Deforestation

What is deforestation? It is the clearing of earth's forests on a massive scale, usually resulting in damaging the soil quality. There are many reasons for people cutting down our forests but one of the most of them are related to money. **Another big one is small time farmers. They will usually clear a few acres to feed their live stock and make more room for planting crops.**

Unintentional Deforestation - This is caused by natural forces such as forest fires and over grazing by animals.

Intentional Deforestation - This is caused by people cutting down forests for many reasons. These reasons include money, **room for livestock and more room for growing crops.**

The effects of deforestation: Deforestation can have many negative effects on the environment such as loss of habitat for many species, which is the most dramatic of them all. Many of the plant and animals on earth live in forests and cannot survive with out the forest itself. With out the canopy provided by the trees the temperatures change dramatically from the day to the night, and is extremely harmful. It is also a big part in climate change. with the cover from the trees, the once soft and moist forest soil will dry out and can quickly become a barren desert. **The trees also absorb the green house gases that fuel climate change. Without them there would a huge increase of green house gases in our atmosphere**. **In addition, when these trees are cut down and grinded up, it releases large amounts of carbon back into the atmosphere which is how deforestation primarily contributes to the increase of global warming.** When the trees are cut down it depl etes our oxygen supply because the trees absorb the carbon dioxide that we breath out and in return it provides us with the oxygen that need to breath in order to live.

How can we fix it? To fix this problem we can stop clear cutting and plant new trees for every one that is cut down. If we stop clear-cutting then we can make sure that the forests still stay intact. If we do that and plant new trees then we will repopulate the forests of the world.