William's Questions

By William Dieu

 

Question

If you remove any one of the cloud forests available, would any species die out?

Answer

There are some species that have their natural habitat in a cloud forest, so it is a possibility that if the cloud forest targeted was the only home for them, they might die. Now that a few national parks/reserves have adjusted their place to suit a few of the animals, if deforestation should occur to their natural habitat, they are still able to breed at the reserve/national parks.
 

Question

What are the impacts of deforestation?

Answer

There is a lot more land to use and grow crops and if needed (almost never), climate change. However trees are our source of oxygen so we are limiting ourselves to less oxygen. Also, there would be a lot more pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that come from factories since trees absorb CO₂ as well. To dig deeper, it removes the habitats of a lot predators/prey, so if there are very few predators, the food supply will quickly disappear because of the amount of prey alive. But if there are too many predators, there won’t be enough prey for them to feast on and they will die.
 

Question

What have we lost from deforestation?

Answer

Each year we lose 13 million hectares of forest, or, to simplify, around 36 football fields a minute. So far, 50% of the world’s original forests (haven’t been modified or recently grown) have been lost. It is also the source of 15 to 20% of global carbon emissions due to dead trees not being able to absorb the emissions and the amount of emission generated from the work required for deforestation.