Logging, or cutting down trees in a forest to harvest timber for wood, products or fuel, is a primary driver of deforestation. ... Farmers clear the land for crops or for cattle and often will clear acres of land using slash and burn techniques -- cutting down trees and then burning them.

How is logging destroying the rainforest?

Typical logging operations are quite damaging to the rainforest ecosystem. ... Selective logging—as usually practiced—degrades forest because the felling of a single large tree can bring down dozens of surrounding trees which are linked to the target tree by vines and lianas.

What is deforestation logging?

If we examine the strictest definitions of the terms, we will find that logging is described as the commercial felling of trees to make other products. Deforestation, on the other hand, is defined as the complete removal of the forest and all of its associated life forms.