How Humans Are Impacting Trees
The human race is considered one of the most devastating species to grace the planet. After all, we destroy and affect everything that would otherwise be safe without our presence. For example, there are a whole range of wildlife on the verge of extinction thanks to deforestation, global warming is at an all-time high causing the polar ice caps to melt at a staggering rate and the way we dispose of waste is abysmal and unsustainable. In terms of trees we are putting at risk our method of gaining oxygen! Here are a few ways that humans, and even animals, are impacting the trees of the planet… Deforestation By definition deforestation is ‘the clearance or clearing and removal of a forest where the land is converted into non-forest use’ and is a global issue that we should be tackling head on. Of course, it is also a problem created by humans. Not only does deforestation destroy habitats, it also limits our population of trees which can put the atmosphere at risk! Fragmentation o...