MAHARASTRA STATE BORAD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Micro Project
On (Environmental Studies)
“Phenomenal Ways to Stop Deforestation and Protect Our Planet”

Submitted To
Prof. Dumbre.S. A

Department Of Computer Engineering

Institute Of Technology, Hadapsar Pune 28

Academic Year – 2022-2023

 MAHARASTRA STATE BORAD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
CERTIFICATE
This Is Certify That: -
Roll No Name Of Student Enrollment No Exam Seat No
43 Snehal Goud 2001450065

Have successfully completed “Phenomenal Ways to Stop

Deforestation and Protect Our Planet” Micro Project for the subject
Environmental Studies Roll No 43 Of Fifth Semester of
Diploma in Computer Engineering (CO5I) In Academic Year
2022-2023 From Institute of Technology, Hadapsar Pune 28

Date: -

Subject Teacher Head of Department Principal

 EST Micro Project
“Phenomenal Ways to Stop Deforestation and Protect Our Planet”
ANNEXURE-1
1.0Rationale:
 The project is about steps to stop deforestation to Protect our planet.

2.0Amis/Benefits of Micro Project:

 Trees are being destroyed at

an alarming rate. More and
more
 businessmen are pushing
through forests to gain land
for industrial or
 commercial purposes. The
environment is being
sacrificed for the sake of
 profit. Deforestation can
have serious effects on air and
5.0 Action Plan

Sr. no Details Of Plan Start Plan End Name Of

Activity Date Date Responsible
Team
Member
1 Searching 20/11/22 24/11/22 SNEHAL
the topic for GOUD
micro project

2 Discuss 20/11/22 24/11/22 SNEHAL

about the GOUD
topic

3 Collect 20/11/22 24/11/22 SNEHAL

information GOUD
from the
internet and
textbook

4 Arrange all 20/11/22 24/11/22 SNEHAL

information GOUD
in MS word

5 Prepare 20/11/22 24/11/22 SNEHAL

report on it GOUD
using MS
word

6 Print micro 12/12/22 12/12/22 SNEHAL

project GOUD
6.0 Resources Used

Sr.no Name Of Specification Quantity

Resources
Used
1 Computer/Laptop i3-i5 1
preferable RAM
minimum 1-
2GB

2 Hardware Mouse, 1 Each

Keyboard

3 Operating Window 7 Or 1
System Higher Version
4 Software MS Word
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my special thanks of

gratitude to my teacher Mrs. Dumbre.S. A Ma’am
who gave me the golden opportunity to do this
wonderful project which also helped in doing a lot
of research and I came to know about so many
new things.
I would like thank my team members who helped
me a lot in gathering different information and
collecting data.
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……Thanking you…….
 ANNEXURE-2

INTRODUCTION
“Phenomenal Ways to Stop Deforestation and Protect Our Planet”
Forests being an indispensable resource play an important role in
maintaining the earth's ecological balance. The major contributors
of deforestation are logging off of trees (legal or illegal), tree theft,
forest fire etc. Large scale deforestation has negative impact on the
atmosphere resulting in global warming, flash floods, landslides,
drought etc. Due to these adverse effects, forest management
department all over the countries have taken steps for monitoring
the forest to prevent deforestation. Several surveillance techniques
have been employed for monitoring and prevention; they are
broadly classified as Ground-based sensing techniques and Remote
sensing techniques. Surveillance plays an important role in forest
management. It had been used in the past and is still being used for
monitoring and information collection. The term deforestation is
often misused to describe any activity where all trees in an area are
removed. [not in citation given] [neutrality is disputed] However in
temperate climates, the removal of all trees in an area [not in
citation given] in conformance with sustainable forestry practices is
correctly described as regeneration harvest. In temperate mesic
climates, natural regeneration of forest stands often will not occur
in the absence of disturbance, whether natural or anthropogenic.
Furthermore, biodiversity after regeneration harvest often mimics
that found after natural disturbance, including biodiversity loss
after naturally occurring rainforest destruction.
 Impacts of deforestation
The value and functions of forests are immense and diverse.
Similarly, the impacts of deforestation are global and commune
the whole forest community. One of the major constraints in
understanding the true impact of desertification on forests is the
inadequacy and imprecise form of data

1. Impacts on global climate:

The effect of large-scale deforestation is global, but it is necessary
to assess its impacts on microclimate, regional climate and global
climate to form a holistic understanding of mechanism. The
association of deforestation with the increased CO2 concentration
in the atmosphere and changes in the mass balances and surface
energy can result in climate change at the local and global level.
The change in land use pattern especially the clearing of forest
cover affects both hydrometeorological and global CO2
concentrations leading to more warming as CO2 readily absorbs
infrared radiation. Clearing tree cover and vegetation leads to
increase in albedo of the region as bare soil reflects more solar
radiation than vegetation, which again is a factor for altering
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radiation flux. One of the noticeable changes in regional climates
occurs when the cloud formation shifts to higher elevations from
lowland plains as a result of deforestation in the later area.
2. Impact on biological diversity
Forests are very rich in biodiversity and store a vast gene
pool, and the majority of species occur in the tropical forests.
It consists of two-thirds of all known species and 65% of
10,000 species that are recognized as endangered by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The
biodiversity could be regarded as an important asset that is
necessary to conserve for future utilization. The World
Health Organization states that the traditional people, almost
80% of them, rely on the local biodiversity for traditional
medicines. A loss in the biodiversity may directly affect their
health care and well-being. Another most noticeable impact
of deforestation is the increasing human-wildlife conflict.
The decreasing forest cover is limiting the habitats of many
species due to which is forcing them to intrude with human
welfare. There are increasing instances of invasion and
animal killing.
3.Impact on economic and social welfare:
1. Forests contribute to the world economy in terms of timber
production and other forest produces. There are different
contributions of forest as a means of direct employment in forestry
services and other value-added contributions as recreation and
aesthetics
2. The loss of tropical forest cover annually may account for about
45 billion US dollars. The destruction of forest eliminates the
sources of economic gain directly obtained and also eliminates the
potential gain from the resources that the forest sustains as
biodiversity, soil and water.
3. Deforestation has its social influence in the form of long-term
effect. Development is a serious concern for indigenous community
as it certainly leads to a change or shift of their culture and tradition.
The cultural and religious aspects of the community are seldom
preserved amid infrastructural advancement that leads to land and
social conflict
 Phenomenal Ways to Stop Deforestation

1. Use less paper

a. Two million trees are cut every day just to supply the
paper demand of the United States

b. Globally, 40 percent of all timber is used to make paper products,

and the demand for paper increases by two to three percent every
year. This means that the paper industry is still consuming more and
more trees.

c. Since the industry has such a high need for wood, it should come
as no surprise that some part of the timber originates from illegal
logging

d. By printing out every email and wasting paper, you are

unwittingly spinning the wheel of illegal forest destruction. Reduce
your paper use when you can. This way, you will decrease your
contribution to the loss of forests
2. Recycle paper and cardboard
a. Did you know that one ton (2,000 pounds) of paper put to recycle
prevents the cutting of 17 trees? These 17 trees then sequester
around 250 pounds of carbon dioxide from the air every single year.

b. If just 10 percent of all the paper used by the average American in

one year were recycled, 25 million trees would be saved. That makes
367 million pounds of carbon dioxide absorbed by these trees in one
year

c. Imagine how many trees you can save and how much good they
perform for the quality of our lives by recycling all your paper.
3. Buy only sustainable wood products
a. As a consumer, you can help reduce the
demand for more logging (especially illegal
logging) by ensuring that you only purchase
products which are certified by the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC). The FSC is
currently the best global standard in forest
management, and provides a system for
interested parties to work towards responsible
forest management.
b. By purchasing FSC certified products, you are
doing two important things:
c. You are ensuring that you aren’t supporting
unsustainable or illegal logging, you are also
supporting companies who strive to produce
wood sustainably and respect the rights of their
workers and indigenous peoples
4. Don’t buy products containing palm oil
i. While a small amount of palm oil may be sustainably
produced, the majority comes from recently cleared land.
Palm oil production has become one of the main causes of
tropical rainforest destruction around the world today.
ii. Did you know that palm oil is found in many of the
products you buy from the supermarket?
iii. A large percentage of the world’s palm oil production
comes from Indonesia and Malaysia, where the virgin
rainforest is being cleared at an alarming rate of 2.4 million
acres a year to make way for new plantations.
iv. Avoiding products containing palm oil might not be easy,
because it can be disguised in many different forms in
numerous beauty products and food. If you cannot drop some
of your favourite products with palm oil entirely, look at least
for an alternative that carries a sustainable palm oil
certification.
v. To date, the most rigorous certification process comes from
the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), where at
least 95% of the palm oil is certified in sustainable practices
throughout the supply chain.
Conclusion
Deforestation is very harmful to our community and to other
communities around the world. We shall reject and avoid causing
deforestation by recycling our paper and not throwing it away
because then in the future more trees would need to be cut down.
So, if we just keep reusing paper it would be more sustainable to
our environment. The local effect it has on our environment is that
it decreases oxygen for inhalation while trees absorb carbon dioxide
and produce oxygen for living organisms like human beings and
wild life. You can save lives of living species. Recycle your paper
and Say No to Deforestation!

Reference
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www.wikipedia.com
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