Question

Which of the following is not a cause of deforestation?

• A.
  Cultivation
• B.
  Afforestation
• C.
  Industrialisation
• D.
  Urbanisation

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Afforestation
Deforestation leads to large-scale cutting down of trees for various purposes such as:-

• Industrialisation:- construction of buildings and making factories for creating economic growth.
• Urbanisation:- construction of houses and roads to meet the basic requirement of increasing population.
• Cultivation:- conversion of forest land to farms for growing crops to meet the increasing food demands.

Afforestation, on the other hand, is the establishment of a forest or strands of trees in an area where there was no forest before.