What is deforestation?
Deforestation is when Humans remove or clear large areas of forest lands for non-forest use. These purposes include clearing for farming, ranchintg and urban use. In these cases, trees are never re-planted.
Since the industrial age, about half of world's original forests had been destroyed and millions of animals and living things have been endangered. Despite the improvements in education, information and general awareness of the importance of forests, deforestation has not reduced much, and there are still many more communities and individuals who still destroy forest lands for personal gains.
Deforestation is also the conversion of bodies of trees in a forest or woodland into a less biodiverse kind of ecosystem such as cropland and pasture.
Deforestation is when Humans remove or clear large areas of forest lands for non-forest use. These purposes include clearing for farming, ranchintg and urban use. In these cases, trees are never re-planted.
Since the industrial age, about half of world's original forests had been destroyed and millions of animals and living things have been endangered. Despite the improvements in education, information and general awareness of the importance of forests, deforestation has not reduced much, and there are still many more communities and individuals who still destroy forest lands for personal gains.
Deforestation is also the conversion of bodies of trees in a forest or woodland into a less biodiverse kind of ecosystem such as cropland and pasture.
Some Fast Facts about Deforestation
- If one of the medicine man remaining in the forest dies it's as if a library has burn down.
- Tropical rainforests cover only 6-7% of our earth's surface. But they contain a lot of plant species and animals.
- 12-15 million hectares of forests are lost each year, which is equal to around 36 football fields per minute.
- Tropical rainforests cover only 6-7% of our earth's surface. But they contain a lot of plant species and animals.
- 12-15 million hectares of forests are lost each year, which is equal to around 36 football fields per minute.
- Half the world's tropical forests have been lost, degraded or cut down.
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