bearing witness to the destruction: deforestation and its impact on the natural balance

deforestation logging clearcutting habitat biodiversity climate carbon erosion soil reforestation sustainability timber lumber felling management afforestation monoculture conservation oldgrowth watershed rainforest ecosystem emissions illegal slashandburn planting industry primary secondary selective extinction fragmentation impact regeneration tropical temperate boreal storage restoration agroforestry policy degradation cover plantations practices biofuel bearing witness destruction: natural balance