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Deforestation
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Deforestation is destruction of forest land which is a major problem the world over. Logging, agricultural expansion, wars and mining are the major causes of deforestation.
To understand why deforestation is such a pressing and urgent issue, forests must first be given credit for what they bring to global ecosystems and the quality of life that all species maintain. Tropical forests are home to 50 to 80 per cent of all organisms. Deforestation not only endangers plant and animal life, it also endangers man.
From something as minor as the spices that flavour our food to life giving medicines, the rainforests amplify and save lives. In India, local people of Kumaon acknowledged their intimate connection with trees with the Chipko Movement -- a protest against widespread and rampant deforestation, where villagers hugged trees to save them from the woodcutter's axe.
