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JSS3 Basic Science

Environmental Hazards II: Bush Burning

Overview

Mention social, economic and agricultural practices influencing bush burning; Discuss the effects of bush burning; Suggest regulations against bush burning; List reasons for deforestation; State different effects of deforestation on plant and animal population; Recapitulate government regulations against deforestation.

What you'll learn
  • Bush burning:
  • - practices that influence bush burning;
  • - effects of bush burning including economic consequences;
  • - regulations against bush burning.
  • Deforestation:
  • - reasons for deforestation e.g. commercial and domestic firewood;
  • - effects on the environment;
  • - regulations on deforestation.