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).
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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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In “Recycling: Why Better Than Nothing Isn’t Good Enough,” Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist and Nonfiction writer Edward Humes advocates this; “recycling, in short, is better than nothing, but not nearly good enough on its own” (2). Humes points out that America is quite careless with recycling and it should be made the last line of defense against waste, not the leading one. He states that choosing recycled materials over virgin one's creates energy and carbon savings. His purpose is to demonstrate that with packaging reductions, lifecycle engineering, and incentives we can cut down on our waste production and eventually, eliminate the need for recycling. Humes then concludes by discussing incentives and how they can be a
The tools used to aid deforestation are normally gas powered, which adds carbon to the atmosphere, and they are also killing the only things that take carbon out of the atmosphere, the trees. Carbon in the atmosphere heats up the earth, and causes global warming, all because people are making more cocoa farms. A significant portion of the Ivory coast’s protected forests have been cut down to make room for illegal cocoa farms. An Ohio State professor and his colleagues surveyed protected forests in Côte d’Ivoire and discovered that 74% of all the forests had been cut down to make way for the aforementioned cocoa farms(D). Even though Côte d’Ivoire is trying to protect forests, their defenses aren’t strong enough because of the terrible economy.
Method In this experiment, we tested our hypothesis through the use of chromatography paper. Chromatography paper have the ability to separate colored chemicals or substances. We also used 10 grams of grinded coleus leaves and grass leaves, 90% acetone, magnesium sulfate, pencil, ruler, forceps, 1 capillary, 1 jar with lid, and a timer to conduct this experiment. We began this experiment by grinding the 10 grams of coleus leaves and grass leaves in 10mL of 90% acetone.
Then the tree must be cut and harvested to make the paper. This will require men to cut the trees, men and machines to haul the trees to factory, and yet more processes to break this tree down into useable pulp, to finally make paper with. So as you can see, there are a lot of connections that must take place to get to our final product.
Because the topic of industrial hemp is so controversial, it is important to bring forth the reasons as to why the plant shouldn't be feared. The reason this plant is opposed by so many is because it is assumed that hemp and marijuana are the same. While the two are very closely related, Brady brings attention to the fact that “hemp has a percentage of 0.3% of trahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive ingredient in the cannabis plant, while marijuana has anywhere between 3% and 20%” (para 4). To label the two as the same is far from accurate. “The term 'industrial hemp' is a phrase that specifically denotes the use of benign strands of the cannabis plant strictly for agricultural and industrial purpose” (para 4).There are some twenty-five thousand
Deforestation is still an unbeleafable issue even to this day. With our trees being cut down to make supplies and furniture, we struggle with keeping our ratio of trees being destroyed and trees being planted equal. It seems like that was also the case in the past. There was a significant amount of trees being cut down in 1920, the land looking much more barren than it did in 1650 (Document A, map). These trees, some of them taking more than three thousand years to rise tall, are being cut down.
Michael Boydstun ENVS 101-1998 Environmental Impact of deforestation In the Pacific Northwest The first people to explore the wilderness in what is now Oregon and Washington documented beautiful forests of mesmerizingly large trees as far as the eye can see. The explorer’s initial reports brought in people who came to make a profit off the forest and the vast amounts of lumber it could provide. Lumber mills were built before the area was even added to the union. The environmental footprint started out small, but the lack of regulation, lack of enforcement of the existing regulations, and an increase in technology quickly created a large environmental battle over the whole region.
In order to do this experiment we had to prepare by buying our supplies, and follow some safety steps. We had to use some safety gloves when handling soda ash because if we ate after handling it we could of gotten very sick. Also any supplies that came in any contact with the soda ash couldn’t be used for food after. Also we had to buy different types of fabric, cut them into 20 by 20 cm squares and label them. We had to buy some dye in order to find out how each fabric reacted to it.
Reading this essay has made me more aware of how wasteful we all can be. It goes into detail of what we waste and how often. If we know a way we can “waste not” we should make that change and encourage our loved ones to do the same. It starts with us. Take in consideration the time and things used when building your new home, go paperless when given the option and always remember it 's never too late to make a change.
Deforestation has been a big problem in Canada for many years. Destruction of forests began somewhere around 1880’s specifically in British Columbia. It went all the way to 1990’s where 64,000 hectares were lost, however that quantity has decreased in 2012 to about 45,800 hectares. Today, Canada’s 348 million hectares of forest lands shows about 9% of the world’s forest cover, although account for 0.3% of global
Introduction: Description: Deforestation is defined as the permanent destruction of forests in order to make land available for other uses. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 18 million acres of forest are lost each year. This equals to approximately 36 football fields of forest being cleared each minute. Though deforestation occurs all over the world, it’s the tropical forests which are being particularly targeted. Due to this countries such as Indonesia, Brazil, the Democratic republic of Congo and Thailand have a very
The rapid destruction of woodlands or removal of trees from forests is known as deforestation. Every year, vast areas of forests are cleared to make way for agriculture and development. Tropical rainforests play important ecological roles: 1. Rainforests are the oldest ecosystems on Earth and house almost half of the world’s flora and fauna. 2.
Based on those numbers, it is obvious that forests play a fundamental role in the Earth since they brings lives to creatures including mankind. Their power, therefore, is used widely to tackle the air pollution of many countries. In Vietnam, forest cover density positively increased from 28% in 1942 to 41% in 2014( Thao Nguyen, November 26th ,2014), which brings an optimistic result to Vietnam’s environment. However, illegal logging and deforestation still exist. Marianne Brown’s article also said that: “Over the past 40 years, the country has lost 43 percent of its forest
Without the transpiration of trees, deforested areas become drier. Changes in weather and shelter cause deforested areas to undergo a tremendous loss of biodiversity. The scientist hasn’t even come close to testing 1% of the plants in the tropical rainforests for medicinal use, but they regularly discover species that are helpful to us the people. But, these forests and their potential benefits are looking like they may disappear by the end of this century if we don’t stop
According to the World Wildlife Fund, approximately twenty-seven soccer fields worth of trees are cut down per minute (Hook). Deforestation is a major environmental problem occurring all over the world. Trees are being cut down constantly for a number of reasons, which is greatly harming the environment. Deforestation is causing more and more problems in the world such as, global warming and loss of habitat. Trees are being cut down at a very fast rate and we need to do something about it before it is too late.