Practice Essay 2

Deforestation is the act of clearing forest to meet human’s demands such as demand in paper, and the land may be used for future urban development as well (Greenpeace, 2015). However, deforestation has impacted the world today in a negative way despite being able to meet market demands. Therefore, it is important to implement effective solutions to minimize the impact of deforestation, so that future generations can still explore the beautiful homeland, Earth. This essay will then discuss the problem caused by deforestation, as well as suggested solutions to resolve this problem.

One of the problems caused by deforestation is air pollution. The common acts of deforestation would be slashing and burning of trees to clear land. However, when trees are burned, it will form thick layers of smoke which this will pollute the air, thus causing the air quality to be bad. Singapore is one of the country who has been experiencing bad air quality for the past years as its neighbouring countries are constantly practicing illegal acts of agriculture (Cheam, 2015). For instance, these acts are performed by the Indonesia farmers, which they slash and burn down trees, and this has caused serious air pollution as the smoke is blown to Singapore (Cheam, 2015). Therefore, this problem has to be resolved quickly as bad air quality will affect human lungs negatively.

The suggested solution to this problem would be to implement stricter law enforcement to minimize the problem from becoming worst. The government of the country involved in deforestation should implement strict laws to minimize the illegal acts. The people who are involved in the illegal acts should be heavy punished by law, and this also applies to big companies who hire workers to clear the land. The government can also create job opportunities to its people as there can be more people involved in the monitoring of illegal acts of deforestation. Therefore, by punishing people who perform illegal acts will help to minimise the problem as there will be fewer people performing harmful acts to the environment.

Another solution would be to reserve a certain area of the forest as nature reserve. This means that these areas are restricted and deforestation is not allowed. The purpose of this solution is to minimise the acts of deforestation by cutting down the size of the land area which can be cleared. Furthermore, it prevents companies from performing large amount of deforestation at one time to minimise the impact of their actions. If deforestation can be cut down, there will be fewer trees to burn and thus, lowering air pollution.

Moreover, it is important for the public to play a part to resolve this problem as well. For instance, if there are lesser demands in paper supply, the paper making companies can slow down the rate of cutting trees to produce papers and have more time to research and make environment-friendly papers. The actions that the public can take would be the 3Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle. Therefore, this can reduce deforestation and air pollution as well.

In conclusion, the act of deforestation will cause a severe impact on Earth, and it has to be quickly minimized and resolved with the help of everyone. The government should implement strict laws to monitor and control deforestation, the companies should not perform illegal acts and the public should do their part to save the environment. Hence, the problem of air pollution can be minimized as the acts of deforestation decreases. Therefore, it is important for everyone to play a part in reducing deforestation and saving the environment.

References 

Greenpeace. (2015). The problems of deforestation in Asia. Retrieved 2 November 2015, from http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/campaigns/forests/problems/

Cheam, J. (2015). New strategy needed to end haze problem. The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 November 2015, from http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/new-strategy-needed-to-end-haze-problem