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DESTRUCTION
Lawrance Velasques
8E
Ecosystem Destruction at Tropical
Rainforest.
• Logging and burning of forests
Logging and the burning of forests to clear land for cultivation has made
Indonesia the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, behind China and
United States.
• Deforestation
Deforestation is the removal of a forest and than converted to a nonforest use.
Example: trees are used for charcoal, fuel, timber ; The cleared land is used as
pasture for livestock, plantations of commodities, and settlements.
Source :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_Indonesia
Ecosystem Destruction at Agriculture
Migration
Migration can make land that should be rationed for agriculture be reduced. Countries in East
Asia, North America, and Europe have all lost cultivated land during their periods of economic
development
Soil Erosion
The loss soil from land surfaces by soil erosion has been significantly increased by human
activities.
Source :
https://www.intechopen.com/books/landscape-ecology-the-influences-of-
land-use-and-anthropogenic-impacts-of-landscape-creation/agriculture-and-
its-impact-on-land-use-environment-and-ecosystem-services
Ecosystem Destruction at River.
Waste water disposal site
The river which is used as a waste water disposal site makes the river poisonous and dirty.
Plastic waste
The amount of plastic waste found in rivers causes the river to become dirty.
Source :
https://www.google.com/amp.scmp.com/maganizes/post-magazine/long-
reads/article/2180655/indonesia-cleaning-citarum-worlds-dirtiest-river
What the government do to
prevent/ reduce ecosys-tem
destruction at tropical
rainforest?
There are Internasional non-profits trying to work with governments and people
to reduce deforestation, educating people, and buying tracts of land to preserve
and/or replant, and donating the newly established teserves to the country while
working with the people to create new jobs.
Source :
https:// www.quora.com/How-can-the-government-help-control-
deforestation
What government do to
prevent/reduce ecosystem
destruction at agriculture??
Sorce :
https://www.quora.com/How-does-the-government-
help-farmers-in-the-development-of-agriculture
What government do to
prevent/reduce ecosystem
destruction at river??
The government has told the factories no to dump waste
into revers or the government hs also told the factories to
clean up their waste before being discharged into rivers.
In February, President Joko Widodo also initiated a seven
year clean up campaign.
Source :
https://www.google.com/amp.scmp.com/maganizes/post
-magazine/long-reads/article/2180655/indonesia-
cleaning-citarum-worlds-dirtiest-river
My suggestions to
overcome ecosystems
destruction at tropical
rainforest.