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Explain how deforestation affects the overall fertility of the impacted land?

Explain how deforestation affects the overall fertility of the impacted land?-example-1
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Most of the soil fertility indicator were affected resentfully by deforestation. More than half of the organic matter was also lost due to deforestation that leads to the decline on soil quality or land productivity capacity. Climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding,and increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are the effect of the loss of trees and other vegetation. Deforesttion gives a big variation in soil properties. Decreased in vegetation gives rise to soil erosion. The upper layer of the soil is disclosed and humus and nutriets are extracted. It decreases the water holding capacity of soil and nutrients are depleted.

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