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Root of the problem concerning life on land! - Coggle Diagram
Root of the problem concerning life on land!
Deforestation
Each year 10 million hectares of forest are destroyed.
More than half of the world's tropical forests have been destroyed since 1960.
Every 6 seconds an entire soccer field length of rainforests are destroyed.
Deforestation impacts 1.6 billion people worldwide. These people rely on forests for their livelihoods.
80% of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forest and deforestation threatens many species.
Deforestation causes soil erosion and flooding.
Desertification
Desertification is when fertile land becomes unusable.
50 million people in the drylands will be displaced due to desertification in the next 10 years.
Rate of desertification is 12 million hectares of land per year.
Civilizations in desertificated land are susceptible to malnutrition.
Desertification can be due to flooding and dust storms, not just due to drylands.
Nearly 2 billion people rely on and live in dryland areas where desertification is most common.
Poaching and Extinction
Humans kill 100 elephants every day.
Rhino poaching is likely to increase by 356% by 2030.
Over 31,000 species are threatened with extinction.
Illegal wildlife trafficking is a business worth $5-$23 billion a year.
30,000 sea turtles are poached every year in Baja, California.
Poaching leads to extinction.
https://youtu.be/MwxyrLUdcss
Pollution
Forests release carbon dioxide when they are cleared. Around 12% of greenhouse gas emission is from deforestation.
Over 1 million seabirds and over 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year.
Approximately 40% of lakes in America are too polluted for aquatic life.
Pollution affects over 100 million people.
136 millions tons of solid waste was gathered in landfills.
80% of pollution in marine ecosystems come from the land through runoff.
Lack of Financial Resources
Zoonotic diseases alone affect the economy by a setback of $100 billion.
LWC (land and water conservation) should receive $900 million per year but congress normally gives less than half.
Typical cost of Restoration would be $1600000 /ha
The Earth’s soil provides over $16 trillion worth of ecosystem services each year.
$150-$440 billion per year is required to stop the loss of biodiversity.
https://youtu.be/XhjN8Xux2I4
