widespread deforestation,

Have you ever wondered why when you travel somewhere It’s sometimes harder to breath there? Well over the past 40 years almost 25% of our Amazon rainforest has been destroyed due to deforestation. Deforestation is the term used to describe the permanent destruction of forests in order to make land available for other uses. The expansion of deforestation in the United States has long lasting and extremely detrimental effects consequences that affect the environment in catastrophic ways of causing poor air quality and ozone layer depletion.

It is obvious the importance of the forest vegetation to everyone in the society. However, people in the past ages did a kind of thing that they thought was very meaningful—cutting down the trees. When they recall this history, most of them cannot be restrained from their remorse and guilty to it. Trees or forest are things that not only protect the environment but also help people to live better. Destroy of forest and deforestation brings a great many of harm to the environments as well as people in the world.

The advent of modernism has gifted us with a number of benefits and remarkable opportunities to explore the world. However, the proximity to the modernity has resulted in a number of negative effects, and the diminishing amount of the forestry or greenery is one of the most significant problems. This issue has been a major topic of research and discussion for ages. But different researchers have tried to find out the vitality of this problem from varied dimensions. This paper attempts to submit my proposal for the research essay on the issue of deforestation on a whole, but the specific focus would be on how the natural resource of the forestry dwindle when the people try to relocate themselves to the urban areas due to various sociological and economic policies.

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 act of removing forests and turning it into cleared land is called deforestation. The effects of it can be devastating. Not only does deforestation remove forests, but it also affects climate change, takes away habitats from many animals, and causes erosion and landslides. All of these issues can be solved by stopping or reducing deforestation. Despite all of these negatives, some people view it as beneficial because it can create homes, towns, and provide resources. Deforestation needs to be stopped because it takes habitats from animals, affects climate change, and causes erosion and landslides.

To keep that GDP growing the country has to keep addressing the ongoing environmental issues, which include water shortages, soil erosion and deforestation. The soil erosion has been caused by an excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers. Deforestation has been a detrimental issue because of the large amounts of agricultural and land clearing, and not to mention the over use of wood products for fuel purposes, without replanting new growth. Another leading cause of deforestation is forest fires caused by man, whether it’s intentional or accidental. Water shortages also hit the island extremely hard in June of 2015. Martin Melendez, an expert, in hydrology and civil engineer stated that over a 100 communities suffered from water shortages and the island was 30 days from the entire water system collapsing (“Deforestation”). The tourist areas were even suffering. A lot of these issues have been exacerbated by global warming. The island realized this and recently renewed their agreement with the Kyoto protocol to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (“Forest Carbon”).