What parts of the world has this happened?
2007-07-14 12:55:04 · 4 answers · asked by Nooooooooooo 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Thank you so Geolicious! Anymore answers?
2007-07-14 13:36:10 · update #1
The rain forests in South America have been cut down to provide both lumber and make room for large cattle ranches. It comes down in hundreds of acres a day.
Most logging is done for the lumber industry either directly or indirectly if the land is being cleared for a development or a business or a farm. It hurts habitats of animals and increases soil erosion.
2007-07-14 13:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wood is harvested from forests all over the world. Even here where I live in the midwest there is a timber industry. If cutting is done selectively it can improve forests. It's only a disaster if to many trees are removed faster than they grow back.
2007-07-14 14:02:30 · answer #2 · answered by morris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I own 173 acres in Pennsylvania. Currently it is fully wooded.
I intend to clear cut 50 acres. 25 acres will be used for a
home for my wife and I. On the other 25 acres I intend to build a
40,000 square foot office building and an 80,000 square
foot sound stage. The rest of the land will be left as is.
The environmental impact will be very slight.
2007-07-14 15:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fields behind my house were all destroyed to build a MALL. it's really horrible.....there used to be owls, gardner snakes, coyotes....rabbits.....hawks....now theyre all GONE
2007-07-14 16:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by flame_ alchemist2002 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋