Deforestation

Forests cover 30% of the land area on our planet. They produce vital oxygen and provide homes for people and wildlife. Many of the world most threatened and endangered animals live in forest, and 1.6 billion people rely on benefits forest offer, including food, fresh water, clothing, traditional medicine and shelter.

 But forest around the world is under threat from deforestation, jeopardizing these benefits. Deforestation comes in many forms, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change.

 The reasons that our forest is being removed are diverse and anthropocentric. Forest products form the basis of number multi-billion Pound industries, which are often rife with corruption, and more consumer products, as living space for the ever-growing human population.

 Land cover for agriculture is believed to be the words biggest driver of deforestation, especially in tropical area. As the human population grows, more food and therefore more agricultural land are needed. Logging is the process by which trees are cut down and collected to be sold for commercial gain, and supplies, ranching, mining, unsustainable, forest fires, urbanization, degradation due to climate change, and industrial development like mining on forest.

 When an area of forest is destroyed, the animals that are left in nearby habit are extremely vulnerable as they are more easily accessible to hunters and poacher.

The illegal wildlife trade is thought to be the fourth biggest make industry.

Putting a stop to deforestation would help to protect much of world wilier, mitigate climate change and allow people who rely on the forest for culture and subsistence to continue their way of life.