Leading cause of deforestation.?

Question

Leading cause of deforestation in the world? In the USA?

Definition- Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land.

Answer 1

The leading cause of deforestation is increased population.Rain forests are being reduced because governments are not enforcing laws to prevent cutting.With no control the population is trying to increase land for food production and in many cases land which doesn't grow food that well. All the deforestation in the USA has come from the increase in population from the first settlers to today.

Answer 2

sprawling settlements.

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Answer 3

The root cause is consumerism, be it via palm oil, grazing, logging, or soya production.

You may even feel inclined to squeeze fire in there as well.

Answer 4

Deforestation comes from people who believe that the forest would be better served as cropland.  Usually most destructive happens in rainforest...unfortunatly.

Answer 5

Leading cause of deforestation is the developed world's consumption of meat and dairy: intensive meat and dairy production.

'Livestock now use 30% of the Earth's land surface, 33% of the global arable land is used for producing feed for livestock. As Forests are cleared to create new pastures it is a major driver of deforestation especially in Latin America, where for example, some 70% of former Forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing. In 2004-2005 all the wild animals and trees in more than 2.9 million acres of Rain Forest were destroyed in order to grow crops that are used to feed chickens and other animals in factory farms'

'UN Food and Agriculture Association (FAO) said 'livestock are one of the most significant contributor's to today's most serious environmental problems', 'Cattle rearing is also a major source of land and water degradation' 'It takes 16 pounds of grain and 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of meat'. 'One average meat eater could consume that pound of meat during a meal, while 16 people could have been fed on the grain it takes to produce the pound of meat'.

All quotes taken from following video which uses reliable sources which can be checked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld9YHRaC2...

Answer 6

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