# Deforestation Causes & Scale

Understand the causes and scale of rainforest deforestation — cattle ranching (largest driver in the Amazon), soy and palm oil plantations, logging for timber, and mining — and know that approximately 10 million hectares of forest are lost globally each year, with devastating consequences for biodiversity, climate, and indigenous communities

Builds on: The Amazon Rainforest (soft, https://ai.page/c/the-amazon-rainforest/en.md), Rainforest Biodiversity (hard, https://ai.page/c/rainforest-biodiversity/en.md), Changing Environments (soft, https://ai.page/c/changing-environments/en.md)

Concept id: deforestation-causes-and-scale. Subject: science. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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