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Amparo, Naomi Ashley

Bolo, James Ivan
Comia, Ria Kathleen
Nobleza, Jamyll Shealtiel
Ocampo, Christianneil Emmanuel
Tadaya, Jasiel Micah
 the clearing of Earth's forests on a massive scale. This often results in damage
to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the worlds
land area.
The worlds rainforests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the
current rate of deforestation.
Agriculture is the biggest driver of deforestation. To gain space for crops,
livestock grazing, and planting, farmers cut down trees on lands. Often, a
process called slash and burn agriculture is used by small farmers where in
they clear a few acres by cutting down trees and burning them.
 Countless trees each year are cut because of logging operations. These logging
operations provide paper products and the worlds woods but are sometimes
being done the wrong way. Some loggers act illegally which bring about
irrational use of our forest. As most of us know, loggers also build roads to
access more and more remote forests which leads to further deforestation but
it doesnt end there. Forests are also cut as a result of growing urban sprawl as
land is developed for dwellings.
Not all deforestation is intentional, though. Some is caused by a combination
of human and natural factors like wildfires and subsequent overgrazing, which
may prevent the growth of young trees.
LOSS OF HABITAT
Deforestation can have a negative impact on the environment if
done excessively and irresponsibly. One of the biggest concerns
or problem deforestation brings is loss of habitat for millions of
species. A large fraction of Earths land animals and plants live in
forest and many cant survive the deforestation that destroy
their homes.
EROSION
The loss of trees, which anchor the soil with their roots, causes
widespread erosion throughout the tropics. Only a minority of
areas have good soils, which after clearing are quickly washed
away by the heavy rains. Thus crop yields decline and the people
must spend income to import foreign fertilizers or clear
additional forest.
After heavy tropical rains fall on cleared forest lands, the run-off
carries soil into local creeks and rivers. The rivers carry the
eroded soils downstream, causing significant problems.
LANDSLIDE
deforestation can also cause natural disasters like landslides. This
is due to the fact that there is no forest trees left to hold the soil
after deforestation. As a result, shear strength decreases and
landslides are more prone to occur. The root cause of the
landslide is mainly due to the levelling of land on the hill for
cultivation and uprooting of trees. With heavier rain, shear stress
on the soil particles can increase so more landslide can occur.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Other than that, deforestation also drives climate change.
Without the protection from sun-blocking tree cover, the moist
forest soil will quickly dry out. Trees also help perpetuate the
water cycle, returning water vapor to the atmosphere. Many
former forest lands can quickly become barren deserts without
trees to fill these roles.
GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), the 33 million acres of forestland that are
lost annually around the globe are responsible for 20% of
human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
GLOBAL WARMING
With fewer forests, larger amounts of greenhouse gases
will enter the atmosphere and increase speed and
severity of global warming.
OBLITERATION OF
EARTHS CANOPY
Portions of the Earths canopy will be obliterated. Canopies block
the suns rays during the day, and holds in heat at night. This can
be harmful to animals and plants because some cant take
certain conditions or temperatures and with this disruption,
temperature swings will be more extreme.
 Philippines ranked 4th in the worlds top 10 most threatened
forest hotspots.
Between 1990 and 2000, Philippines lost an average of 262,500
hectares of forest per year.
Average annual deforestation rate: 2.48%
Between 2000 and 2005, the rate of forest change decreased by
20.2% to 1.98% per annum. In total, between 1990 and 2005,
Philippines lost 32.3% of its forest cover, or around 3,412,000
hectares.
Proclamation No. 643
Amending Proclamation no. 396 dated June 2, 2003,
entitled "Enjoining the active participation of all
government agencies, including government-owned
and controlled corporations, private sector, schools,
civil society groups and the citizenry in tree planting
activity and declaring June 25, 2003 as Philippines
Arbor day"
ARBOR DAY
Since 1947, Arbor Day in the Philippines has been
institutionalized to be observed throughout the nation
by planting trees and ornamental plants and other
forms of relevant activities.
 Start planting trees.
Go paperless.
Recycle as much as possible.
Buy organic products.
Encourage people to live in a way that doesnt hurt
environment.
SUMMARY:
Deforestation is a problem that can affect our world widely,
threatening the population of organisms, bringing about climate
change, and giving way for pollution to grow. This is why we have to
act and do our best for the stated problem. The government has tried
and is still trying to act upon the problem but by seeing the effects that
it brought, we can conclude that it will not be enough. Thats why we
citizens should also move to solve this and try our best to help. We can
do this by starting to plant trees, going paperless, and recycling as
much as possible. We could also help by buying organic products, and
encouraging people to live in a way that doesnt hurt environment.
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