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1. Index
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 What is soil erosion
 What is the deforestation
 Consequences of erosion and
deforestation.
 How we can help?

2. Soil is naturally removed by the action of water or wind.
Such 'background' (or 'geological') soil erosion has been
occurring for some 450 million years, since the first
land plants formed the first soil. Even before this,
natural processes moved loose rock, or regolith, off the
Earth's surface
What is the soil ersion
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Soil is the earth’s fragile skin that anchors all life on Earth.
It is comprised of countless species that create a dynamic
and complex ecosystem and is among the most precious
resources to humans. Increased demand for agriculture
commodities generates incentives to convert forests and
grasslands to farm fields and pastures. The transition to
agriculture from natural vegetation often cannot hold
onto the soil and many of these plants, such as coffee,
cotton, palm oil, soybean and wheat, can actually increase
soil erosion beyond the soil’s ability to maintain itself.

4. •Deforestation is when humans remove or clear
large areas of forest lands and related ecosystems
for non-forest use. These include clearing for
farming purposes, ranching and urban use. In these
cases, trees are never re-planted.
What is the deforestation

6. •Since the industrial age, about half of world's original
forests have been destroyed and millions of animals
and living things have been endangered. Despite the
improvements in education, information and general
awareness of the importance of forests,
deforestation has not reduced much, and there are
still many more communities and individuals who still
destroy forest lands for personal gains.

7. Consequences of erosion and
deforestation.
• Effects of Deforestation
• Scientists are finding more and more links between
deforestation and global warming. The carbon footprint
created by four years of deforestation is equal to the
carbon footprint of every single air flight in the history
of aviation up to the year 2025
• Deforestation also affects indigenous people, both
physically and culturally. Because many indigenous
people actually have no legal rights to the land on
which they live, governments that want to use the
forest for profit can actually "evict" them. As these
populations leave the rainforest, they also leave their
culture behind.

8. Erosion
• Soil erosion, while a natural process, accelerates with deforestation.
Trees and plants act as a natural barrier to slow water as it runs off
the land. Roots bind the soil and prevent it from washing away. The
absence of vegetation causes the topsoil to erode more quickly. It's
difficult for plants to grow in the less nutritious soil that remains
• The effects of soil erosion go beyond the loss of fertile land. It has led
to increased pollution and sedimentation in streams and rivers,
clogging these waterways and causing declines in fish and other
species. And degraded lands are also often less able to hold onto
water, which can worsen flooding. Sustainable land use can help to
reduce the impacts of agriculture and livestock, preventing soil
degradation and erosion and the loss of valuable land to
desertification.

9. How we can help?
•Eliminating all deforestation is not possible. Parts of
the landscape will need to be reshaped and altered
as populations grow and change—but this can be
balanced through sustainable forest management,
reforestation efforts and maintaining the integrity
of protected areas. However, Some nations are
already finding success. Paraguay reduced the rate
of deforestation in their country by 85% in the years
just following enactment of its 2004 Zero
Deforestation Law.

10. Thank you