Deforestation 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Subsistence farming Commercial farming Logging Cause of deforestation Definition – deforestation is the chopping down of trees and replacing it with something else. Causes – There are three main causes. Here we can see forest chopped down for commercial farming People who live in the rainforest can make money from… Growing crops to sell Growing crops to eat Leaving it as a forest 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% forest choped down forest remaining How many trees have been chopped down and how many are left? Chop or burn? Chopping down a forest with an axe is hard work. It is easier and quicker to burn the forest down. But this produces lots of greenhouse gases. CO 2 CO 2 CO 2