Deforesting the Nature

Deforesting the Nature

( By Pashmeen Kaur )

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‘We are not cutting the trees; we are cutting our life span’

Deforestation is an activity that has affected most of our lives. It is a process of permanent removal of trees and making a room for other human activities. The question is "Are those activities more important than human life?". The land is usually used for agriculture, grazing, and some other manufacturing activities which could take place by preserving nature as well. Forest cover more than 30% of the Earth's land surface and this 30% of the forest cover can provide food, medicine, and fuel. To billions of people across the globe. Forest is an essential resource and other activities can be continued on the undeveloped swaths of land.

EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION

SITUATION OF DROUGHT –

Drought is the situation which is beyond human control but the only thing the human can control is the deforestation as it results in drought.

Humans have settled themselves into the areas with adequate and predictable precipitation. Forests play an important role in generating rainfall. The trees store the moisture lifting up into the atmosphere. According to the research 1000L of water vapor per day is transmitted into the atmosphere. The entire amazon forests send up to 20 billion tons of water per day.

The results have shown that during evapotranspiration rates in the primary forest were higher during the drought than the wet year, suggest that old-growth forests in the region may be quite repentant to the situation of drought. So, even during dry spell the tress keep pumping the water into the atmosphere

Deforested the land is converted by the sun’s energy to heat effectively aggravating the drought situation.

 

THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE

The evil the activity of deforestation is not only affecting drought situation but it is also a major cause of affecting human lives.

Deforestation leads to other life-threatening diseases such as Malaria and Dengue. The loss of forests can cause an incubator for insect-borne and other infectious diseases that can endanger human life.

The latest piece of growing scientific bodies in India has shown result that cutting down of large swaths of the forest has a major impact on human life. The land development is in the process and urgently needs to divert the attention of the government. As the corona pandemic has also inflicted so many human life but we could protect ourselves by preserving the trees so that no other such disease threatens human life.

Scientist are scared that the next pandemic could come out of the forest and spread quickly around the world.

 

AFFECT ON THE WILDLIFE

Forest is a natural habitat for wild animals and not just the wild animals but also other living beings such as birds, aquatic animals, and insects.

Imagine losing your house, freedom, and comfort. We cannot even think of our losing home the place where we all are safe and secure but we are easily destroying the homes of animals.

For example; a bird takes care of her babies by building a nest and by cutting down the forest we simply killing the animals and their safe place and homes.

 

DEFORESTATION ALSO LEADS TO STARVATION IN ANIMALS

The forest consist of eco-system each and every animal is interdependent. Herbivorous animals such as zebra, deer, etc survive on plants and grass at the same time serve food to the carnivorous animals such as lion and tiger, etc.

Deforestation takes away these food sources and starvation occurs. Animals migrate in search of food and security which leads to a quest for survival and scarcity.

 

CONCLUSION

‘Save the mother earth, save the planet we have heard about the quote million times but have we ever tried working on it the answer. So it is of utmost importance for all of us to realize the value and beauty of mother earth.

LET’S SAVE THE HOME FOR ANIMALS AND MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR ANIMALS AND US TO LIVE.

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