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A-Level Biology OCR A

Soil Timber Describe Disadvantages Large Scale Production Large Scale

Disadvantages of large-scale timber production include habitat destruction, reduced soil minerals, and increased susceptibility to erosion.

Suurimittaisen puuntuotannon haittoja ovat elinympäristöjen tuhoutuminen, maaperän mineraalien väheneminen ja eroosion lisääntyminen.

Front Describe the disadvantages of large scale timber production.
Back Large-scale timber production disadvantages:
  • Trees bind soil together, remove water and maintain nutrient levels (through carbon and nitrogen cycles) so
  • Habitats destroyed
  • Soil minerals reduced 
  • Bare soil suceptible to erosion

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