Deforestation is a primary contributor to climate change, and climate change affects the health of forests. Land use change, especially in the form of deforestation, is the second largest source of ca
Amazon slash-and-burn agriculture, Colombia
Biophysical mechanisms by which forests influence climate
Scioto grove reforestation area
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land t
Deforestation and climate change
…Deforestation is a primary contributor to climate change, and climate change affects the health of forests. Land use change, especially in the form of deforestation…
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Maranhão state, 2016
Deforestation in Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia to make way for an oil palm plantation in 2007
Deforestation in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, 2009
Deforestation in Ecuador.