Deforestation is the
removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to
a non-forest use.
Deforestation occurs
for many reasons: trees are cut down to be used or sold as fuel or timber,
while cleared land is used as pasture for livestock, plantations of commodities
and settlements.
The removal of trees
without sufficient reforestation has resulted in damage to habitat,
biodiversity loss and aridity. Deforestation causes extinction, changes to
climatic conditions, desertification, and displacement of populations as
observed by current conditions and in the past through the fossil record.
An estimated 18
million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest, which is roughly the size of
the country of Panama,
are lost each year.
NASA predicts that if current deforestation levels proceed, the
world's rainforests may be completely in as little as 100 years.
Countries with
significant deforestation include Brazil,
Indonesia, Thailand, the Democratic Republic of Congo and
other parts of Africa, and Europe. Between
2000 and 2007, the Brazilian Amazon, called lungs of the earth, has been
deforested at an average rate of 19.368 square kilometers for each year.
Deforestation is a
man's choice.
One of the many wrong
choices he makes.
You can choose to
stop it. You can choose to do some little steps to save our world, our animals
and ourselves.
Greenpeace
WWF
Us
We have chosen to say
NO TO DEFORESTATION.
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