Deforestation
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Description: Tells how deforestation happens, and some consequences of it.
RainForest Wiki/doku.php?id=deforestation if it exists, you can edit it, if not, then you can create it <html> <br class="tblctn"/> </html> ====== Deforestation ====== {{deforestation.jpg?200x200}} <html> <p align=justify> Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area. Indigenous forests now cover 21% of the earth's land surface. </p> </html> ===== WHAT ARE FORESTS AND WOODLANDS? ===== <html> <p align=justify> In a forest the crowns of individual trees touch to form a single canopy. In a woodland, trees grow far apart, so that the canopy is open. </p> </html> ===== GOING, GOING GONE! ===== <html> <p align=justify> Of great concern is the rate at which deforestation is occurring. Currently, 12 million hectares of forests are cleared annually - an area 1,3 times the size of KwaZulu/Natal! Almost all of this deforestation occurs in the moist forests and open woodlands of the tropics. At this rate all moist tropical forest could be lost by the year 2050, except for isolated areas in Amazonia, the Zaire basin, as well as a few protected areas within reserves and parks. Some countries such as Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Costa Rica, and Sri Lanka are likely to lose all their tropical forests by the year 2010 if no conservation steps are taken. </p> </html> ===== HOW DOES IT HAPPEN? ===== <html> <p align=justify> Deforestation is brought about by the following: </p> <ul> <li>conversion of forests and woodlands to agricultural land to feed growing numbers of people</li> <li&
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