Deforestation Threaten Plant Biodiversity and Climate Change

Volume 6 - Issue 2

Tamaz Patarkalashvili*

Received: February 05, 2019;   Published:February 19, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/CIACR.2019.06.000236

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Abstract

Forests biologically are the most diverse land ecosystems of our planet. Tropical forests for example cover just 7% of the earth, but they support over half of all terrestrial plant and animal species. Forests still cover about 30 percent of total land area, yet, deforestation and forest degradation, including uncontrolled conversion of forest lands to agricultural use, continues at an alarming high rate in many countries of the world. Unlike some other resources, as: oil, coal, minerals etc. which considered exhaustible, forests fortunately have unique feature, in conditions of sustainable management they practically can be inexhaustible. That’s why sustainable development should become the crucial direction of forest management in future. These and other problems and benefits that forests unselfishly provide to people are considered in the article.

Keywords: Forest benefits; Biodiversity; Environmental protection; Sustainable development; Greenhouse gases; Climate change

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