Hello Everybody,

I was wondering if you would like to drop off your thoughts with a private message or reply on how many of these questions you can. I am doing a project at my school that involves me doing a film on deforestation and I was hoping that you experts could help.

Why should we care about Deforestation?

What are the short/long term effects of deforestation?

Are there any good books or websites that you could suggest for information gathering?

Thanks for your help in advance

It is defined as the removal of the forests and its replacement by another land use class.To determine whether the removal of trees from an area constitutes deforestation, it is necessary to take into account the likely development of the area.The effects of Deforestation are here.
1.Deforestation exposes the soil to the forces of wind and water especially on the foothills of the mountains. The upper layer of the soil is eroded away and leaves behind infertile coarse sand. With heavy rainfall the water gushes down the mountains carrying with it large quantities of silt and limestone.
2.With no trees to hold the soil together and slow down the water flow. The surface run off may cause heavy floods.
3.Cutting of trees disturbs the natural environment. The natural habitat is destroyed which results in the extinction of a number of valuable species and the wild life also gets disturbed.
4.With less vegetation there is less evapo-transpiration. The climate changes, in particular there is less rainfall, which may result in lower crop yields.