As requested, I must do further research on what, why and how global warming is affecting our environment, and come up with a statement and brief description on the area of choice in the context of global warming. So below will be the research :
The effects of deforestation on environment.A. Effects on Biodiversity:
- The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) defines biodiversity as "the wealth of life on Earth, the millions of plants, animals, and micro-organisms, the gens they contain and the intricate ecosystems they build into the living enviroment."
- Causes extinction of wild life.
- Leads to diminished gene pool.
- As the planetary gene pool continues to diminish, there are less oppertunities for advancements in many fields, especially medicine.
- Soil erosion occurs, the forest becomes less capable of surviving big storms, and the whole forest begins to degrade and eventually die.
- Destroys the source of life of the forest dwellers and animals that live in the forest.
C. Why deforestation occurs?
There are people that see the forest as sources of money. These people exploit of the forest. They cut down trees for rare, exotic timber that sell at high prices. Their primary concern is profits. In the short term, they can make huge profits selling exotic timber. If this is continued for some time, eventually, there will be no more trees to cut down. People who make their living cutting and selling trees will go bankrupt.
That show the values of forest, not in term of money but in the important.
(http://www.earlham.edu/~pols/17Fall96/inneske/effects.HTM)
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