my notes on deforestation
TREES NOT ONLY PRODUCE OXIGEN or ABSORB CARBON
the world bank pays large subsidies for farmers to plant trees especially a tree called Pawlomia because it is one of the better ones that capture carbon.
plants take in carbon dioxide period they dont take in oxigen at night.
they require carbon dioxide and release oxigen.
in the autemn there is an excess of carbon released because of the dead organic material ,the seas and waters when cool absorb this,in the spring when the new growth requires carbo the warmer waters release it ,so in con junction with the seas and rivers the bio mass on this planet maintains a balanced atmosphere for us to breathe.
now with the mass deforrestation(decrease in bio mass)coupled to the increase in carbon emissions,industrial chimneys,aerosol cans,motor cars,burning of plastics and tires to name but a few ,the carbon production by far exeeds what the bio-mass and the waters can handle,and so effect into global warming and the destruction of the ozone layers,
so to counter act these fatal processes we must reforrest and at the same time reduce our carbon emissions.
most governments are aware of these and many first world countries now include programs to reduce their carbon emissions.
the forrests make most of the water that we can drink or use for plant growth(sweet water)
some is condensed from the sea but that reaches only the coastel aereas .
the bulk ,comes from the forests ,and the rivers come from the rainfall which comes from the trees ,
and the trees with precipitation,feed the rivers when it is not raining and keep them running all year round.
If we kill all the trees,we kill the rivers .we kill the rain. we kill us.
the trees also absorb the heat in the day and heat up the place in the night ,so they keep the temperature confertable to live in.
these are some of the reasons why trees are important.
so plant a tree every week,and help us save the world
DESERTIFICATION
desertification is also a result of bad agricultural methods and deforrestation
in the dessert the nights are freezing cold and during the days you burn up
the sahara is growing by 7 kilometres every day.
two major desserts in northern china are growing together making one giant dessert and,causing dust storms so making thousands of people refugeese
the trees evaporate a mist which ,which protects us from the strong rays of the sun .
in the days of the dinasaurs this planet was under an aquiferus manta ,a mist that covered the entire earth ,and there were no desserts .
Count how many there are today,and all of them are as a result of mans actions.
the sahara used to be forrests
arabia ,irak ,iran used to be fertile lands in biblical times
Ghengas Kahn burned all the forrests here and filled the well with water and so turning vast lands into dessert.
the Spanish Armada deforested Spain .the Phoenician fleet deforested
Modern agriculture today is doing the same as ghengas kahn but in much bigger territories.
expanding populations deforrest to make space for settle ments
and expanding agriculture in a race to keep up with the growing demand for food deforrests more than anything else.
read a planet under stress ,plan B --by Lester E Brown.
it is in an Adobe print out as well on the net.
2007-02-26 18:51:49
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answered by Anonymous
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Not often. It seems unnecessarily dangerous to do so when I'm crossing a busy street, for instance, and its a bit of a downer to tell a joke and then follow it up with "Has anyone thought about deforestation today?"
But, there are occasions when its sensible to keep such things on my mind: when choosing wood or wooden products; when sorting out my household rubbish for recycling; when buying toilet paper.
Most of the time, I think its better to concentrate on the job in hand.
2007-02-26 06:02:58
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answered by damabb 1
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Everyone talks of switching off the lights and all that useless staff they ignore the real thing.Think of all the useless refurb that we all do throwing away good timber when its been used for a couple of years.With that going on everyday in the UK (forget the rest of the world) we need to plant millions of trees every day.
If not the world will HEAL its self whether we like it or not and we wont like that as we shall PERISH.
Anywhere how can we talk of the world when we can not help each other as humans we keep developing massive weapons to kill each other so WHAT DOES THE WORLD MATTER?
2007-02-26 05:54:06
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answered by TheMan 2
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I lived in Ecuador and worked down in the jungle where they have 100 in. rain per year. Everything grows very aggressive and that road u cut last month will close in a few more months.
2007-02-26 07:56:53
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answered by JOHNNIE B 7
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Yes. I also think about and act upon all the positive things we can do to help..
2007-02-26 05:32:30
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answered by madfairy 4
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