The practice of rearing domestic animals and crops
AGRICULTURE
one way of increasing agricultural production?
DEFORESTATION
what are the environmental impacts of deforestaton?
- DESTROY THE HABITAT OF SPECIES
- AFFECTS THE WATER CYCLE
- ENHANCE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
destroying the habitat of species leads to?
FRAGMENTATION AND DEPLETION
what are the human made that causes deforestation?
- FARMING
- GRAZING LIVESTOCK
- MINING
- URBANIZATION
- ILLEGAL LOGGING
what are the natural causes of deforestation?
- wildfire
- volcanic eruption
- typhoon
- parasites
why should we take care of our forest?
- forest trees absorb carbon dioxide
- forest trees provides oxygen we breath
- traps greenhouse gasses thereby reducing global warming
3 effects of agriculture
- EXTENSIVE FARMING
- KAINGIN METHOD
- APPLICATION OF PESTICIDE AND FERTILIZER
extensive farming and kaingin method - production of greenhouse gasses
- carbon dioxide
- methane
- nitrous oxide
application of pesticides and fertilizer affect the quality of air due to:
-PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OF PHOSPHORUS, NITRATE, AND ammonia
what are the indicator that agriculture is causing climate change?
- Significant changes in temperature - precipitation
- wind pattern - other measures of climate
how climate change affects agriculture?
- climate change affects agricultural production through precipitation levels and temperature variation.
what practices that will not harm the environment?
- organic farming and crop rotation