How does

deforestation
affect us and
our
environment?

We need large expanses of forest to remove carbon

dioxide which is a greenhouse gas contributing to
global warming.
There will be less pure air or oxygen to breath as
trees serve to clean air by taking in CO2 and
releasing O2.
The natural habitat for wild animals and birds will
be destroyed which will lead to their extinction and
the consequently disturbance to the food chain

Deforestation will also increase floods, drought

and climate change and will also cause soil erosion
because trees help in binding soil with their roots.
The effect of deforestation on environment can
cause floods, fertility of the soil can be gone , there
will be soil erosion, water cycle can be disturbed
which results in drought and there will be
disturbance in nature and there cannot be any
shelter for any organisms.

Deforestation has
much economic
importance but the
bad effect is that

IT CAUSES
EROSION

It leads to
loss or
extinction of
wild life.

It exposes the
bush to burning

It destroys the
soil structure.

It contributes to
global warming by
removing the
carbon sinks (trees)
that absorb CO2
from the
atmosphere.

WHAT CAUSES
DEFORESTATION??
?

1. Agricultural Activities

2. Logging

3. Urbanization

4. Desertification of Land

5. Mining

6. Fires