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MASSIVE 3M SLICE FROM A TREE FALLEN IN THE STORMS!

DEFORESTATION: A THREAT TO PEOPLE AND NATURE

From the air we breathe to the wood we use, forests are essential to our lives. They’re home to more than half of the world’s land-based species, and globally, over 1 billion people live in and around forests and rely on it for food, shelter and livelihoods. After oceans, forests are the largest storehouses of carbon. But we're losing forests at an alarming rate. 

Two-thirds of global forest cover loss is occuring mainly in the tropics and sub-tropics, where vast clusters of deforestation hotspots are destroying the important ecosystem services forests provide. 

Over 43 million hectares, an area roughly the size of Morocco, was lost in these 'deforestation fronts' between 2004 and 2017.

Deforestation puts human health and the health of our planet at risk. From policymakers to companies to consumers, urgent action is needed to halt forest loss!

My painting shows an area being cleared and trees falling!

The beauty of the animals around are at threat and while the Silverback looks on guarding his home and the baby hides with a tear in his eye, soon they will be forced out of the forest they call home as Man continues to clear the forest and their ecosystem struggles to survive!