February 2021 - americanlands

Other types of cutting woods

Complex These are re-cutting, reforestation and reconstructive felling. They are carried out in cases where the forest has lost its useful properties in order to restore them; a negative impact on the environment with this type of felling is excluded. Cutting has a beneficial effect on lightening the area and eliminates root competition for more […]

Cutting methods

Forests are cut down for the sake of mining, obtaining timber, when clearing the territory for pastures, for obtaining agricultural land. Sanitary felling Forests are divided into three groups. The first is forest areas prohibited for cutting, which play an important ecological role, and are nature reserves. The second group includes forests of limited exploitation […]

Greenhouse effect on Earth

Burning forests causes air pollution with carbon monoxide, more is emitted than absorbed. Deforestation also releases carbon into the air and accumulates in the soil under the trees. This contributes about a quarter to the process of creating the greenhouse effect on Earth. Many areas left without forests as a result of deforestation or fires […]

The damage done to the planet by deforestation

Deforestation of the Amazon Although forests are a renewable resource, the rate of deforestation is too high to be covered by the rate of reproduction. Millions of hectares of deciduous and coniferous forests are destroyed every year. Rainforests, which are home to more than 50% of the species on Earth, previously covered 14% of the […]

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