{"id":3126,"date":"2022-04-27T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2022-06-30T09:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T09:22:40","slug":"what-are-the-consequences-of-deforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/what-are-the-consequences-of-deforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Consequences of Deforestation?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In 2019, something remarkable happened. The world raised its collective voice over forest fires and deforestation across the Amazon rainforest. Never had the world united in such a way in anguish at the destruction of the “lungs of the Earth”.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Deforestation<\/a> became a global issue because more people recognised the consequences of deforestation.<\/span><\/p>\n What’s more remarkable is what followed, away from much of the world’s eyes. The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who favoured opening up the forests to more fires and destruction, had to back down due to international pressure. He had favoured selling more parts of the Amazon to agricultural and mining companies and ignored the rights of indigenous communities.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n But, he came under sustained pressure from international non-governmental organisations, financial companies, investors and even European governments to instead protect the Amazon. It was perhaps the first time such international pressure succeeded<\/a> against a determined world leader.<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Deforestation has a devastating impact on indigenous communities, livelihoods, economic development, in addition to climate change and the health of our planet.<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> This impact is not always visible immediately. In some cases, the impact may take years to materialise, but it is inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n The impact on indigenous communities cannot be underestimated. Around the world, an estimated 300 million people still live in and among forests.<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> This ranges from Latin America \u2013 where the Amazon covers several countries \u2013 to India, where the vast majority of the country still lives in rural areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Over 1.6 billion lives also depend on forests along with inumerous species and animals. People depend on forests for food, resources and employment. Sustainable forests create forestry jobs for managing and tending them. Moreover, millions of people need forests for as much as 90 per cent of their family fuel needs. Hundreds of millions of jobs also directly depend on the wood, forestry and timber industries worldwide. Deforestation is therefore destructive for jobs, as well as livelihoods.<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nWhat are the effects of deforestation?<\/h2>\n