Indigenous Environmental Studies
The Link
For this assignment, we choose the problem of deforestation in Africa and it potential link to the outbreak of the Ebola virus. There have been scientific discussions and debates about whether deforestation was the primary cause of the rise and spread of the Ebola virus which is yet to be conclusively proven but there are enough indications to this end. Hence, for this paper, it is proposed to study the possible link between deforestation in Africa to the spread of the deadly virus that resulted in one of the greatest natural disasters for mankind.
Was deforestation the case of west Africa's Ebola outbreak?
Deforestation in Africa -- especially in sub-Saharan Africa is a major problem and a cause of concern for environmentalists as well as for the local population. However, this problem turned out to be a care for the global population after the rapid spread of the Ebola virus that killed thousands of people in Africa alone and spread to at least half of the world's geographic area.
Many scientists believe that deforestation could have been the triggering factor for recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa. A section of scientists are of the opinion that the destruction of forest and natural habitat was responsible for bringing in bats into greater contact with humans. Bats are believed to have been the source of spread of the deadly Ebola virus in humans.
Environmentalists are of the opinion that subsistence agriculture forced locals to cut down forests. Rampant mining activities were also the cause of deforestation along with export-oriented large-scale logging.
The Problem
It is widely accepted that deforestation is a complex problem since...
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