The Problems of Deforestation

Problems of Deforestation
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Introduction
Many people have failed to recognize problems of deforestation. Such inclinations have led to increased deforestation which comes with many problems. Sabelli (2011) asserts that; despite the ignorance by many people concerning problems of deforestation, such is a real problem which needs critical addressing by various relevant bodies. But before we even come to bodies, it is the duty of every individual person to make efforts, no matter how little, to ensure that problems of deforestation do not lead to extinction of a good life on earth. There have been suggestions that with continued deforestation, life may become intolerable on earth. Such suggestions should not be taken as mere threats. Rather, it is the duty of every individual to ask them what they can do to prevent such attainments as part of their deliberate efforts to make the world a better place to live. In this paper, there is discussion of problems of deforestation especially in the view that many people have failed to take serious the challenges arising from deforestation.
As already said, many people have had different views in as far as problems of deforestation are concerned. Sabelli (2011) notes that; deforestation can take slightly different meanings depending with the context but the bottom line of the word points to excessive clearance of natural forest cover Such clearance leads to problems such as destruction of ecosystem for different organisms which are useful in one way or the other not just to the environment in general but at times even to the human beings. Olakunle, Omotayo & Odewumi (2011) assert that the problems of deforestation are not just problems of human beings but also other living organisms.
As Banerjee & Bit (2015) found out deforestation presents human beings with the problem of lack of a suitable environment. Due to reduced number of trees, there is higher concentration of carbon dioxide in the environment. This problem emanates from failure of usage of carbon dioxide as needed in photosynthesis. Such high concentration of carbon dioxide gas leads to poor health. Human beings are also denied the privilege of having beautiful environment. It is observed that; God intended that the world have forests. Destruction of such arrangements leads to disorientation of the intended view.
Deforestation also leads to problems to other living organisms. Animals lack places to live in. This is so especially to the animals that live in the forest. Deforestation makes it difficult for plants that depend on other plants to grow to exist. Banerjee & Bit (2015) observe that deforestation destroys ecosystems for various organisms. This denotes the destruction of usual flow of existence of organisms whereby organisms depend on one another for existence.
Historically, problems of deforestation can be said to have undergone several stages. Sabelli (2011) asserts that in the early ages, there was realization that there is need to take care of environment including avoidance of deforestation. Such aspirations were met by ensuring instillation of notions concerning sparing of forests in to generations. It can be said that during those early ages, there was no much pressure in deforestation because of relatively lower population. Hence, there was minimal destruction of forests, therefore less problems of deforestation.
According to Banerjee & Bit (2015) as the world advanced in terms of population and industrialization as well as modern ways of life, there has been progressive deforestation in a bid to meet various needs of the higher population. For instance, there has been deforestation emanating from creating space for settlement. Such deforestation came with problems which need addressing. In the modern era, there has been increased deforestation. Although it is in the same modern era that there have been efforts to revert the problems of deforestation, it is notable that there have been hindrances to achieve the targeted goals especially due to increased population and modern ways of life whereby there is dependence on factories that need o occupy relatively huge pieces of land.
According to Sabelli (2011) there have been differing views of problems of deforestation. There are some skewed thoughts which are associated with ignoramuses that problems of deforestation are widely ballooned and therefore not as serious as portrayed by researchers. Such people associate problems of deforestation with natural occurrences hence think that human efforts can not address the same. Such perspectives cannot be said to be logical because it is clear that deforestation problems is directly linked to poor planning by human beings.
However, in the modern era there are various groups of people oriented towards addressing the problems of deforestation. These base their efforts on the realization that problems of deforestation have been caused by human beings. It ...