bp oil spill environmental consequences

Former Russian Minister of Energy: BP-type spill in the Caspian Sea would be "a disaster"

As horrible as the consequences of BP have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico, a fuel from Russia and former energy minister, said the impact of a similar accident in the oil platforms and gas in the Caspian Sea could be even worse. A danger to everything that encourages the development oil in this country should be considered.

People have always been and probably always will be dependent to some extent of the forest. The trees were in their habitat, their environment, their source of food and protection against enemies. Forests are very important for humans and other organisms, and one of the largest problems of the world is facing today is the threat of totally losing the forests due to massive deforestation and suffering the adverse effects deforestation.

Deforestation can be large-scale exploitation of forests should be established. Deforestation occurs when forests are converted to non-forest areas for urbanization, agriculture and for other reasons without sufficient reforestation. This is permanent destruction of forests and woodlands.

Currently, forests are most at risk on the planet. Every day, at least 80,000 hectares of forest disappear from Earth. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations show that the rate of deforestation has not decreased and 8.5% between 2000 and 2005 increased compared to 1990. FAO has approximated, about 10.4 million hectares of forest Tropical have been permanently destroyed from 2000-2005 compared to 10.14 million hectares during the period 1990-2000.

The process of deforestation is often a complex pattern of progressive fragmentation of the forest. Mistakes of this type could lead to the destruction of forests. In parallel with this destruction is the extinction of numerous species, heavy soil erosion, greenhouse effect, silting of rivers and dams, floods, landslides, denuded upland, degraded watershed, and even destruction of corals along the coast.

Extinction of thousands of species - Destruction of forests leads a tragic loss of biodiversity. Millions of species animals and plants are threatened with extinction because of deforestation. Tropical forests are much richer in biodiversity than forests and other very serious consequences of deforestation in the tropics is the loss of biological diversity Diversity.

erosion heavy soils - a function of the forest is that its roots hold the soil. be without trees, soil erosion and landslides easy. With heavy rains and typhoons come, is easily achievable on the ground to minimize areas of particular communities at the foot of the mountains.

Greenhouse - Deforestation increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The degradation of our forests conitnued increases the threat of climate change because that trees and other plants that absorb carbon from the atmosphere to be used for photosynthesis are gone. The burning of wood or its decay products contributes to the release of carbon, with more oxygen in the atmosphere combine to further increase the concentration of carbon dioxide causes warming.

The siltation of rivers and reservoirs - deforestation results in siltation of rivers deposition of sediments, which shortens the life span and clogs irrigation system. Because of deforestation, are the reservoir behind many dams filled with sediments more rapidly than expected.

Flood - A forest is very important that they absorb water quickly in large quantities during heavy rain. But to absorb due to massive deforestation, there are no trees, water resulting from the loss many lives.

Landslides - The roots of trees soil bind to it and its underlying bedroock. This is how to avoid trees, soil is eroded by natural agents like wind or water. If the trees are uprooted, there will be nothing on the ground together causing the risk of landslides that seriously threaten human security and damage their properties.

Naked Upland - After several harvests of the forest land cleared is more appropriate for planting trees. He became a desert. The conversion of forests to the semi-desert is called desertification.

The degradation of watershed - When forest mountains are falling, are watershed reduced, resulting in a loss of sustainable water supplies for lowland communities. This is because the trees on the hydrological cycle. You can limit the amount of water in the soil to change the water table, and the atmosphere.

be destroyed coral along the coast - areas are degraded and coral reefs affected by siltation. Because of deforestation is increasing flooding during the rainy season and the reduction of current flow in dry seasons.

The forest provides us with many important goods and services. It stops soil erosion, refreshes the air and protects us against typhoons and other disasters. But if rampant deforestation is not controlled, it is thanks to them that several problems. One way or another, forests cut down again and people will certainly fire on the harmful effects of deforestation lose.

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