ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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Agricultural expansion
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For paper
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The need for wood
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To make forests less dark
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the FAO, agriculture causes around 80% of deforestation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Agricultural deforestation is driven by increased global demand for such commodities, government policies to stimulate that demand, and trade and finance policies that facilitate their expansion and sale. Other causes include illegal logging, mining and poor forest management.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most common pressures causing deforestation and severe forest degradation are agriculture, unsustainable forest management, mining, infrastructure projects and increased fire incidence and intensity.
Detailed explanation-4: -Agricultural expansion has left the world much devoid of its original forests. Forest areas are eliminated for raising commercial crops such as plantation for palm oil. In simple terms, deforestation takes place because forest land is not financially viable.