Environmental Problem chapter 2

• Forest resources and associated problems

  1. Use and over-exploitation.
  2. Deforestation.
  3. Timber extraction.
  4. Mining and its effects on forests.
  5. Dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.
• Water resources and associated problems

  1. Use and overutilization of water.
  2. Floods
  3. Conflicts over water.
  4. Dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.
• Mineral resources and associated problems

  1. Mining and its Process:
  2. Environmental effects of extracting and using minerals.
• Food resources and associated problems

  1. World food problems
  2. Effects of Modern Agriculture
  3. Water logging and salinity.
  4. Changes Caused by Over Grazing
• Land resources and associated problems

  Soil erosion and desertification.
• Desertification reduces the ability of the land to support life, affecting wild species, domestic animals, crops, and people.