Environmental effects of deforestation

1.       Loss of traditional culture

2.       Loss of species

3.       Soil erosion

a.       Desertification

b.      Ground water lost to rapid surface run off

                                                               i.      Surface drinking water

                                                             ii.      Floods

c.       landslide

4.       Loss of forest products

a.       fuel wood scarcity

5.       Reduced absorption of CO2

a.       Global warming