wat is thd coz of depletion of forests in india?
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1 Use of forests for timber.\n\n2 Use of forests for fuel (fires etc)\n\n3 Clearing land for agricluture.\n\n4 Climatic change.\n\n5 Desease and pests, introduced and otherwise.
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I have to believe that we are on a downward spiral. We are depleting the primeval rain forests which provide oxygen and burning fossil ie carbon fuels which produce carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, in addition to excreting sulphur which produces sulphurous and sulphuric acid. The westernised/civilised world is reluctantly taking small steps, but the 3rd world is increasing at an alarming rate.\nGlobal warming is a fact, and the result of this within this century will be frightening both in terms of sea-level rises and also hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones. Let us see what damage is caused in the Gulf of Mexico THIS year....
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Because the ozone layer is depleting.
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Things to do to save the forest:\n\nClick here\nhttp://www.ran.org/info_center/factsheets/01c.html
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people are cutting trees down for many reason. the most common is they are making land for construction. also to make paper.
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Title : Biodegradable Plastics\n\nSummary : Plastics have become an important part of modern life and are used in different sectors of applications like packaging, building materials, consumer products and much more. Each year about 100 million tons of plastics are produced worldwide.\n\nDemand for plastics in India reached about 4.3 million tons in the year 2001-02 and would increase to about 8 million tons in the year 2006-07. Currently, however, the per capita consumption of plastics in India is only about 3 kg compared to 30-40 kg in the developed countries. The present market in India is of about Rs. 25,000 crore.\n\nHazards of Plastics: Most of today's plastics and synthetic polymers are produced from petrochemicals. As conventional plastics are persistent in the environment, improperly disposed plastic materials are a significant source of environmental pollution, potentially harming life. The plastic sheets or bags do not allow water and air to go into earth which causes reduction in fertility status of soil, preventing degradation of other normal substances, depletion of underground water source and danger to animal life. In the seas too, plastic rubbish - from ropes and nets to the plastic bands from beer packs -choke and entangle the marine mammals.\n\nBio plastics are biodegradable plastics, whose components are derived from renewable raw materials. These plastics can be made from abundant agricultural/animal resources like cellulose, starch, collagen, casein, soy protein polyesters are triglycerides. Large-scale use of these would help in preserving non-renewable resources like petroleum, natural gas and coal and contribute to the problems of waste management. Biodegradable plastics degrade over a period of time if exposed to sun and air.\n\nThough the demand for biodegradable plastics is increasing, acceptance of biodegradable polymers is likely to depend on factors like\n\n Customer response to costs; \n Possible legislation by governments; and \n The achievement of total biodegradability. \n\nImmediate application areas identified in India for biodegradable plastics are Agricultural Mulch, Surgical Implants, Industrial Packaging, Wrapping, Milk Sachets, Foodservice, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Recreational, etc.\n\nTIFAC report on biodegradable plastics highlights the Indian efforts in this direction, as well as activities at some of the major centres of development in USA/Canada, Germany, Scandinavian countries and Japan. This report also gives brief details of biodegradable plastic technology developed by University of Nebraska, Chronopol, Inc., EPI Environmental Products, Inc., Isolyser Company, Inc., Solpax Limited, Novamont, Federal Cartidge Company and a few other companies. In addition, the reader would find lists of worldwide manufacturers of polymers and additives, international organizations and standards for testing biodegradability.
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There are a number of geographical reasons why India has diverse flora.\n\na) its diverse climate ranging from tropical jungle to the Thar desert to the Himalayas and Hindu Kush - this means that the plants have a wide range of climates to adjust to;\n\nb) there are also a range of flora zones on the Himalayas as you ascend the mountains.\n\nc) there are seperate floral areas on offshore islands.\n\nd) the diverse range of ecoregions encourage floral diversity.\n\nThe ecoregions of India include:\n\nTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests\n\n    * Andaman Islands rain forests (India)\n    * Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests (India)\n    * Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests (India, Myanmar)\n    * Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests (India)\n    * Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)\n    * Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests (India, Bangladesh)\n    * Malabar Coast moist forests (India)\n    * Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests (British Indian Ocean Territory, India, Maldives)\n    * Meghalaya subtropical forests (India)\n    * Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar)\n    * Nicobar Islands rain forests (India)\n    * North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India)\n    * North Western Ghats montane rain forests (India)\n    * Orissa semi-evergreen forests (India)\n    * South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India)\n    * South Western Ghats montane rain forests (India)\n    * Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests (Bangladesh, India)\n    * Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests (India)\n\nTropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests\n\n    * Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests (India)\n    * Chota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests (India)\n    * East Deccan dry evergreen forests (India)\n    * Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests (India)\n    * Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests (India)\n    * Northern dry deciduous forests (India)\n    * South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests (India)\n\nTropical and subtropical coniferous forests\n\n    * Himalayan subtropical pine forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan)\n    * Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests (India, Myanmar)\n\nTemperate broadleaf and mixed forests\n\n    * Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)\n    * Western Himalayan broadleaf forests (India, Nepal, Pakistan)\n\nTemperate coniferous forests\n\n    * Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)\n    * Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests (India, Nepal, Pakistan)\n\nTropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands\n\n    * Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands (Bhutan, India, Nepal)\n\nMontane grasslands and shrublands\n\n    * Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal)\n    * Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe (Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan)\n    * Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (China, India, Pakistan)\n    * Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (India, Nepal)\n\nFlooded grasslands and savannas\n\n    * Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh (India, Pakistan)\n\nDeserts and xeric shrublands\n\n    * Deccan thorn scrub forests (India)\n    * Indus Valley desert (India, Pakistan)\n    * Northwestern thorn scrub forests (India, Pakistan)\n    * Thar desert (India, Pakistan)\n\nMangrove\n\n    * Godavari-Krishna mangroves (India)\n    * Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves (Pakistan)\n    * Myanmar coast mangroves (India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand)\n    * Sundarbans mangroves (Bangladesh, India)
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Hi Danieller, I have put together all the information on this topic for you, so if you decide to go with it, all the research is done.\n\nThe Amazon Rainforest\n\nHelp with Rainforest School Reports\n\nhttp://www.rain-tree.com/schoolreports.htm\n\nhttp://www.extremescience.com/AmazonRiver.htm\n\nThe Amazon Rainforest\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A925913\n\nThe Amazon region has a great forest that presents the largest biodiversity of the world. It is a plane equatorial area, covering 5.5 million square kilometers, that corresponds to more than half of the European continent.\n\nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/20248/\n\nThis Unit Lesson is inspired by the following facts :\n\nhttp://earthrenewal.org/rainless.htm\n\nThe Disappearing Rainforests\n\nThe Amazon Rainforest has been described as the "Lungs of our Planet" because it provides the essential environmental world service of continuously recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen. More than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest.\n\nhttp://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm\n\nhttp://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html\n\nhttp://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/South_America/Brazil/\n\nhttp://www.brazadv.com/brazil_tours/amazon_rainforest.asp\n\nWorld: Americas\n \nAmazon rainforest finds unlikely guardian\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/82957.stm\n\nThe expansion of Brazil's soya market is fuelling an emerging cycle of deforestation. Over three-quarters of a million hectares of soya was planted within the Amazon deforestation belt by the end of 2001.\n\nhttp://weblog.greenpeace.org/amazon/\n\nAn area the size of Eire lost since 2003 \n\nIllegal logging and cattle ranching are still encroaching on the Amazon rainforest, but increasingly the large-scale cultivation of soya is to blame for the destruction. And it's not just the forest that suffers. Soya farmers often force indigenous peoples off their land before bringing in the bulldozers to clear and then burn the forest. The use of slaves to clear the land has also been reported.\n\nhttp://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/forests.cfm?ucidparam=20060307133001&CFID=4989237&CFTOKEN=73924303\n\nAmazon 'stealth' logging revealed\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4362760.stm\n\nDemand for Brazilian beef threatens rainforest\n\nhttp://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1314&language=1\n\nAn acre of Brazilian rainforest is destroyed every nine seconds. \nIn Brazil there have been 90 distinct indigenous cultures that have become extinct this century. \n\nhttp://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/cbio/brazil.html\n\nThreats and Solutions\n\nhttp://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/forests/the-amazon-rainforest/threats-and-solutions\n\nAmazon Photos\n\nhttp://www.leslietaylor.net/gallery/gallery.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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There's entirely too much information available on this subject.  I suggest you start with a simple internet search with using words or phrases like 'tropical deforestation issues' or 'impact of tropical deforestation'.  There's a ton of info to find.  Also try your local library.  I'm sure there are tons of magazine and journal articles written on the subject.
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Condition that they shud be planted again...else they are no longer renewable source with rapid destruction of forests. As they grow again n again they are renewable.
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Hi there, \n\nHere are 5 sentences about rainforests - \n\n(1) We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. \n\n(2) One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries. \n\n(3) Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land is perceived as only the value of its timber by short-sighted governments, multi-national logging companies, and land owners. \n\n(4) Nearly half of the world's species of plants, animals and microorganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next quarter century due to rainforest deforestation. \n\n(5) Experts estimates that we are losing 137 plant, animal and insect species every single day due to rainforest deforestation. That equates to 50,000 species a year. As the rainforest species disappear, so do many possible cures for life-threatening diseases. Currently, 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources. While 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients, less that 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists. \n\nHope this helps. If not, I'd be glad to assist you further. Bye!!\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny
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a short account of environmental happenings that are endangering the blue and some possible solutions\n\nthese are some Mega threats that endanger the planet \n\nExstinction,over population,deforrestation,\nexcess carbon emissions,desertification(land...\nbad farming practises(landloss),\nerosian(landloss),watershortag...\nglobal warming,rising seas(landloss).\n\nEXSTINCTION\n\nwe harvest fish faster than they can reproduce,\nAnd habitat destruction,climatic change,\nexpanding populations,overexploitation,\ndeforrestation,desertification...\npolution are responsible for mayor looses \nof both flora and fauna,many for ever.\nwe are now witness to the first mass extinction\nsince the day of the dinosaurs.\nspecies are being lost every hour.\n\nOVERPOPULATION\nthe world population has doubled in the last 50 years \nthe fastest increase ever,since we became homosapian\n\neach year farmers have to grow food \nfor an extra 70 million people,\nmany of whom are taking the forrests place.\n\nDEFORRESTATION \nif it continues ,is that we could end up looking like Mars.Without an atmosphere ,without water,without air,\nwith out life\n\nthe rain forrest and all other forests are getting smaller every day.\nespecially in south America and Mexico.\nvaluable species of plants become lost \nand countles animals are killed into extinction.\n\nthe jungle of Lacadona one of\nthe richest environmental areas of Mexico\nwhich produces 70 %of the countries water,\nis home to thousands of rare species of flora and fauna\nis loosing hundred of hectares daily\n(2 millions hectares per anum)\ndespite nationwide campains on all tv and radio stations.\nnothing can stop the destruction,\nthe same thing is happening in the Amazon regions ,\nand probably in Asia as well,\nand it is also the case in Borneo\n\nthe forrests make most of the water that we can drink \nor use for agriculture(sweet water) \nsome is condensed from the sea but that reaches only the coastel aereas.\nthe bulk ,comes from the forests ,\nand the rivers come from the rainfall\nwhich comes from the trees.\nthe trees with precipitation,\nfeed the rivers when it is not raining\nand keep them running all year round.\n\nIf we kill all the trees,we kill the rivers .\nwe kill the rain. we kill us.\nthe trees also absorb the heat in the day \nand heat up the place in the night ,\nso they keep the temperature confortable to live in.\ntrees evaporate a mist which ,which protects us from the strong rays of the sun \n\nin the dessert the nights are freezing cold \nand during the days you burn up.\n\nCARBON EMISIONS\nthe world is producing more carbon monoxide\nthan the system can accomodate\nthe trees absorb carbon emisions ,\nwhich is poison to us and they leave the oxygen\nwhich we need to breathe.\nin the autemn the colder seas absorb carbon emisions\nthat is produced by rotting flora .\nand in the spring newly growing biomass \nutilises the carbon that is released by the warmer waters\n\nDESERTIFICATION\n\nbecause of bad agricultural practises \nand the resulting land loss \nfarmers are now cultivating highly erodable lands\nand deforresting vast areas\nthe sahara is growing by 7 kilometres every day.\n\ntwo major desserts in northern china \nare growing together making one giant dessert, \ncausing dust storms making thousands of people refugese.\nthe planet is drying out at an alarming rate.\n\nin the days of the dinasaurs this planet was under an aquiferus manta ,a mist that covered the entire earth \nand there were no desserts.\nCount how many there are today,and all of them are as a result of mans actions.\nthe sahara used to be forrests\narabia ,irak ,iran used to be fertile lands in biblical times\nGhengas Kahn burned all the forrests \nand filled the wellS with water and \nso turning vast lands into dessert.\nBAD FARMING\n\nBad agricultural practises is turning \nvast teritories into desserts ,because of \nover grazing ,the exessive pumping of carbon aquifiers. \nthe surface aquifiers alrea
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Indian timber trees\nThere are over 150 species of timber which are produced in India. Following are the chief varieties of timber trees which are used for engineering purposes in India:\n\n[edit]\nList of Indian timber trees\n1. Aini  \nIts colour is yellowish brown. It is elastic, close-grained and strong. Its weight at 12 per cent moisture content is 595 kg/m3. It takes polish. It can be used under water. It is found in Maharashtra, Andra Pradesh, Madras and Kerala. \nIt is used for ordinary building construction, structural work, paving, furniture, etc.\n\n2. Arjun  \nIts colour is dark brown. It is heavy and strong. Its weight after seasoning is about 870 kg/m3. It is found in Central India. \nIt is used for beams, rafters, posts, etc.\n\n3. Axlewood  \nIt is very strong, hard and tough. Its weight at 12 per cent moisture content is 930 kg/m3. It takes a smooth finish. It is liable to cracking. It is found in Andra Pradesh,Madras, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. \n4. Babul  \nIt is strong, hard and tough. Its colour is whitish red. It takes up a good polish. Its weight after seasoning at 12 per cent moisture content is 835 kg/m3. It is found in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Bengal, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. \nIt is used bodies and wheels of bullock carts, agricultural instruments, tool handles, well curbs, etc.\n\n5. Bakul  \nIts colour is reddish brown. It is close-grained and tough. It is found in some parts of North India. Its weight after seasoning at 12 per cent moisture content is 880 kg/m3. \nIt is used for making cabinets.\n\n6. Bamboo  \nIt is an endogenous tree. It is flexible, very strong and durable. It is found in abundance in Assam and Bengal. It is also found in most of the parts of India. \nIt is used for scaffoldings, thatched roofs, rafters, temporary bridges, etc.\n\n7. Banyan  \nIts colour is brown. It is strong and durable only under water. Its weight after seasoning is about 580 kg/3. It is found all over India. \nIt is used for aerial roots for tent poles, well curbs, etc.\n\n8. Benteak  \nIt is strong and takes up a smooth surface. Its weight after seasoning at 12 per cent moisture content is 675 kg/m3. It is found in Kerala, Madras and Maharashtra. \nIt is used for building constructions, boat construction, furniture, etc.\n\n9. Bijasal  \nIts colour is light brown. It is coarse-grained, durable and strong. It is difficult to work. White ants do not easily attack it. Its weight after seasoning at 12 per cent moisture content is 800 kg/m3. It is found in Andra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madras, and Orissa. \nIt is used for ordinary building construction, cart wheels, etc.\n\n10. Casuarina  \nIts colour is reddish brown. It grows straight. It is strong and fibrous. It is, however, badly twisted. Its weight at 12 per cent moisture content is 765 kg/m3. It is found in Madras. \nIt is used for scaffolding, posts for temporary structures, etc.\n\n11. Deodar  \nIts colour is yellowish brown. It is the most important timber tree providing soft wood. It can be easily worked. It possesses distinct annual rings. It is moderately strong. Its weight after seasoning at 12 per cent moisture content in 560 kg/m3. It is found in Himalayas, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh. \nIt is used for making cheap furniture, railway carriages, railway sleepers, packing boxes, structural work, etc.\n\n12. Guava  \nIts colour is yellowish brown. It is the most important timber tree providing soft wood. It can be easily worked. It possesses distinct annual rings. It is moderately strong. Its weight after seasoning at 12 per cent moisture content in 560 kg/m3. It is found in Himalayas, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh. \nIt is used for making cheap furniture, railway carriages, railway sleepers, packing boxes, structural work, etc.\n\n13. Gumar  \nIts colour is pale yellow. It can be easily worked. It is strong and durable especially when used under water. Its weig
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Good luck. Brazil and other nations around the rain forests are economically desperate. How can you tell a man who is just trying to feed his family to do it elsewhere or argue logic about econmic damage? \n\nInstead, why not cultivate the rain forest elsewhere? \n\nInstead of prohibiting logging in the rain forrest and other sensitive areas plant a tree in YOUR area. Plant lots of them and not just any tree. Do a little research as to which ones do not spew pollution. Yes certain kinds of trees are worse for our air than cars. \n\nRestrictive anything is not the solution for any problem. So called environmentalists have to get out of the banning mind set if they wish to do the environment any good. Positive solutions work. Negitive solutions only hurt people and rarely help your cause.
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this entire thing needs to be analysed right from the grass root level and then a steady progressive approach is required.\nfirstly the problems or hinderances or major concerns-\npoverty, education, corruption and health. firsly poverty- 30% of the population lives below the poverty line. clearly a disparity, a gap exists. not just economic but also social. this socio-economic gap has to be bridged, this requires equal distribution of power, work and money amongst everyone. it should not be concentrated in the hands of a few people. government should seperate funds annually for the poor and down trodden. education- although primary education has been made compulsory the truth is that a large part of the rural population still remains illetrate. its high time the government looks into the working of government schools where teachers instead of teaching are busy chatting, playing cards and doing everything possible except teaching.. a collaberation or support to NGOs will certainly make the task of spreading education much easier. as far as health is concerned India has good health centres but then they arent for the masses and are too few to deal with the population rising at a blistering rate. drinking water and sanitation are attached issues. small children mostly in rural areas are dying due to lack of basic amenities. and corruption.. well something that has actually crippled the society. politicians have continued with the divide and rule policy. vote bank politics(recent reservation proposal) and regional politics are issues severly damping the development rate. people should unite and rise above everything(caste, creed, religion) and should work towards making india a super power. and the global scene. India is a rising it super power which is good sign. also with healthy and fruitful international relationships with countries india will surely be on the path to success. the citizens should be responsible and honest' should follow rules, pay taxes and vote for the right person. Government needs to look into and rectify and remove the loop holes in the present structure(social, economic and political). and then there are basic things which are ignored when every one is shouting corruption and poverty. for instance India which is 100(may be more or less) number of times the size of sri lanka has fewer foreign tourists every year. imagine how much it looses out on. finally... the cumulative effects of all this will surely help India rise and become a Super Power
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Deforestation\n\nThe deforestation is a war against the mother nature, it brings all of our human miseries and it affects to every souls of our world. It changes the climate, brings flood, drought, destroys habitation of wildlife, destroys many plants and animals. Deforestation is the beginning of destruction of lives in our world. It is a war against our lives.
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