Latree, Author at americanlands

Cutting methods

Forests are cut down for the sake of mining, obtaining timber, when clearing the territory for pastures, for obtaining agricultural land. Sanitary felling Forests are divided into three groups. The first is forest areas prohibited for cutting, which play an important ecological role, and are nature reserves. The second group includes forests of limited exploitation […]

Greenhouse effect on Earth

Burning forests causes air pollution with carbon monoxide, more is emitted than absorbed. Deforestation also releases carbon into the air and accumulates in the soil under the trees. This contributes about a quarter to the process of creating the greenhouse effect on Earth. Many areas left without forests as a result of deforestation or fires […]

The damage done to the planet by deforestation

Deforestation of the Amazon Although forests are a renewable resource, the rate of deforestation is too high to be covered by the rate of reproduction. Millions of hectares of deciduous and coniferous forests are destroyed every year. Rainforests, which are home to more than 50% of the species on Earth, previously covered 14% of the […]

Amazon Saves us All

People take a lot from the forest: materials for construction, food, medicine, raw materials for the paper industry. Wood, pine needles and tree bark are used as raw materials for many chemical industries. About half of the timber harvested goes to fuel needs, and a third goes to construction. A quarter of all medications used […]

Impact of deforestation on the global ecology and measures to save them

A forest is not just a collection of trees, but a complex ecosystem that unites plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms and affects the climate, the state of drinking water, and the purity of the air. Thousands of years ago, a huge part of the Earth’s surface was covered with forests. They spread to North America and […]

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