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1Environmental Impact of Deforestation
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Environmental Impact of Deforestation
A forest is an area of land enclosed with trees. Human existence is largely dependent on
the forests in terms of the air they breathe to the firewood they consume. Other than millions of
animals’ habitations and employments to individuals, forests too fortify watersheds, reduce
topsoil erosion and lessen weather variation. Nevertheless, irrespective of our forest's reliance,
we engage in deforestation and activities, leading to its degradation (Leblois, 2021). Globally,
deforestation arises mostly in the tropics and sub-tropics, where enormous masses of tree-cutting
regions are abolishing the vital environmental amenities forests offer. Deforestation denotes the
decline in forest regions throughout the biosphere. The forest cover is cleared to pave the way for
other land uses such as farming, urban sprawl, and excavation. Leblois (2021) argues that human
activities have hastened forest clearance and adversely affect the natural ecosystem, biodiversity,
and climatic conditions. Besides, deforestation has added greatly to the carbon cycle's
interference, disruption of the hydrologic (water) cycle, and species diversity reduction.
Therefore, actions need to be taken to reduce deforestation and restore the forests cover and its
benefits of saving biodiversity and stimulating sustainable development. Burning and cutting
down trees discharges carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, consequently hoarding its
atmospheric availability. Nonetheless, deforestation deteriorates the water cycle process resulting
in extreme rainfall patterns, including drought and flooding (Leblois, 2021). Forests consist of
the largest percentage of the terrestrial biodiversity; deforestation is the conspicuous origin of
biodiversity loss. As deforestation intensifies, the number of distinctive plants and animals drops,
as evidenced by the cumulating rates of extinction across the globe, requiring immediate actions
to be taken by the policymakers and the government authorities to combat deforestation.
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