The Role of International Law Concerning Deforestation...

The Role of International Law Concerning Deforestation and Desertification The surface of the earth is, in a sense, its skin-a thin but crucial layer protecting the rest of the planet contained within it. Far more than a simple boundary, it interacts in complex ways with the volatile atmosphere above and the raw earth below. It may seem hard to imagine it as a critical component of the ecological balance, but in fact, the health of the earth’s surface is vital to the health of the global environment as a whole. ~Al Gore Deforestation and Desertification. These lucrative concepts echo throughout the environmental movement both past and present. The realization and analyzation of the human species’ manipulation of the†¦show more content†¦In order to address the role of international law concerning deforestation and desertification it is first important to explore what these concepts entail. Deforestation can be defined as the clearing and destruction of the vital rain forests and forests worldwide. The causes of deforestation lie in the immense population growth and poverty that exists internationally (Office of Technology Assessment 305). Deforestation exists due to the pursuit of fuel sources, clearance for agricultural purposes, timber, paper products, and development. The numerous effects that deforestation creates entails soil erosion, desertification, loss of biodiversity, loss of medicinal value, increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, an oxygen production decline, and of utmost importance the effects which remain unknown. Most importantly of the latter is the future loss of the human species. Deforestation and its effects occur on a global level. It is rapidly occurring in all nations and in the past has been concentrated in Central and South America, Africa, and Asia. 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