Index

 What is soil erosion

 What is the deforestation
 Consequences of erosion and
deforestation.
 How we can help?

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 What is the soil ersion
Soil is naturally removed by the action of water or wind.
Such 'background' (or 'geological') soil erosion has been
occurring for some 450 million years, since the first land
plants formed the first soil. Even before this, natural
processes moved loose rock, or regolith, off the Earth's
surface

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Soil is the earth’s fragile skin that anchors all life on Earth.
It is comprised of countless species that create a dynamic
and complex ecosystem and is among the most precious
resources to humans. Increased demand for agriculture
commodities generates incentives to convert forests and
grasslands to farm fields and pastures. The transition to
agriculture from natural vegetation often cannot hold
onto the soil and many of these plants, such as coffee,
cotton, palm oil, soybean and wheat, can actually increase
soil erosion beyond the soil’s ability to maintain itself.

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What is the deforestation
• Deforestation is when humans remove or clear large
areas of forest lands and related ecosystems for
non-forest use. These include clearing for farming
purposes, ranching and urban use. In these cases,
trees are never re-planted.
• Since the industrial age, about half of world's original
forests have been destroyed and millions of animals
and living things have been endangered. Despite the
improvements in education, information and general
awareness of the importance of forests,
deforestation has not reduced much, and there are
still many more communities and individuals who still
destroy forest lands for personal gains.
Consequences of erosion and
deforestation.
• Effects of Deforestation
• Scientists are finding more and more links between
deforestation and global warming. The carbon footprint
created by four years of deforestation is equal to the
carbon footprint of every single air flight in the history of
aviation up to the year 2025
• Deforestation also affects indigenous people, both
physically and culturally. Because many indigenous people
actually have no legal rights to the land on which they live,
governments that want to use the forest for profit can
actually "evict" them. As these populations leave the
rainforest, they also leave their culture behind.
Erosion

• Soil erosion, while a natural process, accelerates with deforestation.

Trees and plants act as a natural barrier to slow water as it runs off
the land. Roots bind the soil and prevent it from washing away. The
absence of vegetation causes the topsoil to erode more quickly. It's
difficult for plants to grow in the less nutritious soil that remains
• The effects of soil erosion go beyond the loss of fertile land. It has led
to increased pollution and sedimentation in streams and rivers,
clogging these waterways and causing declines in fish and other
species. And degraded lands are also often less able to hold onto
water, which can worsen flooding. Sustainable land use can help to
reduce the impacts of agriculture and livestock, preventing soil
degradation and erosion and the loss of valuable land to
desertification.
How we can help?

• Eliminating all deforestation is not possible. Parts of

the landscape will need to be reshaped and altered
as populations grow and change—but this can be
balanced through sustainable forest management,
reforestation efforts and maintaining the integrity of
protected areas. However, Some nations are already
finding success. Paraguay reduced the rate of
deforestation in their country by 85% in the years
just following enactment of its 2004 Zero
Deforestation Law.
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