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The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for Indigenous people. Deforestation occurs for a number of reasons.
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Mar 13, 2018 · As a result of massive global urbanization and agricultural development, deforestation is a major factor contributing to climate change.
The majority of the deforestation is linked to meat, soya and palm oil. Huge swathes of tropical forest are removed so the land can be used for growing soya to ...
One of the most unsafe and disturbing effects of deforestation is the lack of animal and plant species due to their inadequacy of normal environmental factors.
Deforestation has far-reaching effects on weather, fauna, and ecosystems. Major effects include a reduction in carbon sequestration capability, biodiversity ...
Mar 3, 2021 · Deforestation can lead to a direct loss of wildlife habitat, with the removal of trees and other types of vegetation reducing the available food ...
Deforestation can directly lead to biodiversity loss when animal species that live in the trees no longer have their habitat, cannot relocate, and therefore ...
Sep 21, 2021 · Deforestation represents a growing threat to all life on Earth, driving dangerous carbon emissions and exacerbating the climate crisis.
Soil biodiversity and functions were most negatively affected when native forests were converted to cropland and in warmer and wetter ecosystems. Our work ...