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| When the forest is cut down in a process called LOGGING, the wood can be used to make houses, or to burn for heat. Very often it is EXPORTED to other countries. Because many countries are poor, they are forced to cut down large areas of the forest to make money quickly.
Cutting down the forest in an UNSUSTAINABLE way, so that it cannot recover, means that future generations of the country will be even poorer as they will have less NATURAL RESOURCES to use. Logging can also cause flooding, which can make many people and animals homeless.
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Can you think of some things in your home or school that are made of wood? It is important that when we buy wood we make sure it has not come from a rainforest that has been destroyed. Read more about each threat to the rainforest by clicking on the links to the right, or |
