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=Human Impact=

The Savanna, being a grassland scattered with trees and a large diversity of animals, has some threats to it brought on by humans. The human effect has created many threats such as overgrazing, poaching, and clearing of the land for crops and buildings.

Overgrazing
The grazing factor is one of the most influencial destroyers of the African Savanna. Many farmers utilize the wide open spaces for cattle grazing and that eventually weakens the ground of the savanna. In turn, the land is eventually formed into a desert kind of place because of little vegetation and no animals to graze there. This is why overgrazing is one of the most effective effects on the savanna. A possible solution to overgrazing is to feed cattle store bought food instead of letting them roam free to eat up the ground.

Poaching
Hunting animals is illegal and also dangerous to the population of many species. Because of poaching, many species such as the Quagga, have gone extinct just for the furs of the animal. Finding synthetic materials to maybe replace animal furs is a sensible solution to poaching and extinction. The Quagga became extinct due to constant poaching.

Clearing
This is the only human impact that basically destroys the entire life, both biotic and abiotic, factors of the savanna. The need for land to expand society has pushed humans into normally sedentary animal places which are now being torn down and destroyed all for the expansion of cities.