Deforestation is the removal of forested areas, so that they no longer are forests.
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- Wikipedia: Deforestation Encyclopedia article explains deforestation and how it affects the environment.
- Photovault: Deforestation Contains many pictures of areas where forests have been cut down.
- Tropical Deforestation and Habitat Destruction Offers information on slash and burn agriculture, and the regrowth in a tropical rainforest.
- BBC News: Amazon 'Stealth' Logging Revealed Satellite research says deforestation of Brazil's Amazon has been underestimated by at least sixty percent.
- Rainforest Facts Explains the problems and solutions of rainforest deforestation. Included are facts and figures, which describe the important uses of this type of ecosystem and the rapid loss of wildlife and plant species, if nothing is done about this situation.
- EO Library: Tropical Deforestation Fact Sheet Explains why deforestation happens, and the rate at which forests are disappearing.
- National Geographic: Deforestation Shows photographs, satellite images, and video clips of deforestation and desertification.