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Illegal logging drives deforestation, biodiversity loss and climate change. It can deprive forest communities of livelihoods, and the natural resources they rely on, and lead to human rights violations, unrest and violence .
Deforestation affects upland and lowland communities alike, and causes many problems including increased open access, marginalization of the uplands, migration of lowlanders to the uplands, inadequate livelihood opportunities in the uplands, decreasing forest productivity, increased erosion and siltation, loss of biodiversity and deterioration of watersheds.
The environmental effects of illegal logging include deforestation, the loss of biodiversity and the emission of greenhouse gases. Illegal logging has contributed to conflicts with indigenous and local populations, violence, human rights abuses, corruption, funding of armed conflicts and the worsening of poverty.
What are the 5 effects of deforestation?
The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for indigenous people.
