It would be difficult to imagine life without the beauty and richness of forests.
If humankind does not act quickly, however, planet Earth and all living
creatures are in danger of losing forests forever. Deforestation has already
resulted in the loss of over 80 percent of the natural of the world. Currently,
the disappearance of forests worldwide constitutes a global problem affecting the
temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest area of the US and British Columbia, and
more urgently, the tropical forests of Central and South America, Africa, Southeast
Asia, and Australia.