In a healthy forest ecosystem, trees draw moisture from the soil and release it into the atmosphere while they provide to lessen evaporation. thus, deforestation impacts rainfall patterns, leading to flooding as well as drought and forest fires. Deforestation is responsible for about one-fifth of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide, it a major contributor to climate change-in particular, global warming. In the Amazon basin alone, deforestation is responsible for millions of tons of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere annually. Some logging companies burn large tracts of forest just to facilitate access to one area-a practice that discharges even more carbon dioxide.