Question

In order to meet the ever-increasing demand in the factories and for shelter, trees are being continually cut. Is it justified to cut trees for such projects? Discuss and prepare a brief report.

Answer 1

Hint: Cutting down of trees is called deforestation. It has many negative impacts on our environment, and if the present rate of deforestation continues, it would change the atmosphere of the earth completely which would be very difficult for a human or any living organisms to exist.

Complete step by step answer: It is not justified to cut trees to satisfy our needs. It affects the environment that could lead to the loss of habitat, global warming, climate change, etc. Nature has provided us enough to lead satisfactory lives, but when need turns to greed, over-exploitation occurs.
Trees are cut down by humans for different purposes (mainly to fulfil their own greed) like:
1) For building infrastructure.
2) Hectares of forest are cut down and converted into grassland so the cattle graze so that people could make a profit by selling milk and meat of cattle.
3) In many states of India, Jhum cultivation is followed in which a piece of forest area is burnt for the cultivation of the crop, which leads to an increase in soil erosion.
There are many negative impacts on the environment and organisms including human beings; which includes:
1) Forests are the natural habitat of many organisms and due to deforestation, many organisms lose their habitats.
2) Due to the relentless cutting of trees, the amount of carbon dioxide has increased in the atmosphere and due to which temperature of the earth has increased and this condition is called global warming.
3) Due to increasing global temperature, glaciers at the poles have started to melt which increases the sea level and due to this, the danger of a tsunami, cyclones, hurricanes have been increased.
So, we should immediately take a step against deforestation and we should plant more and more trees in order to compensate for the loss.

Note: For the protection of the forest, the government has passed an act called the Indian Forest Act. It was passed in 1865. Under this act, there was a provision of cultivation and grazing on forest land and protection of trees and prevention of forest fires.