Deforestation

1. Deforestation

2. Consequences

2.1. Drought

2.2. Animals lose their homes

2.3. Soil Erosion

3. Causes

3.1. Illegal logging

3.2. Fuelwood harvesting

3.3. Fires

4. Countries with the highest deforestation rates in the word

4.1. 1) Honduras: -37%

4.2. 2) Nigeria: -36%

4.3. 3) The Philippines: -32%

5. Fun facts

5.1. About 36 football fields worth of trees lost every minute

5.2. Half of the tropical forests have gone already

5.3. Between 2000 and 2012, 2.3 million square kilometres of forests around the world were cut down.

5.4. As a result of deforestation, only 6.2 million square kilometres remain of the original 16 million square kilometres of forest that formerly covered the Earth.

6. How solve this problem?

6.1. Plant new trees

6.2. Move the animals to the nature reserve

6.3. Reduce your paper and wood consumption

6.4. Reduce your oil consumption

6.5. Reduce your beef consumption

6.6. Hold businesses accountable

6.7. Support the grassroots

6.8. Support Rainforest Action Network