FACTS ABOUT DEFORESTATION: (Article written for snippets in Bluebase softwares newsletter)

                                                

·         Because of corruption and exploitation India has lost more than 50% of its rain forest land.   [Source: dailyworldfacts.com]

·         Nigeria has lost 81% of its forests due to over dependence on logging products. [Source: dailyworldfacts.com]

·         Brazil has lost 90-95% of their forests due to increased consumption of wood products [Source: dailyworldfacts.com]

·         One thousand plants, rare animals and insects have disappeared because of deforestation. [Source: dailyworldfacts.com]

·         According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 18 million acres (i.e) nearly 7.3 million hectares of forest land are lost each year [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         It is estimated that within 100 years there will be no rain forests.                   [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         For every second, one and a half acres of forest is cut down.                                    [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         The rate of deforestation equals to loss of 20 football fields every minute. [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         Upto 28,000 species are expected to become extinct by the next quarter of the century due to deforestation. [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         13 million hectares of forest land in south-east Asia is converted into agricultural land every year.  [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         Half of world’s tropical forests has already been destroyed.                            [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         4500 acres of forests are disappearing every hour because of forest fires and cutting of trees.  [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         Total world forest loss till date is 7.3 million hectares per year [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         1.6 billion people across the globe depend on forest products for their livelihoods thereby adding more to deforestation.                                             [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         Fuel wood in sub Saharan African countries is consumed upto 200% more than the annual growth rate of the trees.                                                      [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]

·         Deforestation affects water cycle. Trees absorb groundwater and release them back into the atmosphere during transpiration. Deforestation causes dry climate.   [Source: conserve-energy-future.com]