You’ve heard the term, but do you know the true facts about deforestation? The makers of paper products do. But trust us: ...

Deforestation is a major man-made source of ... Forests naturally act as a storage unit, or "sink," for carbon emissions into the atmosphere, absorbing about one-third of the carbon dioxide ...

So when we cut the trees down we release that carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. And…we’ve just cut down the very things that could lock it away again. If deforestation was a country it ...

The situation is further complicated by the fact that deforestation also contributes to global climate change, as a result of carbon trapped in forest ecosystems being released to the atmosphere ...

Ash: When woodland habitats are destroyed, that is called 'deforestation ... clever because they take in the carbon dioxide and release oxygen. And then the cycle starts all over again.