Direct human causes of deforestation include logging, agriculture, cattle ranching, mining, oil extraction and dam-building.

Loss of biodiversity: Logging often leads to the destruction of forest ecosystems, resulting in the loss of habitat for numerous plant and animal species.

More than half of Earth's rain forests have already been lost due to the human demand for wood and arable land.

27 июн. 2023 г. · An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost in 2022, as forest destruction rose by 10% compared to the previous year, according ...

In just the last 50 years, one third of tropical rainforests have been destroyed, 46-58 thousand square miles of forest are lost each year.

12 мая 2023 г. · It is estimated that over 20% of global rainforests have already been destroyed due to land clearing for agricultural production, logging, ...

4 дек. 2018 г. · The primary causes of forest degradation are logging activities, livestock grazing, and the construction of roads.

11 мар. 2020 г. · Rainforests, like all forests, begin with the soil. Despite the vast amount of life it supports, rainforest soils are actually very nutrient poor.

13 окт. 2023 г. · In just 50 years, almost 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed. Scientists warn that we're dangerously close to the forest's ...

23 нояб. 2021 г. · Since 1978 about one million square kilometers of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, ...