Deforestation 

Escola Profissional Agrícola Conde de S.Bento

Book authors: Leonor Ribeiro Ivan Sousa 2A

Causes of deforestation:

Deforestation is the result of a systematic and multi-secular intervention of man in the environment, aiming at the domination of nature.

The main causes of deforestation (destruction of forests) are: forest fires, extraction of crop areas, logging, extraction of mineral resources, air pollution/acid rain and tourist growth.

Consequences of deforestation:

Measures of deforestation:

The consequences are: decrease in the amount of humus, decrease in the productive capacity, decrease in the water reserves, abundant precipitation leading to floods.

The measures that decrease this problem are: selective felling of endangered species, clearing forests, avoid the use of pesticides, supervision of the forests, not launch rockets and recycling.

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