7.6.+The+causes+of+deforestation

=6. What are the causes of deforestation? =

There are many useful pieces for you to read. I see no value of me copying and pasting them to this page. What I will do is summarize the contents and give you a link. That way you can choose what to follow up. The next few are all from: @http://rainforests.mongabay.com/ It is a very influential site, being educational on a general level as well as keeping up to date with all the recent developments and issues associated with rain forests worldwide.

 Section 1: TROPICAL RAINFORESTS OF THE WORLD Gives a general indication of the importance of rain forests, the species numbers and where the rain forest is found. The structure, climate and geography of the rainforests are discussed here: This article differentiates between deforestation and forest degradation - some interesting ideas! The consequences Most of the above pages have links to more useful information - will be useful for finding out a bout the Amazon too


 * Here is a really different kind of view point - take a look and see what you think - it is in praise of rain forest destruction and all its benefits - no doubt an argument put forward by the governments of some LICs **.


 * What are the Causes of Deforestation? **
 * To build towns, roads etc
 * To use the wood for building materials, furniture, and paper products
 * To Grow Crops such as soya sugar-cane and palm oil
 * To Create Grazing Land:
 * Used for Fuel: Trees are cut down in developing countries to be used as firewood or turned into charcoal, which are used for cooking and heating purposes.
 * For oil and mining exploitation;
 * Small scale farming to give land to the landless but still by slash and burn farming techniques in some areas.

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