Causes of Deforestation

Deforestation is a global phenomenon. And there are many factors that can cause or contribute to deforestation: forest fires, agriculture, cattle ranching, palm oil production, subsistence farming, logging for timbre, mining, infrastructure building, charcoal production, and lastly firewood collection.

But here I will only focus on 3 main causes which affect Singaporeans:


 Agriculture

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Urbanisation

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Forest Fires

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