Question

Give examples of natural causes of deforestation.
A. Forest fires
B. Drought
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Human-driven and natural loss of trees is called deforestation. The main causes of natural deforestation are droughts, exotic animals, forest fires, climate change, floods and overpopulation of foreign animals.

Complete answer:
In this question, we have asked which of the following are examples of natural deforestation. As we have mentioned, deforestation is human-driven and a natural loss of trees. Deforestation is either direct or indirect. Some natural cases are droughts, exotic animals, forest fires, climate change, floods and overpopulation of foreign animals.

So, we have two options: Forest fire and Drought. First, we will talk about forest fire. Forest fire is uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation. It may occur in fields or forest. The latest example of forest fire is Amazon forest fire. As The Amazon Rainforest Burned, 2.3 Million Animals Died and about 17% amazon was deforested. Although, the main reason for fire was human activities but, forest fire may occur naturally or due to human activities. So, forest fire comes under natural causes of deforestation.

Our next option is drought. As we know, drought occurs due to low rainfall, due to which shortage of water occurs. Because of lack of water, the animals and plants living in that area start dying and lead to deforestation. So, this option is also right.

Hence, The correct answer is option (C).

Note: Deforestation also involves conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use or we can say removing of trees for any purpose is deforestation. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests.