Biofuel was originally pitched to America as something that might reduce national dependence on fossil fuels and decrease the carbon footprint, while critics argue it encourages deforestation and increases food costs.
Man-made barriers such as deforestation, roads, and urban areas increase the distance [and therefore] decrease the speed at which species can migrate".
We conclude that patterns of species reassembly triggered by landscape-scale deforestation decreases the capacity of the remaining forest for provisioning food resources for frugivore assemblages.
Deforestation decreases the overall habitat available for wildlife species.
There are many environmental reasons to be happy about the peace accord, not least the potential to decrease deforestation; have greater control over the restoration, recovery and conservation of ecological areas (such as natural parks and paramos); and to create a more sustainable, efficient and diverse economy.
With increasing population, economic growth, and environmental concerns, the use of solar energy in domestic cooking is becoming a good alternative for sustainable development which will greatly decrease mortality, deforestation, and soil erosion.
Research by University of Wisconsin professor Holly Gibbs found that the Brazilian soy industry's moratorium significantly decreased deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, but that rates of deforestation in the Cerrado and other eco regions not covered by the moratorium, as well as in the Amazon biome outside of Brazil, increased.
Intensification of cattle ranching has the potential to reduce deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon by decreasing the demand for new agricultural land.
Our research finds little evidence that overlapping conservation policies decrease deforestation and suggests that the implementation of official policies may displace local forms of protection.
Conflict may decrease or increase deforestation depending on the relationship between conflict and other causes of land use change, such as mining expansion or protected area establishment.
