A dramatic example is the number of wild elephants in Thailand is less than 10% of what it was thirty years ago, due to the destruction of their forest home. Teh great destruction of the teak forests has caused a ban on all teak logging and as a result the number of working elephants has dramatically fallen. Teh bruing of forests by poor farmers to clear lasd for crops has altered local climates. The cutting down of forests for mining and other industrial purposes has caused massive pollution as well as climate change. All of these things cause the destruction of many species of plants and animals together with the natural disasters of flooding etc.
The effects of deforestation
(1) Teh loss of forest directly reduces the amount of our four essentials for living: food and water, housing, clothing and medictine.
(2) Teh land dries out because there are no trees to hold the water in the soil.
(3) Without forests other important vegetation dies.
(4) Wild animals, birds etc., will die and become extinct because they no longer have their natural forest homes.