Courtesy : Bachelor of Science Biotechnology (CBT) – Chemistry, Botany, Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues…
Courtesy : Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) General overview Further information: Planetary health According to the World Economic Forum, 31% of emerging diseases are linked to deforestation. According to the…
Courtesy : Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) Health effects Public health context The degradation and loss of forests disrupts nature's balance. Indeed, deforestation eliminates a great number of species…
Courtesy : Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) Soil Deforestation in France. Due to surface plant litter, forests that are undisturbed have a minimal rate of erosion. The rate of erosion occurs…
Courtesy : Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) REDD Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in developing countries has emerged as a new potential to complement ongoing climate…
Courtesy : Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) Environmental effects Atmospheric Further information: Deforestation and climate change Biophysical mechanisms by which forests influence climate. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Per capita CO2…
Courtesy :Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) Causes Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation by region, 2000–2010, from FAO publication The State of the World's Forests 2020. Forests, biodiversity and people…
Courtesy : Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) Recent history (1970 onwards) Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Maranhão state, 2016 For instance, FAO estimate that the global forest carbon stock…
courtesy : Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of…
Courtesy : Bachelor of Science Forestry (Botany, Zoology, forestry) Forest conservation and early globalization Further information: forest conservation Starting from the 1750s modern scientific forestry was developed in France and the German speaking…