Modelling the depletion of forestry resources by population and population pressure augmented industrialization

In this paper, a nonlinear mathematical model is proposed and analysed to study the depletion of forestry resources caused by population and population pressure augmented industrialization. It is shown that the equilibrium density of resource biomass decreases as the equilibrium densities of population and industrialization increase. It is found that even if the growth of population (whether intrinsic or by migration) is only partially dependent on resource, still the resource biomass is doomed to extinction due to large population pressure augmented industrialization. It is noted that for sustained industrialization, control measures on its growth are required to maintain the ecological stability.

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