why deforestation is seen as an environmental concern?
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Deforestation accelerates global warming. ... An estimated 15 percent of all greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are as a result of deforestation according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. Forests acts as vital carbon sink as they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which contributes to climate change.
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The importance of forests cannot be underestimated. We depend on forests for our survival, from the air we breathe to the wood we use. Besides providing habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans, forests also offer watershed protection, prevent soil erosion and mitigate climate change.
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['Increase in Deforestation. ... ', 'Soil Degradation. ... ', 'Ecological Impacts including Loss of Biodiversity and loss of Natural Habitats. ... ', 'Increased Health Risks to Humans. ... ', 'Socio-Economic and Livelihood Loss. ... ', 'Increased Carbon Emissions, Speeding up Global Warming.']
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Deforestation affects the people and animals where trees are cut, as well as the wider world. ... Eighty percent of Earth's land animals and plants live in forests, and deforestation threatens species including the orangutan, Sumatran tiger, and many species of birds.
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Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is a major cause to climate change due to the decreasing number of trees available to capture increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
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Today, about 31 percent of the world's watershed area is covered by forests. Deforestation in these watersheds, often caused by commodity and agricultural production, can contaminate water, fuel floods and drought, and lead to higher water treatment costs.
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Deforestation can result to watersheds that are no longer able to sustain and regulate water flows from rivers and streams. Trees are highly effective in absorbing water quantities, keeping the amount of water in watersheds to a manageable level. The forest also serves as a cover against erosion.
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Deforestation causes. Deforestation and forest degradation can happen quickly, such as when a forest is clear-cut to make way for a palm oil plantation or a new settlement. It can also happen gradually as a result of ongoing forest degradation as temperatures rise due to climate change caused by human activity.
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Logging companies replant trees only if they are forced to do so (because it costs money). ... This is usually the problem with deforestation caused by logging in developing nations where it may be easier to exploit resources.
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Deforestation causes can either be direct or indirect. Among direct causes are: Natural causes as hurricanes, fires, parasites and floods. Human activities as agricultural expansion, cattle breeding, timber extraction, mining, oil extraction, dam construction and infrastructure development.
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Due to deforestation there are fewer trees to "clean" the air. ... This is because all trees take in carbon dioxide and other pollutants which are known to cause a lot of problems in the atmosphere and to us, humans. This inevitably results in all of us breathing dirtier and more polluted air that we otherwise wouldn't.
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Agriculture is the largest single cause of deforestation and severe forest degradation. Except in Africa, large-scale livestock ranching and plantation agriculture are generally overtaking small-scale farming as primary causes of conversion. ... This wood often comes from plantations that replace native forests.
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As the rainforest decreases, so does its ability to support the rest of the planet. Large forests absorb carbon from the atmosphere, slowing the pace of climate change. Burning the Amazon means humanity is sabotaging its own life support system.
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Environmental ethics helps define man's moral and ethical obligations toward the environment. ... Water and air pollution, the depletion of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, destruction of ecosystems, and global climate change are all part of the environmental ethics debate.
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Counterview: I strongly oppose the conviction 'progress of mankind depends on deforestation'. ... As the exploding population finds newer means to accommodate themselves and their businesses, deforestation renders animals homeless and endangers species. The imbalance in nature leads to global warming.
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Multiple factors, either of human or natural origin, cause deforestation. Natural factors include natural forest fires or parasite-caused diseases which can result in deforestation. Nevertheless, human activities are among the main causes of global deforestation.
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Logging is kind of a man-made substitution for fires that will also open up land for the forest creatures, it also helps to control fires and gives firefighters a firebreak to help control the fires. Deforestation is taking out all the trees and brush to clear it for agriculture or development.