FORESTRY
FOREST PROTECTION
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reforestation
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contour farming
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illegal logging
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habitat restoration
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation. Eighty per cent of global forest loss is due to converting forests to farmland to produce agricultural commodities, such as beef, palm oil, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee and timber which are largely exported.
Detailed explanation-2: -Illegal logging is having a devastating impact on the world’s forests. Its effects include deforestation, the loss of biodiversity and fuelling climate change. This creates social conflict with Indigenous and local populations and leads to violence, crime and human rights abuses.
Detailed explanation-3: -50% to 90% of deforestation in the Amazon, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia is due to illegal logging.
Detailed explanation-4: -Industrial Agriculture. Look no further than your dinner plate, because industrial agriculture accounts for around 85% of deforestation worldwide. Timber Logging. Mining. Expansion and Infrastructure. Climate Change. 07-Jul-2020