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.
Countries with tropical rainforests, the country's land area, original forest cover, present forest cover, and the annual deforestation rate are illustrated in Figure 1. While examining Figure 1, it is important to compare the original forest cover with the present forest cover; the numbers are dreadfully surprising.ack to Table of Contents Causes: Figure 3. The major causes of tropical deforestation (Rainforest Alliance, 1999). Agriculture, the logging industry, fuelwood collection and cattle ranching directly consume the largest amounts of rainforest land throughout the world, respectively (Figure 3).