People always was and possibly always could be to a degree depending on forests. Trees were their habitat, their environment, their source of food and their protection from enemies. Forests are important to man, and other organisms, and one of the most biggest problems the realm is facing today is the specter of totally losing the forests with the aid of massive deforestation and suffering the damaging effects of deforestation.
Deforestation could be defined because the large scale removal of forests. Deforestation occurs when forests are converted to non-forest areas for urbanization, agriculture, and other reasons without sufficient reforestation. It’s the permanent destruction of forests and woodlands.