What are the reasons for forestes becoming a major casualties of civilization?

Question

What are the reasons for forestes becoming a major casualties of civilization?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the main answer at this moment is the drive to develop ethanol and other alternative fuels.  The USA in particular has encouraged this in developing nations, as opposed to increased use of fossil fuels.  In all the cases I've read about the plan they are implementing is unviable or at least unproven.  The countries don't care, they'll do it for the subsidy.

So short answer, the USA is paying them to cut down their forests, especially the rain forests, mainly to delay their industrialization.

Answer 2

The effects of Industry and civilization ,the motor car ,expanding farming ,Global warming,urbanization are some of the causes,

Now the quest for Ethanol is killing almost all hopes of saving the Forrest's

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CAN DEFORESTATION BE STOPPED????

Almost impossible

SLASH AND BURN

the Indians or local people would cut everything down and burn the Forrest to replace it with harm full short term farming, killing the soil in no time .

Expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest's

clearing them for farming and settlement areas .

That and the giant networks of roads that have exchanged forests for asphalt all over the planet

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In Mexico is a famous jungle that the Media has been trying to save for years

the Naturalists ,and the government ,keep watch. .laws are made for protecting the wild and to forbid logging.

TV put out a series of documentaries

there are campaigns in the News papers

and all of this has not made the slightest difference

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Rainforest's always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest

the jungles gets smaller by the day

more and more farmers move in .and burn the trees

it is an impossible situation

as long as there is poverty and an increasing birth rate in these regions the destruction will continue

Locals are too easily tempted to sell of exotic animals to the unscrupulous people who buy them.for the market that exists in the first world countries.

We must look for ways to improve economic situations for the local people who threaten the forest's´s,

But what can we do about those who come from far away to exploit these resources????????

One of the few ways to preserve the Forrest is to develop Eco tourism under strict control that has limited access ,and use the local people in the concept as guides ,hotel staff and get them to start home industries of artifacts .

Or agro forestal =farming which includes trees ,either wild life or/and crops such as coffee

(the last part of my answer here mentions wild life breeding..)http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Eco tourism is one of the only concepts that profits by a healthy back ground with out harming it ,and so ensures the Forrest's safety

THE ONLY WAY i CAN THINK OF TO PRESERVE FORESTS IN RICH COUNTRIES IS BY EDUCATION STARTING IN KINDER GARDEN

To try and create love and respect as well as to demonstrate the necessity of these resources

And to turn the woods into utility parks .with animals

This is already happening in rich countries ,but all places are different depending on their sizes, climates and what kind of Nature they have left.

In the Netherlands the deer walk amongst the people on ¨de Veluwe¨the country is no bigger than Mexico city so they don't have a choice.

In Rustlers Valley in Africa the bless buck lie on the lawn ,and in Jasper the caribou walk around town,

the biggest enemy is Attitudes,Modern materialistic society ,largely prompted by their religions,which have alienated them from their Environment,egoistically have come to regard Humanity far more important than Nature,thinking Nature must give way to progress ,failing to realize that both have to be interrelated.

Destruction cannot be regarded as progress

Answer 3

The new housing market. They, the lumber industry and the land developers are working together to build new houses and new housing areas, which take up our forests in 2 ways.First the tress are cut down to make lumber to build the houses. The forest are also depleted by cutting them down to make streets and build houses in that area.Sometimes a golf course pops up in a used to be forest.

Answer 4

Chop down the forest:

-Provide building materials

-Provide space for building houses

-Provide open room for growing crops

-Provide open space for recreational facilities (soccer fields, etc.)