Deforestation and Agriculture

Human Influence: 

• Deforestation-Permenant removal of large areas of land or forest (provides wood for building and fuel) and create space for agriculture, buildings and roads
  
• Agriculture-More land needed for growing population to grow food, resulted in land being cleared to be planted with single crop (monoculture)
• Climate Change-Release of CO2 and pollutants from burning fossil fuels are increasing global temperatures

Deforestation:

Can occur naturally due to forest fires caused by lightning or extreme heat or dryness. Most occurs due to human action, indirectly through acid rain.

• Directly reduces number of trees present
• Species diversity is reduced if one specific tree is killed
• Reduces number of animal species in area,…