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... This process, known as deforestation, involves the cutting down, burning, and damaging of forests. ... If the current rate of deforestation continues, the worlds rain forests will vanish within 100 years-causing unknown effects on global climate and eliminating the majority of plant and animal species on the planet.
Why Deforestation Happens
Deforestation occurs in many ways. ...
Commercial logging is another common form of deforestation, cutting trees for sale as timber or pulp. ...
The causes of deforestation are very complex. ... Deforestation by a peasant farmer is often done to raise crops for self-subsistence, and is driven by the basic human need for food. ...
There are other reasons for deforestation, such as to construct towns or dams which flood large areas. Yet, these latter cases constitute only a very small part of the total deforestation. ... Bruno Manser-Fonds (1998) reports that many corporation, such Nestle, Pirelly, Mitsubichi and Marubeny, are responsible for deforestation and migration in the Amazon, because of their large-scale of logging and other activities (such oil palm and rubber plantation). ...
Logging does not bring deforestation immediately.
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