Deforestation Paragraph for JSC, SSC and HSC Exam

Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on 'Deforestation'.

(a) What does deforestation mean? (b) What are the main causes and effects of deforestation? (c) Does our country face this problem? (d) How does it affect our crops? (e) How can we prevent deforestation?

DEFORESTATION

The cutting down of trees indiscriminately to meet up the basic needs of food and housing and thus destroying the ecological balance is called deforestation. Man needs houses, furniture, firewood etc. For this, man uses wood. Wood is also used in big industries. Man makes shops, educational institutions, boats, launches, trucks and other vehicles that lead many people to cut down trees. It Poses threats to our environment. There are also many: people engaged in trafficking trees from the forests making vast areas almost desert and leaving many wild animals in danger. All these have multifarious effects over the environment. Deforestation is very closely related to environment pollution and the greenhouse effects. Trees absorb poisonous carbon-dioxide and produce oxygen and thereby maintain a balanced environment. But owing to deforestation, the amount of carbon dioxide is increasing day by day. Consequently, various natural calamities such as flood, drought, cyclone, Sidr, etc. are occurring very often on earth. And these are wrecking a great havoc upon life and property. Floods and droughts, cyclones and tornedos are the common phenomena in a region or in a country where deforestation is going on. In our country, less rainfall, excessive rainfall, bad harvest, soil erosion, extinction of wild animals, the greenhouse effects are the problems prevailing owing to deforestation. To prevent deforestation, some pragmatic steps should be taken. A social movement should be launched to prevent deforestation. Social awareness can be raised regarding adverse effects of deforestation. For this purpose, environment science and study on ecology should be introduced from the schopl level. Massive awareness regarding tree plantation can be raised through TV programmes. And above all our forest department should execute all codes of manner strictly at least to reduce deforestation to some extent.