Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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To explain:

Whether the source of a forest product was ever overexploited.

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The trees of forest biome provide wood for lumbar which is used in many commercial purposes like housing, furniture, paper and many other products. To obtain this product from forest, forest biome is being destroyed which adversely affects the natural ecosystem of the biome.

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To determine:

The measures that have been taken to ensure sustainability.

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There are some sustainable wood harvesting methods which provide wood for various purposes like paper and lumbar without effectively damaging the natural ecosystem of a forest biome.

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To determine:

The challenges that might be brought in future and also explain how these challenges can be overcome.

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Deforestation is the clearance of forest and cutting of tress permanently, so that the lands are available for other purposes. Deforestation greatly affects the carbon cycle. The presence of trees balances the number of carbon present in the environment. The trees use carbon in the process of photosynthesis in which trees make their food. Due to deforestation, the amount of carbon dioxide increase in the environment that leads to global warming and the greenhouse effect.

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