Deforestation and Habitat Loss

When a tree is cut down, if you cut the tree horizontally, than you will be able to see the growth rings. Every growth ring relates to one year of life for the tree. From the growth rings, you can also determine what kind of weather and conditions the tree had undergone. When the growth rings are very thin, than there were times of little to no rain (drought). When the rings are thick, then there was a good rain-season and the tree was able to grow a lot.

Not only that, but when the rings are not round, but rather crooked, than that means that the tree suffered some kind of damage. It could be poisoning, it could've been hit with something, or maybe the tree was poisoned.

There's a lot you can tell about a trees life from looking at the growth rings!

Positive:

Controlled forest fires have allowed trees to spread their seeds.

Selective tree cutting.

Negative:

Logging-too many trees being cut down

Pollution-pollution leads to acid rain which hurts trees

Also people are taking mosses out of the forest, which could lead to flooding because the mosses aren't there to absorb the water.

the conseqences are that there is less oxygen in the world when you cut down trees,there is going to be less and animals because they are going to be scared when they see the men with chain saws and the men might be cutting down the amerindains homes down.

The animals lose their habitat. If you cut down a tree in the rainforest, for example, a toucan , may lose its home.

Deforestration affects our lives as the whole world is totally dependent on the trees as trees provide us with lot of things and most importantly with 02 and it purifies air by removing many of its impurities. Bye

humans cut around 6 full sized soccer pitches in one second and that is why the amazon rainforest had shrinked 20% form its real size

There are various impacts of forest degradation ranging from biodiversity loss, increase in green house gases emission which leads to the green house effect, even soil nutrient loss and a wide range of it.

A forest fire is difficult to put out - just look at forest fires that have occurred in California for several days and even weeks. Water, retarding agents and backfires are the preferred methods. DON'T USE LIQUOR! I'VE TRIED IT

Because they have never before been cut

TNT, beavers and army with chainsaws

we get paper, wood, oil, medicines, fibres, floss, cane, bamboo, cotton, fungi, herbs, etc.

boycott or kill them

If they are doing so legally on their own land, or at the behest of the land owner you can do nothing and kindly please keep your lips closed. If they are doing so illegally on protected land, contact your Natural Resources people.

For one, because you don't know how to use proper grammar. But another reason why illegal logging happens is because it is a very profitable business and cutting down trees illegally and selling them will earn you lots of money. DO NOT ATTEMPT AT HOME

tropical equatorial rainforests are near the equator

some are in the amazon

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1.5 Million trees are cut down everyday for the making of cigarettes. That's over 500 Million trees a year! Shocking, but paper uses more.

That's what we do. But the amount of money put towards that endevour is much smaller than the amount needed.

it causes lot of disadvantages like global warming, dries up land because the trees provide shade and without shade the ground dries up. Also, increased erosion because the root systems aren't there to stop it.

• Teach others about the importance of the environment and how they can help save rainforests.
• Restore damaged ecosystems by planting trees on land where forests have been cut down.
• Encourage people to live in a way that doesn't hurt the environment.
• Establish parks to protect rainforests and wildlife.
• Support companies that operate in ways that minimize damage to the environment. Also known as 'TREES'

One way to save the Rainforest from vanishing, is to stop cutting down the trees, bushes, and brush. If we do this our people, and animals will be happy, and the Rainforest will be saved. You can also plant more flowers, trees, brush, and bushes, so when/if they do cut down the trees, there will be plants to replace them.

Because we use their wood, and their different things to make most of what we have today. although we are trying to stop most of the deforestation, or at least replant the trees. although it takes many, MANY years for it to grow back. Usually they never grow the trees back.

Each year, 14 million trees are cut down to make just 10 million paper bags.

most people think that the destruction of the rainforest is a bad thing because the rainforests are known as the 'LUNGS OF THE EARTH' becasue they produce more than 20% of all of the earths oxygen.

Destroying the rainforests also causes animal habitats to dissapear and therefore the animals can no longer survive. this is bad because the rainforest is home to some very rare and endangered species of bird, plant and animal. by destroying one habitat, this may cause others to die out because they can no longer feed on that plant or animal who lived there.

there are indiginous people who live in the rainforests. they have lived there for thousands of years and live 'at one' with the forest. they move every ten to fifteen years so that the forest can regrow where their settlement had been. for exnmple in the Bornean Rainforest there is a tribe called the Penan.

The Bornean Government have tried to make the indigenous people move out of the forest so that it can be deforested but they will not go because it is the land of their ancestors. some tribal people have left the forests and begun living in the modern world, although the majority refuse.

People in favour of the rainforest destruction include Logging companies who deforest the land and collect the trees to sell for building etc.

Palm Oil companies such as Cargill which provide Palm oil for food and cosmetics build their plantations in vast areas of cleeared rainforest. this causes many problems for animals and plants in the area which can no longer live or grow there.

Farmers also clear the land to allow their cattle to graze on the fertile soil but the soil is only fertile because of the plants which die and return nutrients to the soil. Because of the land only being fertile for a few years maximum, the farmers deforest more land which is fertile and keep deforesting every few years when the soil becomes useless and infertile.

Borneo and brazil are LEDC's and therefore the people need work. the work provided by the companies that deforest the land allows the people to become more developed and strengthens the national ecomony.

Overall, the rainforests are an important part of the Earth and it is very beautiful. it takes more than 5 million years to build a biodiversity as large as one of the rainforests so if they dissapear it will create a huge problem for the Human race and other species.

but, we need the products produced by the rainforests to progress. we need to let animals graze so that we can consume them ourselves and we need the logging to take place so that we have materials to build homes etc.

We need to prioritise. what is more important? An incredible biodiverse ecosystem home to thousands of rare species of animals and plants and a huge contribution to our oxygen levels or food and sufficient materials to allow us to progress and become a more economically developed world?