🌳Deforestation🌲

There is many environmental problems currently make natural life have hard times. One of the main problems is deforestation. We can define deforestation as the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. Because forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet and they produce vital oxygen and provide homes for people and wildlife , forest disappearing causes many problems in nature such as extinction of animals or plants.

Deforestation happens due to many reasons. It can be to make more space for urbanisation or agricultural land, to harvest fuelwood, to use timber to make profitable items, because of fire or erosion. It occurs in most of the world but tropical forests are the most effected as WWF stated “Deforestation is a particular concern in tropical rainforests because these forests are home to much of the world’s biodiversity” .

Deforestation is one of the main contributing factors to global warming. It increases carbon dioxide emission resulting in greenhouse effect. Greenhouse effect causes rising temperatures, changes in patterns of weather and water and an increased frequency of extreme weather events. Through this extinction of species may occur. It can cause distortion of water cycle too because trees balance the amount of water in land. It also increases soil erosion. Trees’ roots hold the soil and keep it from washing away. Soil erosion lead to the loss of fertile soil. This makes land less productive for agriculture, creates new deserts, pollutes waterways and can alter how water flows through the landscape, potentially making flooding more common. Besides deforestation results in extinction of species. Because most of the animals and plants live in forest, deforestation makes them lose their habitats.  This effects the balance of ecosystems. And most of the things deforestation effects end in loss of species.

We can take some precautions to stop this. The quickest solution to deforestation would be to simply stop cutting down trees as National Geographic playfully put. In more serious note we could stop buying the products of companies which cause deforestation. Governments should play their part in this too. We should change our laws to prevent cutting trees. We should recycle and use recycled items. We also need to educate our families and friends to raise awareness.

In conclusion, deforestation is a major problem in our current word. We know the things that cause it, we also know how it effects our environment and we know how to stop or at least reduce it. Now, all we need to do is take action.