{"id":11563,"date":"2022-04-27T11:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=11563"},"modified":"2022-04-27T11:44:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:44:51","slug":"deforestation-experts-express-fear-planet-might-have-only-10-of-lts-forests-left-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=11563","title":{"rendered":"Deforestation: Experts Express Fear Planet Might Have Only 10% Of lts Forests Left By 2030\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Deforestation: Experts Express Fear Planet Might Have Only 10% Of lts Forests Left By 2030<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Experts have expressed fear that the way with which deforestation is taking place,, the planet might have only 10% of its forests left by the year 2030.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It said in every minute, forests the size of 20 football fields are cut down and if it<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">isn\u2019t stopped, they could all be gone in less than 100 years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11565\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/file-20210315-20-1h3itp0-750x375-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/file-20210315-20-1h3itp0-750x375-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/file-20210315-20-1h3itp0-750x375-1-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/file-20210315-20-1h3itp0-750x375-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to them, agriculture is one of the biggest environmental problems and the leading cause of deforestation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While acknowledging the importance of land to raising of livestock, planting of crops, it called for stoppage of cutting down of forests to prevent deforestation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Forests help to prevent soil erosion, because the tree roots bind the soil and prevent it from washing away, which also prevents landslides&#8221; thus must be preserved .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11566\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_43778-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_43778-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_43778-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_43778-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_43778-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_43778.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Deforestation causes can either be direct or indirect. Among direct causes are: Natural causes as hurricanes, fires, parasites and floods. Human activities as agricultural expansion, cattle breeding, timber extraction, mining, oil extraction, dam construction and infrastructure development.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Three countries it stated are experiencing the highest levels of deforestation. These are Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Indonesian however is tackling deforestation, and is now seeing the lowest rates since the beginning of the century. It added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">African climate reporters have called for massive trees planting campaigns in both rural and urban centers across the universe so as to save our forestry against going into extinction.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deforestation: Experts Express Fear Planet Might Have Only 10% Of lts Forests Left By 2030 Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria Experts have expressed fear that the way with which deforestation is taking place,, the planet might have only 10% of its forests left by the year 2030. 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