Deforestation

Causes of Rainforest Deforestation

The Rainforest Information Centre Educational Supplement discusses the both the immediate and underlying causes of Deforestation. - Causes of Rainforest Deforestation

http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/causes.htm

Causes of Tropical Deforestation

Deforestation is the inevitable result of the current social and economic policies being carried out in the name of development. - Causes of Tropical Deforestation

http://www.ru.org/32defore.html

Deforestation & Underlying Causes

Not all causes of forest degradation and loss are direct and obvious; social processes and economic policies also play a major role. - Deforestation & Underlying Causes

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/Html/AR-98/UCauses.html

Deforestation Causes Global Warming

Trees are 50 percent carbon. When they are felled or burned through Deforestation, the C02 they store escapes back into the air, thus causing Global Warming. - Deforestation Causes Global Warming

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000385/index.html

Deforestation in the Amazon

The leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon and Brazil, as of 2004, is cattle ranching. Find out what can be done to slow the process of deforestation. - Deforestation in the Amazon

http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html

Deforestation: Causes & Implications

The world finds itself undergoing the most rapid and complete deforestation it has ever experienced under the human hand since 1950. - Deforestation: Causes & Implications

http://www.future500.org/articles/3/

Deforestation: Correlations & Possible Causes

Twenty-five statistically-significant correlations are illustrated and a statistical model with effective suggestions to combat deforestation. - Deforestation: Correlations & Possible Causes

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view.php?pid=UQ:8362

EU Forestry Strategy

Forests are one of Europe's most important renewable resources and provide multiple benefits to society and the economy. They are also important for the conservation of European nature. - EU Forestry Strategy

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/fore/index_en.htm

Orchids and Deforestation

Orchids are benefited rather than harmed by such selective felling. The free air movement and the increase in sunlight provided by the clearing away of several crowded trees and the undergrowth in an otherwise dense tropical rain forest, encourage growth of epiphytic orchids. - Orchids and Deforestation

http://www.orchids.co.in/plant-facts/deforestation.shtm

Tropical Deforestation

Examining the global patterns and rates of tropical deforestation, and how the causes of deforestation differ among continents. - Tropical Deforestation

http://www.lecturelist.org/content/view_lecture/3146

Underlying Causes of Deforestation

During the last few decades, the forest crisis has prompted many international, regional and national preservation initiatives, yet many have had little success. - Underlying Causes of Deforestation

http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/indirect.html