Deforestation is the significant reduction of forest areas, primarily due to agriculture, urbanization, and forest fires, which adversely impacts ecosystems, biodiversity, and climate. Major consequences include increased global warming, flooding, and wildlife extinction. To combat deforestation, strategies such as tree planting, education, and recycling are essential.

1. DEFORESTATION

2. Do you know about Deforestation?
Deforestation refers to the decrease in forest areas
across the world that are lost for other uses such as
agricultural croplands, urbanization or mining activities. It
has been negatively affecting natural ecosystems,
biodiversity and the climate.

3. CAUSES OF
DEFORESTATION

4. Agriculture
Commercial or industrial agriculture cause
around 40% of forest loss – in the search for
space to grow food, fibers or biofuel (such as
palm oil, maize, cotton, sugar cane and many
more)

5. Forest fires
We lose large number of trees
each year due to fires in the
forest. These Fires, whether
causes by man or nature
results in huge loss of forest
cover.

6. Urbanization
With the expansion of cities
and also due to population
growth, more land is needed to
establish housing and
settlements. Therefore forest
land is reclaimed.

7. Effects of
Deforestation

8. Increase in Global
Warming
Trees play a major role in controlling global
warming. The trees utilize greenhouse gases,
restoring the balance in the atmosphere. With
constant deforestation, the ratio of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere has increased.

9. Floods
When it rains, trees absorb and store a
large amount of water with the help of
their roots. When they are cut down, the
flow of water is disrupted, and the soil
loses its ability to retain water. It leads to
floods in some areas and droughts in
others.

10. Wildlife Extinction
Due to the massive felling down of trees,
various animal species are lost. They lose
their habitat and also forced to move to a
new location. Many of them are even pushed
to extinction.

11. How to Reduce
and Prevent
Deforestation?

12. Plant a Tree where you can
Educate Others

13. Use less paper
Recycle paper and cardboard

14. If we can understand what
forests can do for us,
We can stop deforestation.

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