Science Impact of Afforestation Introduction: What is Deforestation? Deforestation is the process of human cutting down trees and destroying the habitats of animals and lives. People would certainly think that deforestation would not be something good for the environment, and afforestation would cause a positive impact on the environment. Well, most people have his perspective like that. The scientist had found proofs that afforestation has the negative impact on the habitats of animals and the whole environment. But how this kind of activity would harm people and animals? Environment: How do people and animals live? Well, they would need to depend on some biotic and abiotic factors. Water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen etc. One of them …show more content…
One kind of trees, in particular, pine trees. From pine trees needles, they would produce a kind of toxins which would’ve been dangerous both to the plants and life in the biome and area. When the toxics were sent out from the trees, it poisons the plant and animals nearby. Also having the toxic contacting to the water and aquatic life would infect an issue of a serious population decrease because of the toxic contacting to the life underwater. Having this impact from afforestation would cause an impact on both habitats of forest and aquatic life. Giving much more consequences that afforestation would make. Economics: During the growth and the process of afforestation, there would be lots of time that people would need to use a large amount of money. Having a huge mass of places covered up with trees would have a big impact on the money that the area. Which people would need to give a large amount of money, which would affect the needs of economics. Environmental and economic world factors have always been connected to the topic of afforestation. Afforestation in other ways could be the ways of people earning money. Thinking people would be working his or her whole life on this, earning money and changing the conditions of their
The decimation of the ecosystem was caused by the things that Columbus brought from the Old World such as livestock, rabbits, and diseases that were new to the natives. This caused death for many of
The deforestation implemented by the new settlers impacted the animals that the Native Americans hunted and even went as far as to alter the climate. It is in this aspect of looking at history that it is important to integrate ecological knowledge into your research. The author sites specific details in the book such as the colonists affect on the soil quality of New England. As they cultivated more and more land they decreased the quality of the soil and the amount of crops that they were able to produce. This in turn forced them to allow their livestock to graze earlier in the spring due to the small amount of hay available for
The Oklahoma land rush was a very exciting event. “Some people claimed that they could feel the ground shake as 50,000 people raced to claim land.” (Notes 9/29)These races were just one of the many ways people rushed to claim land in the time known as the western expansion. The western expansion was caused by many things, yet had many effects, both positive and negative. First Cause: Jump In Population One cause of the westward expansion was a jump in population.
The worst man made ecological disaster in American history; The Dust Bowl. During The Great Depression, jobs, money, and food were scarce it forced the farmers to over work the soil because there was very little money and food them. So,they had to plant more crops to make ends met. But they did not realize that they were braking up the dirt creating the dust bowl.
2015: A promising year, full of opportunities, though less than 3 months away from coming to a close. Not more than 100 years ago, things were not the same as they exist now. Major problems were faced in eras such as the Progressive Era. Such problems that people faced back then were women’s suffrage, child labor, and deforestation.
The effect of reduced forest size has already had a measurable impact on the composition of our atmosphere in the relatively short amount of time we have been cutting them down(6). Ironically however it is the conversion of forest land to urban and agriculture use that has a more permanent and detrimental impact. Logging and urbanization lead to forest succession. Forest succession happens when there are changes to an environment that causes the composition of plant and animal species to change. New species succeed the existing ones as a result of things like changes in amount of shade, temperature, or the introduction of foreign species.
They burned forests to clean and open ancient fields. However, it caused change a natural ecosystem and damaging impacts on landscapes. Example of negative human impacts are growing populations, developing agriculture, and other effects. Populations grew up, hence many slaves and servants came to North America. As a result of this, people needed more food production.
When this happens it causes adverse effects on the environment. It can be done in a variety of ways from cutting to burning. Either way mass deforestation is bad and needs to stop before it is too late. One culprit of our deforestation is
As a result of this, there was a massive reduction in trees, animals, and farmland. Specifically, trees were at a loss, as they were used for many different things, such as, “ship’s masts” (Cronon 109). Due to the high demand for wood, much of the land was, “‘generally cleared’” (Cronon 113). This loss of trees and forests affected several other aspects of the environment.
Deforestation has led to another of many reasons of global warming and low rainfall, which can affect crops for farmers. How it affects resources, services and finance and etc- In resources, deforestation provides a lot of different type of oil, like palm oil and lumber, cattle ranching, farming, buildings, paper, homes, furniture and urbanization. Even though it decreases a natural resources, many different types of other resources are created as a result. Since it provides people with enterprise, it can benefit the distribution of trade with other countries, and increase job opportunities.
The western expansion had a large impact on the United States. Although it had a positive impact on the country as they gained an economic growth, it had a negative impact on the Native Americans who had experienced a decrease in population. Western expansion began in 1803 with Thomas Jefferson purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million as the U.S. population increased drastically. “...from around 5 million people in 1800 to more than 23 million by 1850,” (History.com) According to History.com, the purchase of Louisiana Territory gave them another 828,000 square miles, which stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
Following the War of 1812, America began to expand rapidly due to improvements in the economic landscape. During the war when the United States had cut off trade with Britain, they developed more factories and mills on their own. This spiked a development of a more diverse economy. Between 1815 and 1850 the United States expanded all the way to the pacific coast. The allurement of cheap land, unlimited amounts of job opportunities, along with freedom of religion, captivated those who lived in Europe.
This act has a lot of cause and effects. Removing trees leaves animals with no place
Europeans began exploring the Americas in late 15th century. This had many effects on both the land of the Americas and the Native Americans that inhabited them. Many of the Native American cultures perished with the coming if the Europeans while some survived. A good deal of the Native American cultures that did survive, were very small. The Europeans did not mean to find the Americas, in fact, they were on a voyage to find a new route to Asia and The Indies.
Hence, deforestation increases. This is another effect of overpopulation that impacts the worsening of the environment [2]. For example decreased forest size increases the amount of carbon in the environment. More specifically, deforestation affects the wildlife and results in biodiversity loss and species extinction [1].