Resource
Réagir: deforestation - introduction
Description
Every year, 130,000 km2 of forests are cut down. This area equal more than
three times Switzerland or one football terrain every 2 seconds !
The principal reasons are the production of paper, the conversion of forests
into cropland, the production of palm oil for the cosmetic industry.
Even if tropical forests are far away from us, our daily consumption is not
disconnected from this: importation of fodder for our cattle (e.g. Soya),
furniture in tropical wood (e.g. table made of teak), intensive use of paper, …
We can, by our consumption, help to reduce deforestation.
