Two-third of all plants and animals are living in our forests. Thousands of different plants, insects and other animals are
depending on forests. We have to stop deforestation, or we risk losing many species like jaguars, bears, tigers and elephants. These mammals
depend on sufficient natural territory to survive in the wild.
Not just animal and plant species need the forests, people are
depending on forests too. They often provide basic needs like food, clean water, firewood and certain medicines. Furthermore, the earth's forests are vital in producing oxygen and absorbing carbon dioxide in the form of carbon in planttissue, thus playing an important role in slowing down global warming.
Forests also control rainfall by regulating the evaporation of water from soil.
Land
Forests
Thousands
of years ago, forests covered almost half the earth's surface. We destroyed so
many forest area, that only about a fifth of the original forests remain. Most destruction has happened in the last fifty years alone. Imagine loosing an area the size of a soccer
pitch every two seconds? Because our forests disappear, we are
also losing a unique part of the world's 
First of all, we need to consume less wood. This is possible by increased 