Make sure that you can distinguish global/local effects of deforestation and environmental/social effects.
Loss of bio-diversity
Large numbers of plants and animals have been destroyed. It is possible that medicines are being lost.
Soil fertility
Once an area has been cleared, lots of rainfall reaches the ground. This washes the nutrients out of the soil and makes it less fertile.
Soil erosion
Clearing trees means that there is no canopy to protect the soil from heavy rain, or plant roots to bind it together. The result is that a lot of the soil gets washed away.
Amerindians
There has been a huge reduction in the number of people in local tribes.
Traditional culture
Many Amerindians have been forced off their land and ways of life have been destroyed.
World climate change
The burning of the forest releases carbon dioxide into the air. This may be linked to an increase in world temperatures. The carbon cycle and water cycle are severely affected.
Decrease in hardwoods
Trees such as mahogany and rosewood are becoming endangered species.
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3 comments:
Indeed, deforestation will eventually become one of humanities biggest problems, there are many scumbags there cutting the forest in their lame attempt to make a quick buck and giving a sh*t about the environment.
Great article!
Mircea
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Everything looks good in your posting.
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Bathmate
nice blog...... i am doing a project on deforestation in brazil and this was definently very helpful. thank goodness for the alternatives such as this in lieu of wikipedia and others that are just lie after lie after lie. one video i saw that was very interesting can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3kngl-tSYg
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