The consequences of deforestation
Deforestation is one of the causes of environmental pollution, earth phenomena warming, famine, floods, accidents leave the forest elephant villages killing people, breaking Property damage ... as well as destroying the forest products under the forest canopy caused ecological imbalance serious, leading to erratic climate change, floods, flash floods, landslides and incurred more diseases.
Worldwide, deforestation caused losses to $ 45 billion / year. According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Environment America, each year on average in the world have about 33 million hectares of forests are destroyed for many different purposes, has created more than 1.5 billion tons of CO2 into the environment, accounting for up to 20% of man-made emissions of greenhouse effect causing global warming temperature.
It is estimated to deforestation today, by 2050, up to two billion people, or 20% of the world population will dehydration. Most people suffer from water shortages live in developing countries. Besides food sources are at risk threatened by water for irrigation becomes scarce.
The impact of deforestation upstream in VN
According to the latest report of the World Food Programme (FAO), VN is one of five countries most heavily affected from natural disasters, especially rainstorms and floods. The rainstorm occurred in the territory VN increase both the frequency and the danger, is becoming real threat to the lives of people and the development of the economy.
In addition to these causes as geographical features, climate change causes flooding situation in VN is becoming more intense, there is a direct cause of human. Watershed Deforestation for logging, agricultural development, hydropower ... do vegetation in the basin are decreasing leading to potentially poor clearance flow, flood focus faster.
In mid-October last several provinces in central occurred several consecutive days of rain caused floods and heavy losses of life and property. This was the first flood branches evaluation function is activated one hundred years and conclude, is due to deforestation upstream. When headwater forests are cut down, the intensity of flooding going fast, making very fast rising water. Trees prevent floods, erratic disaster. When floodwaters rise, forest clearance and water power plant roots will absorb flood waters somewhat. There are trees, water power stronger support, forest trees and weakening wind power in the storm passing through the area. According to scientists, the many watershed forests and protection forests in the central region were razed to make room for hydropower are losing the ability to regulate water when heavy rains upstream, this is a major cause causing severe flooding more days.
Our country is actively implementing two major programs such as the National Target Programme to Respond to Climate Change and National Programme for Disaster Prevention. The central goal of this program that is growing and forest protection. From implementation model until results are still a distant and unknown to ever new narrow this gap, to avoid danger to themselves and future generations.
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