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Deforestation
* Most deforestation affects climates
  - density
  - diversity
  - environments
  - plant density
* Most deforestation causes destruction
  - erosion
  - soil erosion
* Most deforestation has effects
  - many negative effects
  - increases disturbances
* Most deforestation is caused by agriculture
  - due to conversion of forests to agricultural land
* Most deforestation leads to degradations
  - soil degradations
* Most deforestation occurs in areas
  - many areas
  - regions
  - the moist forests and open woodlands of the tropics
  - to make money to pay off international debt and to pay for development
  - reduces habitats
* Some deforestation causes degradations
  - extinction
  - landslide
  - destroys homes
  - has geographies
* Some deforestation increases runoff
  - water runoff
* Some deforestation leads to erosion
  - rainfall
* Some deforestation reduces erosion
  - transpiration
* accelerates beyond the limits set by the state.
* affects biological diversity in three ways
  - much of Mexico
* affects the different forest domains differently
  - entire earth's environment and economic development
  - wooded areas in grasslands regions as well as close canopy forests
* also affects indigenous people, both physically and culturally.
* also affects the people of Honduras in other, less obvious, ways
  - soil and local climate
* also contributes to global warming
  - the reduction of rainfall and bad climate situations
  - creates topsoil loss
  - disrupts the Carbon Cycle
  - drives climate change
  - hurts more distant ecosystems
  - increases the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
  - releases carbon dioxide via burning and exposing the soil to sunlight
  - threatens the country s wildlife resources
  - undermines the important carbon sink function of forests
* alters the resource base and biomass of endemic stream insects in eastern Madagascar.
* becomes a problem in the present years when other sources of energy are expensive.
* can affect both regional and global climate.
* can also be one consequence of war
  - diminish the social, aesthetic, and spiritual values of forests
  - reduce rainfall in certain areas, increasing the threat of desertification
  - cause high runoff of water, and loss of nitrates from the soil
  - disrupt the lives of local communities, sometimes with devastating consequences
  - lead to damage and loss of habitats
  - make fragile slopes unstable
* cause of the food shortage.
* causes a loss of habitat
  - expansion
  - fast degradation when the soil is steep sloppy or easily erodible
  - landslides, rockfalls, and increased earthquake damage
  - large plots of land to lose plants that help contribute to the nitrogen cycle
  - local extinction of species of trees
  - massive soil erosion and the quality of the land deteriorates rapidly
  - rapid runoff into local streams
  - release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
* causes soil erosion and the consequent loss of watersheds
  - landslide and flash floods
* causes the extinction of species
  - soil to erode into the ocean, killing coral reefs and marine life
* coincides with the elimination of dead wood which is crucial bee habitat.
* complex issue, and one that involves social, economic and environment issues.
* concerns people for two major reasons.
* continues to create severe social problems, sometimes leading to violent conflict.
* contributes to conflict
  - desertification, global warming, poverty and loss of beauty
* contributes to global warming and reduction in the biodiversity of the planet
  - social conflict
* creates further problems
* critical environmental issue.
* decreases rainfall effectiveness and increases aridization of the climate
  - the maximum relative humidity, especially during mid-day
* definitely plays a role in the bay cat's life, as with any tropical animal.
* destabilizes hillsides and contributes to the devastation of floods.
* disrupts the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
* does more than remove habitat.
* drastically affects weather patterns.
* drives the chimpanzee species toward extinction.
* frequently causes leaching of soil nutrients.
* generally leads to decreased rainfall.
* global disaster.
* good example of a human activity that effects the environment.
* happens when people cut down forests or when trees are burned.
* harms both nearby and distant ecosystems.
  - immediate effects
  - many devastating effects
* has many negative effects on the environment
  - profound effects upon regional climate, mainly by reducing rainfall
* hinders regeneration and growth of non-tree plant life.
* human impact limited to the tropics.
* increases damaging erosion and destroys a river's watershed
  - decay
  - surface run-off, causing river levels to rise more quickly
  - the ability of an area to hold water
  - with a larger share of small and tenant farms and higher population density
* involves the clearing away of trees and other vegetation in an area.
* is also a serious environmental concern
  - an issue as is acid rain from the increase in industry
  - one of the biggest threats to the taiga
* is an example of biosphere pollution
  - increasing environmental problem with growing implications
* is considered one of the most severe environmental problems worldwide
  - to be one of the contributing factors to global climate change
  - conversion of forest to non-forest
  - environmental conditions
  - much more serious than forest degradation
  - on the rise, due in part to the problems faced by subsistence farmers and the poor
  - one of the leading causes of habitat and biodiversity loss
* is particularly harmful to salamanders
  - problematic in western Africa
  - perhaps the most serious environmental problem facing Afghanistan
  - quite possibly the greatest threat to biodiversity at present
  - rampant in areas unsuitable for other uses
* is the conversion of forested areas to non-forested areas
  - destruction of indigeneous forests and woodlands
  - major cause of loss of habitat
  - permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands
  - process of automatically removing intermediate data structures
  - rapid destruction of woodland
  - removal of trees for requirements of growing population
  - second largest human-made source
* is the second largest source of carbon dioxide
  - greenhouse gases due to human activity
  - what happens when people chop down all the trees in the forest and clear the land
  - widespread in the south
* is, indeed, a phenomenon occasioned by increase in numbers of human beings.
* leads quickly to erosion and drought.
* leads to a decrease in the amount of water absorbed by the soil
  - erosion, which causes rivers to silt up, which causes flooding
  - increased run-off, and increases the chances of water shortages
  - loss of forest cover
* leads to soil degradations
  - erosion and malarial swamps
* literally means the clearing of trees from forestland.
* major cause of loss of species, be they plant or animal
  - concern around the world
  - environmental, social and economic problem
  - factor in the increase of floods
* major problem in Haiti
  - Indonesia
* means less free oxygen and more carbon dioxide
  - that the land is converted permanently from forest uses to non-forest purposes
* now takes place on a large scale in tropical areas of the world.
* occurs around the world, though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted
* occurs in many areas
  - primarily by saw and fire
* often leads to desertification.
* only becomes a problem when trees are treated as a free good.
* plays key roles
* poses a severe threat to their survival.
* predicts the number of threatened birds in insular southeast Asia.
* presents problems.
* problem in China
  - the country is dealing with due to logging and hydroelectric projects
* problem, especially with the relatively small amount of forest the nation has.
* produces known profits from lumber sales and subsequent ranching.
* reduces biodiversity by degrading environment for species
  - woodlands needed by adults
* removes trees that hold the soil to the land.
* results in a loss of upland forest habitat used by adults and dispersing juveniles
* serious threat for most African countries
  - to the continued existence of some of the species in the wild
* takes place when trees are cut down in the rainforest.
* threat to slow lorises throughout their range.
* threatens the land on which the new antpitta species lives.
* ultimately results in the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
* usually comes as a direct result of air and water pollution.
* very serious problem in the tropics.
+ Deforestation, Cause of deforestation: Forests :: Environmental issues
  * Deforestation is the removal of trees for requirements of growing population. They remove the trees and use the land to make farms. They also use the wood from the trees to make buildings or to burn the trees for heat.