DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION

• DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION ARE THE

BIGGEST THREATS TO FORESTS WORLDWIDE;

• OVER HALF OF THE TROPICAL FORESTS WORLDWIDE HAVE

BEEN DESTROYED SINCE THE 1960S, AND EVERY SECOND,
MORE THAN ONE HECTARE OF TROPICAL FORESTS IS
DESTROYED OR DRASTICALLY DEGRADED;

• THE DEGRADATION AND LOSS OF FORESTS THREATENS THE

SURVIVAL OF MANY SPECIES, AND REDUCES THE ABILITY OF
FORESTS TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
 CAUSES

• DEFORESTATION HAPPENS FOR MANY REASONS,

SUCH AS LOGGING, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL
DISASTERS, URBANIZATION AND MINING;

• THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEFORESTATION IS HUMAN

ACTIVITY;

• ONLY 11 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS ARE

DESIGNATED FOR CONSERVATION.
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 EFFECTS:
• THE EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION ARE LONG
LASTING AND DEVASTATING;

• ENTIRE SPECIES OF INSECTS AND ANIMALS HAVE

DISAPPEARED BECAUSE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF
THEIR HABITATS;

• DEFORESTATION CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC

FLOODING AS WELL. ALSO, SCIENTISTS SEE THAT
DEFORESTATION HAS A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON
CLIMATE CHANGE, OR GLOBAL WARMING.
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SOLUTIONS TO DEFORESTATION

• TREES PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN PROTECTING OUR

ENVIRONMENT IN SEVERAL WAYS. FEWER FORESTS
MEAN THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PLANET
EARTH IS ENDANGERED. SO FAR, THERE ARE ACTIONS
AND MEASURES THAT ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN TO
CURTAIL DEFORESTATION, A MOVE TOWARDS SAVING
OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND REPAIRING THE
DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED FOR MORE THAN A
CENTURY.
• GREEN BUSINESS CONCERNS RE-USE AND RECYCLING. GREEN METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND
UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES CAN IMMEASURABLY REDUCE DEFORESTATION;

• DUE TO THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF FOREST DESTRUCTION, EFFORTS TO STOP THE HUMAN ACTIVITIES
CAN BE COMPLEMENTED BY LAWS AND REGULATION AT GOVERNMENTAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
LEVELS;

• COMMUNITY FORESTRY IS WHEREBY LOCAL COMMUNITIES TOGETHER WITH THEIR LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS SCHOOLS, CORPORATE, AND UNIVERSITIES
JOIN HANDS TO START LOCALIZED TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT OF THEIR LOCAL
FORESTS.