Question

Mongolia has taken several steps to deal with its deforestation problem. T F

Answer 1

Answer:

False

Explanation:

Mongolia is a country that has only recently started to modernize, opened up more to the world, started to develop its industry, and decentralize. All of that though resulted in deforestation. In order to satisfy the demand for wood on the market, the forests have been cut down without taking in consideration what kind of consequences it may have. The wood is used for all sorts of things, be it as firewood, industrial wood, instruments, furniture etc. The biggest problem is that the government doesn't' really seem to care about the deforestation as long as profit is coming in, so there has only been symbolic reforestation that accounts for less than 15% of the rate of deforestation. If the situation continues to develop like this, Mongolia will destroy its forests totally in the near future.