Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The Things To Know Concerning Land Clearing Houston

By Joshua Wood


Terrain clearing describes the cutting down or removal of native plants, vegetation and trees in a given place. Deforestation is also a way to clear land. It basically involves removal of all native vegetation, habitats and trees. The process includes bulldozing all native bushes in a particular area, falling down trees and other vegetation to pave way for agriculture, urban development, road construction among other uses. Land clearing Houston is done but only after the relevant authorities have given a go ahead.

It is estimated that 70% of Houston, TX city has been cleared and construction taken place. There is significant impact on the environment brought about by land clearing. Large scale or small scale clearance basically has an impact on surrounding environment. There are irreversible effects to the terrain when extensive clearance is done.

It is also true that minimal clearance of terrains can have manageable effects since the impact can easily be reversed. Where the real threat lies is in the case of intensive clearance. The threat to environment usually lies with irreversible clearance which has the ability to destroy or damage an entire ecosystem definitely causing a lot of environmental threats.

Some of the known environmental threats brought about by clearance of terrains includes, emissions from green house, a significant rise or increase in soil salinity or acidity, natural habitats especially for animals is destroyed, decrease or probably extinction or disappearance of indigenous fauna and flora and lastly increased soil erosion.

The ground usually remains exposed with the removal of trees and plants or vegetation cover. The effect of this is massive soil erosion. Soil erosion is defined as loss of naturally existing nutrients in the soil that are responsible for plants growth. Leaving the soil bare can also lead to a problem of salinity where it can reduce its salinity.

The land cultivation basically led to sky rocketing of its value making it one of the most expensive assets one can hold. Clearing of terrain for crop farming was and is still considered beneficial due to the economic benefit it brings. Today any kind of terrain clearance should be restricted and only carried out after relevant bodies have authorized.

As land increased in value, the population of people increased as well as making it scare resource or obviously very expensive. Terrain cultivation was also very beneficial economic wise as it increased food production and created job opportunities. Several years ago, this clearing was actually considered very beneficial to some states and also very progressive.

Terrain clearing clearly destroys local ecosystem and also plants. These reduce the amount of food available for animal species that were living in that cleared area. The practice is known to lead to weed spread, spread of invasive species, lead to serious soil degradation and water pollution. Soil erosion is also another effect of cultivation. But on the other side, land cleared for food production is quite beneficial.

But irrespective of all the glaring negative impact on environment caused by clearing of terrains, many farmers all over the world do not like the idea of imposing restrictions to land clearance. This is because such laws impact negatively on the farmers crop production.




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