Deforestation

Forest covers 31% of the land on our planet. They produce significant oxygen and provide homes for humans and wildlife. Many of the world's most endangered animals live in the forest and 6 billion people rely on the benefits provided by forests such as food, freshwater, clothing, traditional medicine, shelter, etc. .

However, forests around the world are threatened by deforestation and compromise these benefits. Forest logging takes a variety of forms, including fire, deforestation, development and development of pastures, harvest of unsustainable timber, and deterioration due to climate change. It affects people's lives and threatens various flora and fauna. We lose 18.7 million acres of forest every year, which is equivalent to 27 soccer fields per minute.

Because the forest functions as a carbon sink, it plays an important role in mitigating climate change. Otherwise it absorbs carbon dioxide which is released into the atmosphere and leads to a continuous change in climate pattern. Forest logging impairs this important carbon sinking function. It is estimated that 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions are due to deforestation.

Forest destruction is of particular concern in tropical rain forests, a habitat for many biodiversity in the world. For example, in the last 50 years approximately 17% of Amazon's forests have been lost. This is mainly due to the conversion from pasture to cattle meadow. Forest logging in this area is particularly prevalent in areas with high population near roads and rivers, but even when you find valuable mahogany, gold or oil, even remote areas are infringed.

WWF has been engaged in forest protection since 50 years ago. WWF will focus on protected area management and sustainable forests and work with governments, businesses, communities and other stakeholders to promote responsible forest management practice certification, fight against illegal logging, reform of trade policy and Protection of forest areas

People with problems can not be named or drawn because they are secret investigators of deforestation monitoring organizations called Eye of the Forest (EoF). They often keep safety to protect one of the 30 mountains of Sumatra's last tropical rainforest in Indonesia.

The goal of Colombia is to zero the net forest logging of the Amazon region by 2020 and try to eliminate all deforestation by 2030. However, large-scale deforestation is taking place. In 2016, the deforestation rate of the country increased by 44% compared with the previous year or nearly 179,000 hectares of forest was lost. We saw success now. In the project of the Kakta district, which was devastated by the 52 years of armed conflict in the country, there were farmers who adopted Silvapascher bypassing traditional livestock systems including a wide range of grazing and zero rotation. Forestry grazing system combines forestry and grazing to improve soil fertility and improve the benefits of cattle feed.

In recent decades there has been a big change in the trend of deforestation. Today, export - led industry is a change from the past few decades, and more deforestation has been done than ever. This change is important. Companies are more likely to defore than smaller farmers, but they are more sensitive to environmentalism pressure. Therefore, in recent years, it is easier and more ethical to pursue a company than a green group pursues poor farmers.

As a result of the suspension of deforestation led by enterprises, the ultimate task of zeroing deforestation will become more complex and incentives for small farmers will be required. But at least we understand now that we are not making choices between protecting forests and feeding to poor farmers. Forest logging is a commercial proposal driven by the needs of distant consumers.

Forest logging includes deforestation, incineration and destruction of forests (Deforestation 2006). In Costa Rica, most deforestation is due to the necessity of farmland. There are three main types of deforestation in tropical regions. In countries with a recession, people look to agriculture to meet the needs of daily living. The poor peasants moved to agricultural settlements and cut several acres of land for agriculture. They then burned stumps and released nutrients to the soils needed to raise crops. In the tropical rainforest, this is essential, as almost all the nutrients necessary to maintain life are contained in plants and trees, not in the soil. This process is known as slash-and-burn agriculture (Jordan 2006). In a poor country, such agriculture is the only way people can survive. They raise crops to feed themselves and sell to earn money. This may happen in only three years