Deforestation is the clearing of Earth's forests. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but people are still cutting down more and more.
Did you know that the world’s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate?
Forests are cut down either to make paper, furniture, houses, or stores.
Deforestation has many negative effects on the environment. The most dramatic impact is a loss of habitat for millions of species. Seventy percent of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Deforestation also drives climate change. It also causes desertification, which means that the land that was once a forest could become a desert.
Did you know that the world’s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate?
Forests are cut down either to make paper, furniture, houses, or stores.
Deforestation has many negative effects on the environment. The most dramatic impact is a loss of habitat for millions of species. Seventy percent of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Deforestation also drives climate change. It also causes desertification, which means that the land that was once a forest could become a desert.