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[5] [6] Excess logging can lead to irreparable harm to ecosystems, such as deforestation and biodiversity loss. [7] [8] Infrastructure for logging can also lead to other environmental degradation. These negative environmental impacts can lead to environmental conflict. [7] [8] Additionally, there is significant occupational injury risk involved ...
The effects of overlogging can be mitigated by setting aside profits for forest rehabilitation, a practice which is also economically profitable. [14] Enrichment planting , or planting trees in degraded forests, is a form of artificial regeneration that has been employed in East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan , Indonesia. [ 1 ]
Salvage logging is the practice of logging trees in forest areas that have been damaged by wildfire, flood, severe wind, disease, insect infestation, or other natural disturbance in order to recover economic value that would otherwise be lost.
Equipment such as logging machines and chainsaws, while they have come a long way from the days of homemade choppers, still pose a threat. Add the force of Mother Nature to that.
Biophysical mechanisms by which forests influence climate. Irreversible deforestation would result in a permanent rise in the global surface temperature. [23] Moreover, it suggests that standing tropical forests help cool the average global temperature by more than 1 °C or 1.8 °F.
Deforested regions often also suffer from other environmental problems such as desertification and soil erosion. Another problem is that deforestation reduces the uptake of carbon dioxide (carbon sequestration) from the atmosphere. This reduces the potential of forests to assist with climate change mitigation.
As the underwater logging industry becomes more popular and profitable, this increased usage will occur. [5] The process of underwater logging itself will also have a negative impact on the environment, as the logs themselves add weight to the ships, forcing said ships to work harder and use more time and energy to transport their cargo. [5]
Deforestation has several causes including colonization, agricultural expansion, firewood collection, timber harvesting and extension of cultivation on slopes. In the Indian Himalayas debris thrown down slopes due to the reckless use of excavator machines for widening roads and making of new roads has destroyed vast areas of Forest.