"The planet has already lost 80 percent of its forest cover to deforestation"
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Some of causes of deforestation seem like they don't have a large affect, for example logging is only 2-3%. Although that percentage seems small, that is still mass amounts of areas of trees being cut down that are severely harming the biodiversity of the Amazon rainforest.
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http://coleadamrd.blogspot.com/2013/04/4-ways-to-make-every-day-earth-day.html
http://worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/
http://www.worldpreservationfoundation.org/blog/news/deforestation-statistics/#.UZLP8eBJ-yE
http://save-trees.org/tree-facts/
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/
http://www.worldpreservationfoundation.org/blog/news/deforestation-statistics/#.UZLP8eBJ-yE
http://save-trees.org/tree-facts/