15.3 deforestation and land use

How do humans use land? (4)

~Building

~Quarrying

~Farming

~Dumping waste 

Reasons for deforestation. (2)

Clear land for farming.

Grow crops for biofuels.

Problems caused by deforestation.(4)

~Less iodiversity

~More co2 released

~Less co2 taken in

~Destruction of peat bogs

How is co2 released into the atmosphere?

Burning wood ‘releases ‘the carbon’.

Microrganisms feeding off dead wood also release o2 as waste product of respiration.

How is less co2 taken in?

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