There are many effects caused by deforestation around the world; I'll mention quite a few more throughout these page. Here, though, are just a few examples of deforestation:
● In the last hundred years, the amount of rainforests in the world has been more than halved.
● The amount of natives to the forests has drastically reduced since deforestation has begun, through means of diseases, foods becoming extinct via logging camps, and sometimes even being killed by the deforesters.
● Highways through tropical rainforests have sometimes been proposed, had areas destroyed, and then not permitted to go ahead... meaning that rainforest area has been lost pointlessly.
● When trees are destroyed, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. Since trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, by removing them, not only do we lose oxygen; deforestation is a massive contributor to global warming, since, when chopped down, all the stored carbon dioxide in them is released, speeding up global warming.
Admittedly, good things can come from deforestation... but the bad effect on global warmingm the loss of native people, land, and animals far outweighs these points, and mostly is a very bad decision, considering what is lost.
Source: Rainforest Facts
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