Deforestation is the main concerning issue rising rapidly in recent times. Dou you know what are the causes behind deforestation, how will deforestation affect the environment and what are it's solutions ? In this blog, you will learn : definition of deforestation, it's causes, effect and remedies. You can also present this complete article in your school project without any hesitation.
In today's world, forests and plants are the most important ecological assets. The loss of a single tree from this asset, whether by human activities or natural calamities, is known as deforestation. It has very harmful effects on human development.
Causes :-
- Doing agricultural practices and the greed of growing crops on a large scale for more profit encourages humans to clear the forest.
- Urbanization and pseudo-development come at the cost of cutting trees and making roads through them.
- Oil and natural resources are cheap sources of energy that lead to their extraction through intensive mining.
- Large areas of forest are destroyed for setting up factories.
- Above all this, human greed is the most detrimental factor that promotes deforestation.
Effects :-
- Plants intake CO2 and release O2 into the atmosphere. Due to deforestation, greenhouse gases (mainly CO2) increase in the atmosphere.
- Increased greenhouse gases result in higher earth temperatures and climate change.
- Also, the amount of O2 decreases from the atmosphere.
- The frequency of destruction by a flood also increases.
- Soil erosion becomes very common in the area where deforestation occurs.
- After extreme deforestation, drought can also be seen in that area.
- Forests have a very unique and wide diversity of Flora & Fauna. The extinction of these species would be the most harmful and non-replenishable losses for the planet.
So, we must find a remedy to tackle deforestation.
Remedies :-
- Afforestation on a large scale is the major way through which losses could be fulfilled.
- Creating awareness about planting trees through newspapers, pamphlets, social media, and by creating videos.
- The concept of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle is not just a book concept anymore; now is the time to apply this concept in real life.
- The development of genetically modified plants using biotechnology that can survive in any adverse condition would be a game-changing move.
- Finding alternatives to paper through innovation.
Deforestation can't be controlled solely by writing and reading articles. If we cannot plant trees on a large scale, we can still make a small impact by simply committing to planting a tree on our birthday every year. Don't underestimate the significance of planting a single tree because each tree makes a difference (एक-एक पेड़ से फर्क पडता है )
