In an essay discuss the significant environmental issues facing South Asia
What will be an ideal response?
Bangladesh's precarious situation, prone to seasonal flooding from seasonal cyclonic storms and monsoon rains. Adding to this issue, most of the population lives within the floodplain.. While forests and woodlands once covered most of South Asia, they have vanished as a result of human activities–agriculture, urban and industrial expansion as well as railroad construction. This results in a shortage of fuelwood meaning many must use dung as an energy source, or they must travel long distances to collect available wood. Wildlife is also threatened with extinction as a result of deforestation; efforts are considerable to protect wildlife, particularly the tiger. Additionally soil salinization resulting from years of irrigated agriculture in the Indus Valley of Pakistan has left much of the land infertile.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
After years of irrigating farmland, soil salinization frequently becomes a serious environmental and agricultural problem
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What European countries have the highest and lowest rates of natural population increase?
What will be an ideal response?
If clouds arrive at 2 a.m. in the middle of a calm, clear night, it is quite common to see temperatures rise after 2 a.m
a. True b. False