Deforestation

Deforestation in simple sense means cutting of tress in a large amount from a area.Deforestation is done in many ways cutting of tress for wood, for livestock,for home,furniture,for making roads etc.

Deforestation is affecting our enviorment.On an average ,At least 80% of our forest have been destroyed.It has been estimated that in last two years around 728kms of forest(roughly half size f delhi) have been destroyed.

There is no doubt that  there is need of forest ,but they shuld be used in such way that they should not become scarce.Trees are not just beautiful they also provide shelter to a number of species.

Deforestation effects the carbon cycle,as they take in carbon dioxide from the enviorment as well as other harmful pollutants and release oxygen fr all living beings.When the trees are destroyed or burned or left to rot, carbon is released into the air as C02 and methane.

Methane and C02 contribute to the greenhouse effect. According to the World Rainforest Movement, twenty-five percent of our medicine comes from the forests. Deforestation affects our water, too. Trees take up water from their roots and then expel it into the air as moisture.

This moisture then gets converted into clouds that will bring rain. If we have fewer trees, the atmosphere will be drier. With fewer trees, our soil does not have as much support and much silt is released into the waters, resulting in loss of soil and more flooding. And, what happens to the animals that make a home in our trees? Where do they go?To protect our forests and woodlands, the animals that live in them, the soil, the waters, the very air that we all breathe, and for all humanity’s health and well-being, we must use paper products responsibly and sparingly; and without doubt we must make sure to recycle paper products.

Try to imagine the earth without our trees, not just because of the things above, but also for the beauty of nature. Almost all of us have walked down a road with the sun beating ruthlessly down on us and wished silently that there were some trees along that road. There are so many things associated with trees that affect our senses as well, like the soothing sounds of the wind blowing through the leaves, the sound of the branches swaying in the wind and the ever so sweet chirping of the sparrows at dawn and dusk.