Forests are basically a complex mix of living things such as animals, trees, shrubs, plants, fungi, and many more, as they cover about 40% of Canada’s land. As forests play an important role in this complex community, as we need those to survive to build shelter, food for animals, and most important is fresh air. There are many different types of forests that include different types of trees such as coniferous, and deciduous, such as boreal forests, mixed forests, deciduous forests, grasslands, cordilleran vegetation, west coast forests, and many more. Coniferous trees are a type of tree that is also called a needle-leaved tree, which drops its needles during the fall; this special tree grows in a triangular shape, making it grow in an upward path. Thanks to their needles and their flexible branches, snow can easily rest on the trees without any damage. The needles can stay on the trees for years due to its waxy needles, and the thick bark can prevent the loss of moisture during the times of drought. Deciduous trees are basically the opposite of what a coniferous tree would be, just like when the coniferous tree grows in an upward path, deciduous trees grow in an outward path, letting the branches and the leaves hang far from the tree itself. Deciduous trees have flat leaves that need sunlight and water in order to survive. The leaves start falling during the seasons of fall, and all the leaves fall from the tree at the time of winter, when it’s cold, and not enough heat from the sun, but the leaves start growing again during the spring seasons, when it gets warmer and when there’s more precipitation. As trees are one of the most important things in our lives, people have different types of harvesting metho... ... middle of paper ... ...many ways in our economic ways, there are ways that these methods can affect the environment, in both good and bad ways, for even clear-cutting and selective methods of harvesting trees. Harvesting trees can have some major impacts on the environment, such as when loggers clear-cut, they can create deforestation and leave many animals and living organisms homeless and can suffer. Deforestation means fewer trees will absorb the carbon dioxide in the air, which can create more greenhouse gas in our atmosphere. Not only can clear-cutting can lead to deforestation, but can lead to soil erosion, as plants act as a barrier to slow down water as it runs off the land. The root fix the soil, and prevents it from washing away, the absence of vegetation causes the topsoil to erode more quickly, allowing difficulty for plants to grow in a less nutrition soil quality.
These are very difficult questions for me personally to answer because I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I have seen the beauty of the old growth forests first-hand.
The vegetation is mostly trees. There are many types of trees, Some of the trees are coniferous trees and deciduous. It is all scattered in the southern part of the Canadian Shield. The forests are all mixed with birch trees, aspen trees, tamarisk trees, black and white spruce trees, willow trees, hemlock trees, pine trees and balsam fir trees. The mixed forests are beautiful in the fall when the leaves of the deciduous trees change color.
Deforestation is a huge problem in Canada, but also everywhere else in the world to. Some major cons of deforestation include loss of animal habitats, climate change, desertification, soil erosion, and flooding. Deforestation affects the water cycle. The water cycle is very important for our world, and by chopping down trees that ruins everything. It stops the moisture from returning to the atmosphere.
Redwoods were named for the color of their bark and heartwood. These trees have a high resistance to fungus and diseases due to the high tanin content in the wood. The dense, fibrous bark has an even higher content, and acts as an insulator from periodic fires which have plagued the countryside for centuries. Though these trees are immense, they have delicate foliage. The needles are narrow and sharp-pointed, and combine to form feathery sprays. The cones are an inch long and typically contain fourteen to twenty-four seeds. The older trees offspring sprout form their parents' roots in order to take advantage of the established root system.
Alina Bradford from Live Science, explained in her article about deforestation and how there are different causes of deforestation such as, selling trees for products such as paper, homes, house hold furniture, and other house products. She also states that other causes of deforestation are making room for agriculture purposes, and to create room for cattle ranching as well. On the downfall though there are disadvantages of deforestation as well too as she explains. One of them in fact is deforestation is contributing to climate change and also the greenhouse effect too as well by emitting a great amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the earth’s atmosphere. The effect from that happening is carbon dioxide is a greenhouse which absorbs heat from the sun and doesn’t let it escape into space. As that doing so, the Earth is heating up each year due to deforestation. From that, it will cause global warming and climate change too. There are causes and different purposes for deforestation but there are significant effects that could end up due to deforestation based on Alina Bradford’s
Forest biomes are the most complex ecologic systems in the world, and they cover 1/3 of the land on earth. There are three major types of forest biomes: tropical forests, temperate forests, and boreal forests. The average temperature in tropical forest is around 22° C the year; the temperature in temperate forests varies from -30° C to 30° C; the temperature in boreal forests is very low, there are long winters with average temperature below 0° C. Various trees, vegetation, insects, and mammals can be found in the forest biomes, hence it is easier to survive in tropical and temperate forest biomes.
Forests play a critical role in the carbon cycle on our planet. When forests are cut down, not only does carbon absorption cease, but also the carbon stored in the trees is released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. If the wood is burned or even if it is left to rot after the deforestation process, this would cause the carbon dioxide to be released too. Cutting down forests will cause a decline in photosynthetic activity. Photosynthesis is the process where plants and trees take in carbon dioxide and converts it to food. Once converted to food, the tree, or plant, will releases oxygen. Having a decline in photosynthetic activity will result in the atmosphere retaining higher levels of carbon dioxide. As carbon dioxide builds up, it produces a layer in the atmosphere that traps radiation from the sun. The radiation converts to heat which causes global warming, which is better known as the greenhouse effect. Small crops, such as corn or plants, draw in small amounts of carbon dioxide and release oxygen, however forests store up to one hundred times more carbon than farmer’s fields that are the same area. When
Deforestation has an effect on the carbon cycle which is also known as the “Greenhouse effect and Global warming.” See the
We could see the real results of our actions of cutting down all our trees by making a small testing dome to see what happens when we take out a large amount of vegetation out of an Ecosystem. We need to use other materials as an alternative to tree wood for a little bit until we have more sustainable tree farms where we can cut down less natural woods. We need to make sure we keep large amounts of protected forest, and that we don’t destroy every animal habitat in the country, keeping national park for wild life is very important for us as a country and us as a race. NB has suffered a lot from forestry, all old growth forest have been destroyed, and all that remains are secondary growth forest and tree farms. Some national organizations that help protect our forest are CELA, Greenpeace, and the NNC. CELA and NNC works to protect our environment and human health by obtaining justice for those harmed by pollution and by working to change policies to prevent the problems from happening in the first
Logging forests, is it good? Is it bad? I can say that it both has good and bad effects, but unfortunately the negative effects outway the positive. First off, you might be wondering, what are Logging Forests? It is when people or machines cut down trees in any given area, which can be used mostly for economical purposes. Unfortunately, there are way more environmentally based concerns for this topic. It is not sustainable, causes a lot of pollution, and there is a loss of biodiversity.
A rain forest can be merely defined as a evergreen forest inhabiting a tropical region, filled with a wide variety of plants and animals, with an annual rainfall of at least 2.5 meters. Simply speaking, they are the richest, oldest, most productive ecosystems on earth. An ecosystem is a living community together with its environment, together both functioning as a unit. Biologist, Norman Myers, states "rainforests are the finest celebration of nature ever known to the planet" (1). There are three main types of rainforests; temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical. Most of the rain forests still left in the world today are tropical. Tropical rain forests cover less then 6% of the earth, yet they contain half of the world’s species. As a matter of fact, rain forests support 90,000 of the 250,000 identifies plant species. A tropical rain forest has three layers: the canopy (treetops), the understory (young trees, ferns, shrubs), and the forest floor. Rain forests have been known as the "womb of life" (1) because they are home to so many species. Temperate (much younger, and more full of nutrients, located along Canada and the United States, among others) and sub-tropical rain forests also contain many ranges of animals (monkeys, birds, snakes, jaguars), however they are not as different. Regardless, the rain forests possess an array of foliage and fauna. Tropical rain forests lie near the equator, which means the temperature is extremely hot, above eighty degrees year round, and the climate is extremely wet. Rainforests cover about two percent of the earth’s surface, or six percent of it’s land mass, and yet they are the primary shelter for over half of the plant and animal species on earth....
Trees have long been one of the most valuable renewable resources to man. “Logging has been linked with the folksy figure of Paul Bunyan , the mythical woodsman who carried an axe and was accompanied by his blue ox Babe. In reality, logging is a big, complex industry” (History Channel). Logging is important to the housing and furniture industries, even logs that sunk on their way to lumber mills 100 years ago are highly prized for the unique properties they gather during underwater ageing. ”The World Bank estimates that forest products are a $270-bi...
Cutting the trees also reduces our oxygen supply. The beauty of the land is defaced with logging and should be stopped for environmental concerns.
Coniferous Forests These forests are mostly found in Northern areas like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Murree and parts of Balochistan. These are evergreen forests which are conical in shape. They have sloping branches which prevent excessive snow accumulation. They have small, thick, leathery and needle-shaped leaves to check transpiration. There is less leaf-fall which provides less humus formation. These forests are essential sources of timber and provide environmental protection. They are good breeding grounds for birds and add to the scenic beauty of the area.
Trees add beauty and much more trees in your backyard can be place for different types of wildlife they can improve your health standards provide oxygen they also keep your house cool planting medicinal plants improve your health fresh air improves your lungs purification add beauty and colour provide shelter from wind and add value to your home. Tree planting is all about managing air and Moisture in the soil if we manage these