What is Deforestation?
Deforestation/Habitat loss is the process where natural rain forests are cleared or removed from its original place in the ecosystem. This process does occur naturally, however it comes rarely, it is usually triggered by forest fires. This does not completely damage the forest, because the fire actually fertilizes the trees on the soil, this helps new healthier trees to grow, and it doesn't affect the whole forestal area. However a new threat has come to the forestal environment, that threat is man. Man has been clearing out forestal areas until the point where the trees aren't able to grow as fast to repopulate the population. Humans have been clearing rainforests by logging/or burning, these two ways of clearing forestal areas are both terrible. We as human beings require more space and land to develop in the future, however gaining property through deforestation is hurting the environment every single second of everyday. Humans clear forests mainly from 3 reasons; industrial uses, agriculture, and livestock, an estimated 18 million acres of forest are lost each year due to these acts, that is roughly as large as Panama.
The government has attempted to limit deforestation, however it only helps to some extent, this is due to illegal deforestation, and mostly because it is almost too late, the balance of the environment has been effected entirely. Less than 10% of original forests are still intact. As humans clear forestal areas, trees become less and less in the world, and as we know that trees absorb Co2 (carbon dioxide), and produces oxygen, and as our population increases constantly, human beings administer more and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and without trees to absorb it, the balance of carbon dioxide in the world will be chaotic. Deforestation does not only affect the environment, but it also effect the wildlife that inhabits the forestal area. As deforestation takes away the habitat from the wildlife, the animals that are forced to live in a much tighter space and it will disrupt the ecosystem and the way of life of the wildlife.
The video below shows a brief explanation about deforestation by CNN