Linux tool/command to check file system performance. up vote 5 down vote favorite. 1. What is the simplest way to check read/write performance to a specific location (e.g. a mounted iSCSI device). I suspect I can't use hdparm because that's lower level.
In the Amazon, industrial-scale cattle ranching and soybean production for world markets are increasingly important causes of deforestation, and in Indonesia, the conversion of tropical forest to commercial palm tree plantations to produce bio-fuels for export is a major cause of deforestation on Borneo and Sumatra.he single biggest direct cause of tropical deforestation is conversion to cropland and pasture, mostly for subsistence, which is growing crops or raising livestock to meet daily needs. The conversion to agricultural land usually results from multiple direct factors.
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.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).