Deforestation

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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study Many countries face many environmental problems. One of the main problems is deforestation. Deforestation is the result of sourcing wood which is the dominant material used for papermaking which causes a million of species to the absence of their habitats. People in this generation usually throw paper away not having a value for them.” Deforestation is critical because forests store approximately 50% of all terrestrial carbon dioxide stocks even though reforestation is becoming more conventional, it still needed a focus on efficient forestry to enhance bio sequestration. It is very significant that the paper industry address this issue because more than 40 % of the industrial wood harvest is used for paper manufacturing” (Smith, 2011). …show more content…

A ton of paper (about 200,000 papers) consumes approximately 20 full-grown trees. Modern paper production involves certain techniques used in processing such as pulping to convert raw materials into paper and bleaching are also known to be environmentally harmful. These processes can consume large amounts of energy, including trees and water. If this research will be proven, it will be used to eliminate the use of tree as a source of paper and other environmental problems such as landslide, soil erosion and destruction of natural forest and will use dried banana leaves as an alternative source of paper. Scope and Limitations of the Study The experiment will be conducted at the JICA laboratory. The study will be conducted in school year 2017-2018. The scope of the study is all about dried banana leaves as an alternative source of paper then compared to a commercial paper. Both of the products will be tested in terms of their flammability and texture. The study would not cover any other leaves except dried banana leaves.
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