Deforestation is the term that designates that process that implies a progressive reduction of the forest mass, that is, of the forests and plants that are present in an area. It is also often referred to as felling of trees and it is almost always the direct consequence of the intervention of the man in the forest surfaces.
The needs of the timber industry, and other activities such as mining, agriculture and livestock are those that normally generate the felling and burning of trees and plants to just provide raw materials and use the soils indiscriminately and uncontrollably to make concrete. his objectives.
It is worth noting that deforestation is the stage prior to desertification, in which fertile lands are transformed into deserts as a result of soil erosion. One of the most recurrent causes that generates this state of affairs described is the indiscriminate felling of forests.
Unfortunately these dramatic scenarios that can be observed in almost all over the world in which affected habitats are seriously damaged in terms of loss and extinction of native species happen because logging is not accompanied by a corresponding reforestation that balances and restores in some way the pre-existing natural dynamics.
The environment is therefore the main affected by this situation and this is clearly manifested in the climate change that we can see in all parts of the planet: intense rains that end in tremendous floods and many other climatic phenomena that occur in an oversized way.
The solution to this problem is simple but requires a political decision on the one hand, and on the other hand, the collaboration of man with regard to respecting the trees, plants and the rest of the living organisms with which they coexist.
Fortunately and with regard to politics, in recent years, the rulers, became aware of the problems generated by these indiscriminate actions to the healthy life of the planet and then the issue has been included in the agendas of all countries, promoting public policies in this sense, and also the subject has become a topic of discussion in the main world meetings.
