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Deforestation and Habitat Loss
This category deals with the causes and effects of changes in natural habitat. Examples would include questions about cutting down forests, plowing grasslands for agriculture, coral reef die-offs, and the natural process of succession.
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Which group would be concerned with pollution of the river after cutting of the old forest?
A climate scientist would be interested, also an environmental scientist.
If humans continue to destroy rain forests what mite happen to the balance between carbon dioxide?
the carbon levels increase dramatically and oxygen levels will go down
Could a forest fire hurt the animals in the forest?
Erm... it sets them on fire, destroys their homes, makes them inhale toxic smoke. do you need any other information?
Who owns the most land in new york?
The New York Times Company owns The New York Times, of whom the CEO is Mark Thompson.
Why shouldn't we cut down trees?
It is harmful to cut down trees because we breathe out Carbon Dioxide and the trees clean it through there leaves and with out them we would be breathing bad air. Also that is why lots of people get colds in winter because the trees dont have leaves.
Why the rainforest are depleting?
Rainforests are primarily cut down or burned by humans to clear land for agriculture and cattle pasture (by burning), timber harvesting for furniture or other products (by cutting). Rainforests may also be cleared for mining or roadbuilding.
A:The two main causes of deforestation in South America are the claiming of lands for agriculture and the exploitation for wood products and by-products.Large areas of rainforest and other green areas are burnt each week or leveled with machines for agriculture and cattle. Many international food companies contribute to this problem, purchasing large areas of rainforest and transforming it for hosting thousands of heads of cattle for supplying their worldwide needs, most often through paper companies. Satellite imaging shows day after day large areas on fire by human hands.
Many legal and many illegal wood processing enterprises go further and further into green areas chopping down and processing large trees and destroying the minor vegetation in their way.
Local governments have tried to impose some limitations but corruption is a problem.
Pollution, mining, farming, and logging (cutting down trees) have all helped to cause the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
A:Much of it is cut down illegally in the Amazon basin and SE Asia because there is great demand for the timber in developed countries. The work is largely done by poor peasants who know of no other way of feeding their families. They work for logging companies and the palm oil growers (In the Amazon, cattle farmers.) who move in when the land has been stripped. About half the world's rainforest has been cleared. As tropical timbers such teak are becoming scarce, their price is increasing and profits are rising. Official corruption also plays its part. Most of the peasants who cut down the forests understand that deforestation has reached a point where it threatens the health of the planet, but they are trapped in a cycle of poverty that leaves them with no choice. A:The Amazon rainforest is being cut down for a range of things; including wood, gold, tin, hydro-electricity, & farming agriculture. A:Rainforests and other forests are being cut down for their timber, and also to provide grazing space for cattle. The world has a huge demand for beef.How many animals die each day from the Rainforest being cut down?
A survey across the world this year and last year found that there was over 23 million killed each year.
(Comment on this: This figure is impossibly low, particularly when insects are considered. I think it's a safe bet that more than this number of insects are killed when a single acre of rainforest land is destroyed).
Why should people care about the rainforest?
Because of the sources that cannot be found anywhere else in the world such as: medicine, plants, animals, trees, retiles, amphibians, soils and minerals. If we carry on the way we are, these source will be extinct.
Why do you have protect your forest?
It is necessary to protect the forest for several reasons. The forest is important as a vital part of the world's nature. Many types ofanimals live in the forest and find their food there. The forest produces the oxygen that we breath.
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Why rainforest are under threat of being cut down?
The reasons for rainforest destruction are economic and social.
Economic reasons include: 1) to create farmland, 2) wood is harvested, sold for timber or fuel, 3) alternate uses for the land, such as mining or creation of reserviors.
Social reasons include: 1) Settlement - creation of new towns and cities, and 2) Transportation - creation of roads or canals.
Cattle ranching became a huge reason. Europe, Russia and the US have imported many millions of tons of beef from Brazil.
Why is cutting down too many trees bad?
1.humans breathe out carbon dioxide. and trees and flowers give out oxygen to the air that we breathe in. If we keep cutting trees. There would not be enough trees to produce oxygen. And we cant breathe in carbon dioxide cause then we would get carbon dioxide poison.
2. More car accidents because more animals would be running n the streets because of the loss of homes.
3.More possibility of getting deer ticks on your pets and yourself because a lot of deer have lost their homes and deers have ticks. Its getting so bad 3 families of deer live in my backyard.
4.animal attacks. More animal attacks would happen if all the forests are gone because they would have no ware to go.
5. The world that we live in would be a falling community because of the loss of trees. Animal attacks, deer ticks, car accidents and ect.
Are trees being cut down in the daintree rainforest?
It is not possible to know how many trees were logged.
Logging was severe in the Daintree rainforest, especially after World War II, 1945, but in 1987 the Daintree was confirmed with World Heritage listing. There has been no logging there since.
How did mt erebus aircraft disaster happen?
The Mt. Erebus disaster occurred on November 28, 1979, because the wrong coordinates were put into the planes computer navigation system. It was flying low for sightseeing purposes because it was thought to be on the correct path. The pilots could not see the mountain due to white out conditions.
What would happen if all trees in the mountains were cut?
If all of the trees in the forest were cut down it would cause an outbreak of Meniere's Disease which comes from the toxic found in most tree trunks cut down. When one tree is cut down, it only releases a small amount of this toxin which can't hurt you, but if they were all cut down it would cause an extreme outbreak. This disease swells up the lungs and causes welts to grow around the chest area. It will cause death because your lungs will keep swelling up and eventually become too large and kill you.
Sources: I am a biologist and science major
When did deforestation in Australia begin?
it Began in 19 25 when the industrial revolution began
It began in 1788 when the first fleet began clearing land for housing, crops and grazing of introduced livestock. They then spread the grass that their livestock like to eat far and wide. and unfortunately Australia had no hooved animals before 1788 and when introduced the sheep pigs cows goats camels deer etc started tearing the place up.
Why does the government prohibit people from cutting down trees in the forest?
Government prohibited people from cutting down trees in the forest to prevent soil erosion and to protect nature.
What human activities are destroying the amazon rainforest?
Humans! us! we are killing the rainforest's! for, firewood, clearing to build housing, and businesses. WE ARE KILLING THE RAINFOREST'S!
What are 3 reason why rainforest are important?
1. rainforest are important because they provide us with medicine for oue illnesses
Can tree roots be killed after the tree is cut down?
Some trees actually possess the ability to germinate new saplings once the main trunk is cut or dies.
Not all trees regrow. Most conifers roots will die if cut down. Only trees with growth buds left on the stump will regrow.
How many trees get cut down each day in the Amazon rainforest?
Since forever, but brazilians do it in a sustainable way, new trees are allowed to grow, that's why the forest is still there.
Different to what people did in other coutries. United States, for example, was covered by huge forests when the English came in, but they destroyed everything in less than 2 centuries.
