Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests to make land available for other uses. An estimated 18 million acres of forest are lost each year according to the FAO. About half of the world's tropical forests have been cleared, forests currently cover 30% of the world's land, and deforestation contributes 6-12% of annual global carbon dioxide emissions.

1. C V Anusree
B.Ed Natural Science
G. C. T. E, Thycaud

2. is the
permanent destruction of
forests in order to make the
land available for other uses.
• An estimated 18 million
acres (7.3 million hectares)
of forest are lost each year,
according FAO.

3. Some other statistics:-
• About half of the world's tropical forests have been cleared (FAO)
• Forests currently cover about 30 percent of the world’s land mass
(National Geographic)
• Forest loss contributes between 6 percent and 12 percent of annual
global
• carbon dioxide emissions (Nature Geoscience)
• About 36 football fields worth of trees lost every minute (World
Wildlife Fund (WWF)

7. Never happen this…………..