DEFORESTATION

Deforestation, clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter coverted to a non-forest use.

Causes

The overwhelming direct cause of deforestation is agriculture that held a lot of sail for crops may include:

         1. Corruption of government institutions.

         2. The inequitable distribution of wealth and power.

         3. Population growth and overpopulation, and urbanization.

         4. Globalization is often viewed as another root cause of deforestation, though there are causes in                      which the impacts of  globalization have promoted localized forest recovery.

Consequences

  

         1. The direct consequences of deforestation are many and varied, affecting all kinds of species and                    habitat which produces an alarming ecological imbalance.

         2. The disappearance of carbon dioxide sinks, reducing the abilityof th enviroment to absorbe this                     CO2 to make oxygen and thus carry out the greenhouse effect.

         3. In addition, a change in the soil which alter the climate of the place to having less moisture retention,              thereby causing droughts.

SAÚL MAYORDOMO, PEPE PÉREZ-HITA, ADRIÁN PÉREZ