About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 133. Chapters: Erosion, Deforestation, Pollution, Ozone depletion, Desertification, Poaching, Consumerism, Resource depletion, List of environmental issues, Genetically modified food controversies, History of whaling, Peak water, Regulation of nanotechnology, Water crisis, List of most highly populated countries, Overexploitation, Human impact on the nitrogen cycle, Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, Pollinator decline, Soil contamination, Standby power, Water conflict, Genetic pollution, Land recycling, Weed, Ethics of terraforming, Environmental dumping, Genetic erosion, Saltwater intrusion, Persistent organic pollutant, Environmental crime, Environmental impact of roads, Microplastics, Ecological crisis, Peak phosphorus, Land pollution, Land degradation, Over-consumption, Environmental impact of paint, Water stress, Ecocide, Historic desertification, Environmental issues in film and television, Land use, land-use change and forestry, Hot stain, Planetary boundaries, Secondary forest, Environmental degradation, Land rehabilitation, Global distillation, Soil acidification, Genetic Variation Studies: Nitrogen and Phosphorus, Ash pond, Plant expressed vaccine, Critical load, Exploitation of natural resources, Aridification. Excerpt: Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. The term deforestation is often misused to describe any activity where all trees in an area are removed. However in temperate mesic climates, the removal of all trees in an area-in conformance with sustainable forestry practices-is correctly described as regeneration harvest. In temperate mesic climates, natural regeneration of forest stands often will not occur i...
