UNDESIRABLE EFFECT

OF DEFORESTATION
Gautam, Pravin and Samrat
 ABOUT
DEFORESTATION
Deforestation is the process of clearing or
removing forests, typically through
logging, burning, or other human activities.
This results in the conversion of forested
land into non-forest areas, such as
agricultural fields, urban areas, or other
land uses.
HABITAT
DESTRUCTION
Habitat destruction refers to the
process by which the natural
habitat, the environment where a
particular species of organism
lives, is damaged or eliminated to
the extent that it can no longer
support the species. This
destruction often results from
human activities and can have
severe consequences for the
affected organisms, leading to loss
of biodiversity, and disruptions in
ecosystems.
 EXTINCTION
About 31% of Earth’s land
surface is covered by forests.
Deforestation can directly
lead to biodiversity loss when
animal species that live in the
trees no longer have their
habitat, cannot relocate, and
therefore become extinct.
Deforestation can lead certain
tree species to permanently
disappear, which affects
biodiversity of plant species
in an environment.
FLOODING

Due to deforestation, the water

holding capacity of the soil
decreases. The roots of the trees
get dried after they're cut down.
The movement of water through
trees into the soil slows down. The
water of the rainfall collects on the
surface which results in flood.
 SOIL EROSION

Deforestation contributes to soil

erosion by loosening the soil
particles from the trees' support,
which greatly increases the soil's
chances to be carried away by the
water from the runoff rains. The
loose soil contributes to landslides,
all due to deforestation because of
the trees' lack of support of the soil.
INCREASE OF CO2 IN
THE ATMOSPHERE.
Forests store large amounts of
carbon. Trees and other plants absorb
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
as they grow. This is converted into
carbon and stored in the plant’s
branches, leaves, trunks, roots and in
the soil. When forests are cleared or
burnt, stored carbon is released into
the atmosphere, mainly as carbon
dioxide.
Averaged over 2015—2017, global loss
of tropical forests contributed about
4.8 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide
(or about 8-10% of annual human
emissions of carbon dioxide).
QUIZ
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