What is deforestation?Deforestation is the process whereby natural forest are cleaned through logging and/or

burning, EITHER TO USE THE TIMBER OR TO REPLACE THE AREA FOR

ALTERNATIVE USES.

The total world forest loss

Till date is7.3million hectare

Per year

Almost half of world timber and

Up to 70% of paper is

comsumed Europe,US and

Japan alone.

12-15 Million hectares of forest are lost each year, equivalent of 36 football fields per minute

The worlds forests store

283 billion tons of carbon

Present in the biomass

Worldwide more than 1.6

billion people rely on forest

Products for all or Part of

Their livelihoods.

Deforestation causes 15% of global

Greenhouse gas emissions

It is estimated that about 50 to 100

Species of animals being lost each

day as a result of deforestation

Before After

Commercial logging

Roads and Rail ways

Fuelwood collection

Mining and drilling

FOREST FIRES

Clearance for living space

Clearance for agriculture

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Solution to reduce deforestation

Recycle more paper

Make more things electronic

Making computer more

affordable

Reforestation

By educating people dangers

deforestation and how to

prevent it

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