AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Direct human causes of deforestation include logging, agriculture, cattle ranching, mining, oil extraction and dam-building.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deforestation causes increases in temperatures and changes in the amount and distribution of rainfall-generally creating a drier climate. These impacts can affect soil moisture, reducing yields in some areas and increasing flooding in others.

Detailed explanation-3: -The immediate causes of rainforest destruction are clear. The main causes of total clearance are agriculture and in drier areas, fuelwood collection. The main cause of forest degradation is logging. Mining, industrial development and large dams also have a serious impact.

Detailed explanation-4: -Deforestation Statistics Since 1998 an average of 10, 000 acres of rainforest cover has been destroyed every day. In 2021 alone 4.8 million acres of the Amazon rainforest were lost. The clearing of land for cattle ranching accounts for 80 percent of deforestation in the Amazon.