deforestation
Deforestation Deforestation is increasing as a global concern. In recent years deforestation has risen to dangerous levels. This reason is mainly due to the fact that most people have no idea what deforestation is. ... The concerns no longer center on deforestation but in the effects it will have in our environment in the future. ... Deforestation is the clearing the land of forest or trees. ... The causes of deforestation are broad. ... Nowhere on earth is the threat of biological impoverishment because of deforestation greater than in the Amazon Basin of South America. ... Recent estimates of deforestation suggest that between 1 to 3 million hectares are being cleared annually in the Amazon Basin.