The deforestation is happening as we speak, he says.

Illegal logging has decreased considerably.

Yet deforestation continues. Every year, we lose 14.6 million hectares (56,000 square miles) of forests an area almost four times the area of Switzerland.

Illegal logging continues today, with only ineffectual efforts made to stop it.

In the United States, deforestation began as soon as the colonies were settled.

De forestation currently accounts for roughly a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions.

Deforestation in the Amazon.

Developing countries ask why they should pay attention to global warming if rich countries are not prepared to curtail their own emissions sharply? Why should poor countries worry about how deforestation contributes to global warming when rich countries remain so profligate?

Why should poor countries worry about how deforestation contributes to global warming when rich countries remain so profligate?

Land clearing and logging by local people has become a major problem in the mountainous areas of Tajikistan, where wood is often the only available source of energy.

After all, desertification and deforestation helped fuel the rise, two decades earlier, of the Maoist guerilla group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) in Peru.

Forests are being cut down.

The film, titled Clear Cut Crimes, examines the collusion of illegal and legal businesses that are devastating the last of Europe's primeval forests.

Our investigation follows the money to expose the crime of illegal deforestation, an activity that risks environmental disaster and is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

And it s working Deforestation in Brazil slowed 70 to 80 percent from the early 2000s to today though it has risen slightly in recent years.

Birds abound in the woods.

Save the rainforest!

Lingonberries are abundant in the forests of Sweden.

Tom listened to the sounds of the forest.

For example, clear cutting a forest in the southern United States is not considered deforestation by FAO so long as the land remains designated as a production forest that is, clear cut and regrown at regular intervals.

In Canada, there are many areas where it is illegal to log trees.

If the tiger is conserved, the forest will be conserved, the conserved forest will conserve the tiger.

Forests contain huge amounts of carbon.

Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest

Tripple monitor setup, photo by Les Howard

Rainforests should be preserved.

He ran away in the direction of the wood.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There is a shortage of good building wood.

You can't see the forest behind the trees.

Forests are disappearing all over the country.

Scaffolding occupy 1 4 territories.

The capital of the territory is Nouméa.

The deforestation, the growth of human populations, needing more land.

A screen shot from 'Clear Cut Crimes' documentary by OCCRP and RISE Project.

But of course deep in the wood there are always fewer.'

Fishing nets floating in a river.

Twitter users also draw attention to some of the Kuna's handicrafts

It's like the spirit of the forest . Mizuki Production Company

A group started a campaign to preserve rain forests.

When they look at the forest, they don't see the trees.

Forests cover around 9.4 of the earth's surface.

On behalf of your grandchildren, save the forests!

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