Deforestation is an ecological problem that affects animals and plants that live in the forest and it is happening here in Costa Rica.

Another possible cause is that our population is growing so we have to make more room.

A final cause is that lots of farmers are planting things like pineapple, rice ,teak, palm oil, and bananas. This is called mono crop farming.

There are many effects of deforestation. First, deforestation can cause species loss and if it does then the whole ecosystem will collapse.

Additionally if we keep cutting down trees, then there will be no oxygen to breathe.

A final possible effect is fragmentation. This is a problem because animals can't migrate.

There are many possible solutions to help end deforestation.

First you can start planting trees so that the animals can move and this fixes fragmentation.

In addition you can stop encouraging cattle farming. If people stop supporting and wanting meat from cattle, then the farmers will stop cutting down tree.

Finally we can start backyard farming. If we start our own small farms, we don't need to cut down trees to make room for bigger crops.

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