DEFORESTATION

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Mind Map on DEFORESTATION, created by oitt_aa on 09/22/2013.
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DEFORESTATION
  1. • Deforestation occurs when there is rapid destruction and clearing of woodland.
    1. • Deforestation has been occurring since humans have found the ability to cut down trees, but it has increased greatly over the last century.
      1. Major Reasons Deforestation Occurs
        1. To obtain timber for deforestation
          1. To obtain wood for cooking and heating purposes
            1. To obtain wood for producing paper and other wood products
              1. To clear land for agriculture , such as planting crops and grazing livestock
                1. To clear land for mining of minerals such as tin and iron
                  1. To clear land for urbanisation, such as building roads and buildings
                    1. Natural disasters such as forest fires and volcanic eruptions
                      1. Acid rains
                      2. Effects of deforestation
                        1. Reduced soil fertility
                          1.  Flooding and landslides
                            1.  Loss of biodiversity
                              1.  Climate change
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