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WELCOME TO NEW CHAPTER CONVERSATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
THE CLEARING OF FORESTS AND USING LAND FOR OTHER PURPOSES IS CALLED DEFORESTATION. THE CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION ARE :- PROCURING LAND FOR CULTIVATION. BUILDING HOUSES AND FACTORIES. USING WOOD AS FUEL OR MAKING FURNITURE ETC. THE NATURAL CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION ARE FOREST FIRE AND DROUGHT.
CONSEQUENCES OF DEFORESTATION INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE AND POLLUTION. INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE LEADING TO GLOBAL WARMING. LOWERING OF GROUND WATER LEVEL. DISTURBS THE BALANCE IN NATURE. DECREASE IN RAINFALL LEADING TO DROUGHT. SOIL ERSION AND DECREASE IN SOIL FERTILITY LEADING TO DESERTIFICATION. DECREASE IN WATER HOLDING CAPACITY IN THE SOIL LEADING TO FLOOD.