{"id":3526,"date":"2020-11-11T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=3526"},"modified":"2020-11-11T20:15:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T20:15:03","slug":"what-is-deforestation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-deforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is deforestation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3526\" class=\"elementor elementor-3526\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27b884a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27b884a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3564 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/introduction-to-forests\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Introduction to forests<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3563 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-forests\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of forests<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3562 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/layers-of-a-forest\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Layers of a forest<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3561 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-forestry\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is forestry?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3560 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/importance-of-forests\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Importance of forests<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3559 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-deforestation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is deforestation?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3558 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/degradation-and-fragmentation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Degradation and fragmentation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3572 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-deforestation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of deforestation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3573 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-can-i-do-about-deforestation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What can I do about deforestation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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These include clearing for farming purposes, ranching, and urban use. In these cases, trees are never re-planted.<\/p><h6><i>About 2,000 trees per minute are cut in the rainforests. Also shockingly, 36 million acres of natural forest are lost each year.<\/i><\/h6><p>Since the industrial age, about half of the world&#8217;s original forests have been destroyed, and millions of animals and living things have been endangered. Despite the improvements in education, information, and general awareness of the importance of forests, deforestation has not reduced much, and there are still many more communities and individuals who destroy forest lands for personal gains.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3692\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3692\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/deforestation-for-construction-purposes.jpg\" alt=\"Why do people clear forest lands?\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/deforestation-for-construction-purposes.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/deforestation-for-construction-purposes-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why do people clear forest lands?<\/figcaption><\/figure><h3>Why do humans clear forest lands?<\/h3><ul><li>Trees are cut down (deforestation) for many reasons including:<br \/>To be used, sold, or exported as timber, wood, or fuel (charcoal). This is called logging.<\/li><li>To be used for farming purposes (grazing fields for livestock, or large-scale farming activities)<\/li><li>To make room for human settlement and urbanization (these include making space for shelter, industries, and roads)<\/li><li>To make room for mining.<\/li><\/ul><p>For all the reasons above, the trees cut are usually very well developed trees that have taken many years to mature. 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