<u>Reason for forest clearance, ( habitat destruction ):</u>
o Increased area for food crop growth, livestock production and housing.
o Extraction of natural resources.
o Loggers cut down the trees for timber and as raw material for the manufacture of paper and furniture.
o Forests are increasingly being converted into agricultural fields for the production of commodities with high global demands such as soybeans.
o Overpopulation. People need build homes and living space for which they need new lands to accommodate in.
o Expansion of infrastructure. For roads, factories, highways.
o Mining for minerals such as oil, aluminium, copper, gold and diamonds.
o Cattle ranching is the practice of raising herds of animals on large tracts of land. Ranchers commonly raise grazing animals such as cattle and sheep.
