The loss of trees and other vegetation can result to climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding, increased gases in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for indigenous people. These are the effects of deforestation. The causes of deforestation can be either of natural causes or from human activities. The natural causes are hurricanes, natural forest fires, parasites-caused diseases, and floods. Human activities such as agricultural expansion, cattle breeding, timber extraction, miningoil extraction, dam construction, and intrastructure development are among the main causes of global deforestation.
