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What are the five cause of deforestation |
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Answer» Explanation: Deforestation causes can either be direct or indirect. Among direct causes are: Natural causes as hurricanes, FIRES, parasites and floods Human activities as AGRICULTURAL expansion, cattle breeding, TIMBER extraction, mining, oil extraction, dam construction and INFRASTRUCTURE development. Among indirect causes are: Insufficient political actions and governance failure as inadequate land tenure system, corruption, wrong public administration investments Political and socio-economic causes as population growth, military conflicts and climatic changes The main causes of deforestation can actually be lead back especially to: substitution of forest areas with cultivations and breeding timber extraction firewood collection road and infrastrucutre construction |
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