Name: Conservation and Traditional Communities
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 6 min 5 s
Description: When it comes to protecting the ecosystem, local communities are the best bet. Watch this to know more.

Question

Define deforestation. What are its consequences?

Accepted Answer

The large-scale cutting down of the forest trees is called deforestation.

Following are some consequences of deforestation.

Forest destruction can lead to increase carbon dioxide levels, which affects climate and increases global warming.

Since trees help bring about rainfall, deforestation decreases the rate of precipitation, which causes many disasters, such as famines.

Many plants and animals become extinct due to loss of their habitat when deforestation happens.

Deforestation also leads to other natural disasters, such as floods which washes away the soil, landslides, and soil erosion which leads to desertification, since trees that bind soil particles get removed.

Define deforestation. What are its consequences?

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