Environment protection: Deforestation

1. University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine – Bucharest
Faculty of Management, Economical Engineering in Agriculture and Rural
Development
Management and Rural Development
Neacşu Maria Ana
Group: 8202
Professor: Frumuşelu Mihai

2. • Definition of deforastation
• Facts
• Solutions
• Environmental problems:
 Atmospheric
 Hydrologic
 Soil
 Biodiversity
• Control:
 Reducing emissions
 Forest management
 Forest plantations

3. Is the removal of a forest or
stand of trees where the land is
thereafter converted to a non-
forest use.
Examples of deforestation:
 conversion of forestland to farms
 ranches
 or urban use.
Definition of deforastation

4. Facts
According to the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), an estimated
18 million acres of forest are lost each year.

5. Solutions

6. Atmospheric
 increasing emissions of greenhouse gases
worldwide
 high temperature generates cloud formation
due to increased levels of rainfall in soil
Hydrological
 reducing the water content of soil and
atmospheric humidity
 Deforestation :
 reduces soil cohesion
 facilitates erosion
 Increases flooding
Environmental problems

7. Soil
• Tree litter increases the rate of soil erosion
• Lack of roots generate water leakage and floods
• Roots hold the soil together; without them, landslides
happen

8. Biodiversity
 deforestation causes the
disappearance of many
species.
destruction or removal of
forests lead to reduced
biodiversity.
forests support biodiversity,
providing habitat for wildlife.

9. Control
Reducing emissions
• Relies on sound scientific basis
• A cost effective method of greenhouse gas emissions
mitigation
• Sustainable economic benefits
• Ethical distribution of commercial rewards
• Quantifiable biodiversity benefits

10. Forest management
 it takes centuries to try to stop or to slow deforestation
 environmental problems can cause societies to collapse

11. Forest plantations
Plantation for timber production :
 cultivation
 long-term management of trees on
marginal agricultural land.
Plantations are generally :
 even-aged
 planted
 managed in rows
 consist of a single species

12. Conclusion:
Deforestation destabilizes the natural circuit.
Reasons can be human or natural.
It is up to us to mobilize by planting and caring for trees.

13. Bibliography:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation
2. http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-
effects-solutions-of-
deforestation.php#sthash.rfCaD8Ms.dpu
3. http://pfsq.net/plantations/