Deforestation and forest restoration

Statistic

What do we know about

the forest? It plays an important role in the carbon cycle, prevents a sharp increase in temperature, and is a home for many species of animals and birds. But do we know that, due to uncontrolled deforestation, we may lose most of it in the future?

How does it happen?

•        Urbanization (more space is needed for new houses)

•        Mining industry (almost half of all active mines in the world are located in forests)

•        Deforestation for agriculture (For example, many

tropical forests are cut

down to obtain palm

oil)

•        Illegal deforestation

 What does deforestation lead to?

•        Global warming (Another dangerous environmental problem of humanity)

•        Floods (Trees absorb a lot of water with their roots. If rainy weather erodes the soil, and landslides block river channels - there will be serious floods)

•        Extinction of forest ecosystems (For some animals, the forest is a home and they cannot exist without it. Some species may even disappear from our planet forever)

Eucalyptus forests are the home of koalas

Nature conservation monuments

Create territories that will be closely guarded in order to preserve complex forest ecosystems. These can be reserves, national parks. It is also important to develop environmental protection laws that will ensure the preservation of the forest environment from agribusiness.

Forest restoration

Governments of countries that have a high risk of complete destruction of the forest are simply obliged to allocate funds so that new trees can be planted in the forests. Volunteering from local residents, namely buying tree seedlings, would also have a big impact. In this way, you can fight the environmental problem of climate change.

Changes in legislation

Laws should be developed prohibiting the importation of illegal timber, banning the sale of products made from illegal wood, monitoring the transportation and procurement of such products.

Balance of wood products

We must treat paper, wood, etc. products responsibly. Since deforestation also occurs due to the need of humanity in these products. We must make a certain balance of consumption of forest products. For example, we can recycle the same paper.