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What is Deforestation?
Deforestation is when humans remove or clear large areas of forest lands and related ecosystems for non-forest use. These clearing for farming purpose, ranching and urban use. In these cases, trees are never re-planted.
It is any activity directed to forests resources, with the intention of using the trees or land created for other purposes. Trees may be cut down for logs or burned to make room for farms, construction or other economic purposes.


Why do humans clear forest?
High demand for wood
More need for pulp and paper, wood for furniture, real estate construction fuel all mean that trees will be cut down. World population is growing and more than ever before, our needs have increased too.

 Animal grazing fields
In many places in the world, animal farms have contributed to large areas as green space being converted to grazing fields. Classic cases can be found in Brazil. Animal rearing in the Amazon has increased remarkable over the past few decades, obviously because of the increase in demand for meat products over the world.
Cattle and sheep grazing causes forest degradation

 Construction
New settlements, roads and industries springing up in many forest places surely add to the problem we face with deforestation today.

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