Essays on Deforestation

Russia is the largest country in the world, by surface area. Covering over one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, Russia’s tree cover was 761 MHa in 2000. To put it in a more understandable way, in 2000, 47% of Russia was covered in trees,…

Deforestation has been occurring since people realized how essential trees are to living. The issue is that until the nineteenth century, people were unaware of how damaging deforestation actually is. Although people have realized the damage clear-cutting and other forms of deforestation can have on…

In the past deforestation was not a big issue, but today, due to the world growing so rapidly and the human population constantly rising, deforestation has become a global issue particularly in our rainforests. The rapid and immense growths in the human population lead the…

Deforestation due to urbanization and industrialization is not a new phenomenon; since the beginning of human settlement, there has been ample building to try and accommodate for the wants and needs of the people settling. Over time, from the Industrial Revolution to the present day,…