The Amazon is the biggest rainforest in the world; its size is larger than the combination of the next two largest rainforests, which are in the Congo Basin and Indonesia. It hosts the largest river basin in the planet and the largest number of species of both plants and animals....
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Climate change is a worldwide concern that has piqued the interest of many academics. Many losses have been suffered in the climate, economy, and culture at large as a result of dramatic shifts in climatic conditions and global temperature. Not only has there been a loss of biodiversity, especially of...
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The world was filled in 14.8 billion acres of woodland 8,000 years ago; today, due to erosion, only 8.6 billion acres remain. Human degradation has resulted in high rates of deforestation over the past 50 years. Agriculture (64 percent ), forestry industries (18 percent ), fuelwood collection (10 percent ),...
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Deforestation refers to human activities that cause forest destruction, such as tree cutting, forest fires, and charcoal burning. Global warming and climate change have been attributed to the actions. Industrialization, especially in developing countries, is one of the major factors leading to significant tree cutting and forest clearing. Trees are...
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Deforestation and its Environmental Impact Deforestation is the process by which forested areas or trees are transformed to produce land for other human activities, such as settlement and agriculture. The Planet has a forest cover of about one third, which offers various environmental benefits, such as regulating the cycles of hydrological...
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