NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ever-growing human consumption and population is the biggest cause of forest destruction due to the vast amounts of resources, products, services we take from it. Half the world’s rainforests have been destroyed in a century, at this rate you could see them vanish altogether in your lifetime!

Detailed explanation-2: -Deforestation is one of the biggest threats to tropical rainforests. After cutting down trees, the land is often burned to prepare the soil for farming. A 2022 report shows that 13.2% of the original Amazon forest biome has been lost due to deforestation and other causes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mining, logging, ranching, agriculture, and oil and gas extraction have put unsustainable pressure on the delicate rain forests of the Amazon Basin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Huge areas of rainforest are destroyed by clearing for farming, timber, roads, hydropower dams, mining, house-building or other development. The problem is it’s often seen as more economically worthwhile to cut the forest down than to keep it standing. We’re working hard to change that perception.