With Americans owning their cars longer than ever, having confidence it is dependable is a top priority. Auto research firm J.D. Power and Associates released the results of its 2016 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study, which surveyed 33,560 original owners of 2013 model-year cars after 3 years of ownership about the problems they had experienced. Nine cars were awarded with top honors in dependability in this yearâs study.
Deforestation and forest degradation occurs both in Northern and Southern countries and its underlying causes also originate in both, although with varying degrees of responsibility. Industrialized countries have not only cut down or degraded their own forests in the past; many are still doing so today.
Figure 1. Tropical rainforest deforestation rates (RAN, 1999). Most of the plant and animal life in Madagascar are the world's most endangered species. Slash-and-burn agriculture on poor soil, is the major reason for deforestation, which causes habitat destruction leading to species endangerment.urrently, the major causes of deforestation are agriculture (64%), the logging industry (18%), fuelwood collection (10%) and cattle ranchers (8%) (Rainforest Alliance, 1999). Over 80% of the world's ancient forests have been destroyed or degraded by logging (Greenpeace, 2001A).