What are some reasons why rainforests are being cleared?

Rainforests are also threatened by climate change **, which is contributing to droughts in parts of the Amazon and Southeast Asia. Drought causes die-offs of trees and dries out leaf litter, increasing the risk of forest fires, which are often set by land developers, ranchers, plantation owners, and loggers. read more

Major reason is beef production (reason for 80% of amazon deforestation) as around 7 kilos of grain is needed to make one kilo of beef. Also much land is needed for cattle to live and for production of food for them. Other reasons include increasing greed for wood and production of palm oil and soy. read more

Rainforests are cleared up because of the following reasons:- LOGGING Cutting of trees in the rainforests by the logging companies is to obtain timber. They cut large trees like teak; mahogany for making furniture and the smaller one is used to produce the charcoal. The trees with quality wood are used to obtain timber and other is for wood chipping. read more