What Is Deforestation?

      Deforestation is the  removal of trees from an area of  forest. People have been cutting down trees since we first appeared,changing  the environment to suit our needs in order to provide things we need to live. In earlier times it gave us shelter, weapons and now it gives us paper, furniture and housing. Thousands of acres of forest have disappeared all over the world to fill our needs for wood and land, but they have to also meet the need for the plants and animals