Question

What are some of the human activities that threaten the world's largest surviving regions of rain forest?

Answer 1

Rainforests are the forests growing in the areas of high rainfall which receive rainfall approximately 175-200 cm in a year. Almost half of the rain forests have been destroyed due to the human demand of arable land and wood. The logging interest is for cutting the rain forests for timber, mining operations cut down forests completely to dig mines. Hydroelectric projects destroy large stretches of rain forest by flooding. Road building is another big problem. The destruction of rainforests is also affecting the overall world climate. Current rates of deforestation is 6 million hectares per year and is a major concern threatening the world’s largest surviving regions of rainforests.

Answer 2

One human activity would be deforestation to make space for recreation or housing.