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Causes of Deforestation
Since the Agricultural Age nomadic peoples began to settle down into communities and grow and harvest their own crops instead of following their food source. ... At the current rate of deforestation in 1999, most forests will be destroyed within thirty to fifty years (Rich 642). ... This is the reason for population growth and poverty being the main catalyst for deforestation. Along with population explosion, weak government environmental policies, urbanization, and farming and ranching are also main causes of deforestation and degradation of valuable resources being depleted at an alarming rate. ... A critical study reveals the links between the over-exploitation of tropical ecosystems by populations without land or employment and deforestation and degradation (Myers 210). ... ” (Miller 658) According to environmental scientist Norman Myers, these inhabitants are responsible for over half of all tropical deforestation (211). ... Local communities near forests receive 25% of the gross receipts from timber harvesting and cultivating which encourages elected officials to push for furthering deforestation. ... Worldwide commercial logging is responsible for the deforestation of 5 million hectares a year (Revington 3). ...
Farming has resulted in deforestation mainly through commercial agriculture. ... Usually the land picked is unsuited for permanent agriculture which causes commercial farmers to move to another location only to deforest it. ...
Deforestation is a major worldwide problem, economically and ecologically, caused by many interrelated variables all leading back to the exponential rate of population growth (Holloway). ... The demand rate is higher than the rate at which forest tress can be replenished which causes rapid deforestation.
Approximate Word count = 1581
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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