where is the majority of deforestation currently taking place
Africa
title: Deforestation text: remain of the original of forest that formerly covered the Earth. An area the size of a football pitch is cleared from the Amazon rainforest every minute, with of rainforest cleared for animal agriculture overall. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat, the overwhelming direct cause of deforestation is agriculture. Subsistence farming is responsible for 48% of deforestation; commercial agriculture is responsible for 32%; logging is responsible for 14%, and fuel wood removals make up 5%. Experts do not agree on whether industrial logging is an important contributor to global deforestation. Some argue that poor title: Deforestation in the United States text: Deforestation in the United States Deforestation in the United States is an ongoing environmental issue that attracts protests from environmentalists. Prior to the arrival of European-Americans, about one half of the United States land area was forest, about estimated in 1630. Recently, the Forest Service reported total forestation as in 2012. The majority of deforestation took place prior to 1910 with the Forest Service reporting the minimum forestation as around 1920. The forest resources of the United States have remained relatively constant through the 20th century. The 2005 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) "Global Forest Resources Assessment" ranked the United title: Deforestation and climate change text: Deforestation and climate change Deforestation is one of the main contributors to climate change. It comes in many forms, natural fires, agricultural clear cutting, livestock ranching, and untenable logging for timber, degradation due to climate change, and etc. Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet and annually, 18.7 million acres of forest is lost. Deforestation is a mass elimination of trees which continues to threaten tropical forests, their biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide. The main area of concern of deforestation is in tropical rainforest since it is home to the majority of the biodiversity. There title: Deforestation by region text: Deforestation by region Rates and causes of deforestation vary from region to region around the world. In 2009, 2/3 of the world forests were in 10 top countries: 1) Russia, 2) Brazil, 3) China, 4) United States, 5) Canada, 6) Australia, 7) Congo, 8) Indonesia, 9) Peru and 10) India. World annual deforestation is estimated as 13.7 million hectares a year, equal to the area of Greece. Only half of this area is compensated by new forests or forest growth. In addition to directly human-induced deforestation, the growing forests have also been affected by climate change, increasing risks of storms, title: Deforestation in the United States text: woodpecker, and Bachman's warbler. Deforestation in the United States Deforestation in the United States is an ongoing environmental issue that attracts protests from environmentalists. Prior to the arrival of European-Americans, about one half of the United States land area was forest, about estimated in 1630. Recently, the Forest Service reported total forestation as in 2012. The majority of deforestation took place prior to 1910 with the Forest Service reporting the minimum forestation as around 1920. The forest resources of the United States have remained relatively constant through the 20th century. The 2005 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) "Global Forest Resources