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The Impact of Land Clearing on the Environment

   

Added on  2021-05-31

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CLEARING LAND FOR AGRICULTURE (AGRICULTURAL CLEARING )

Table of Contents AUTHOR YEARTITLE LEGISLATIO NNoel. D. Preece Penny Van Osterzee2017Australia is a global top ten deforester and Queensland is leading the wayVegetation management act 1999Hugh Finn2017Land clearing isn't just about trees- its an animal welfare issue tooState and territory parliamentsJames WatsomEve McDonald-Madden Jmaes AllanKenda;ll JonesMoreno Di MarcoRichard Fuller2017Half the world s ecosystem at risk from habitat loss and Australia one of the worstConvention of biological diversityJoshua Robertson2017Alarming rise in Queensland tree clearing as 400,000 hectares stripped Wildness society Queensland

Introduction of problem•13% of Green house gas emission is caused by land clearing process.•Birds between 1000 and 2000 die for every 100 hectares of land cleared reason being starvation and stress due to the change of environment. •The following percentages show how the heritage of Australia has been affected by land clearing :- 23% mammals, 9% fresh water fish, 5% on plants and 16% on amphibians . If the land clearing goes on then the species are endangered to extinction(Finn ,2017).

Table of contents AUTHORYEARTITLELEGISLATIONHowkins, M., Wilson, K., Rhodes, J., Watson, J., Possingham, H., & McAlpine, C. et al. 2016Queensland land clearing is undermining australia’senvironmemntal progress.Parliament

Introduction of problem contThe rate of deforestation in Queensland (Sharwood,2017)

Background•The land has been highly affected human activities from activities like deforestation, Urbanization or farming .•The loss of habitat has been higher than 53 times since 1900•Angola, Congo, Papua New Guinea and South East Asia are among the regions which are highly affected by deforestation. It is important to protect the environment but corruption is very high.

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