because consumers are greedy and don't know whats good for our planet; also so they can start construction on the land they clear(for more money)
the answer is that over 34 million chrismas trees are cut down each year.
1.5 Million trees are cut down everyday for the making of cigarettes. That's over 500 Million trees a year! Shocking, but paper uses more.
25 millions of trees are cut in india
52,560,000 million trees get cut down a year
about 4 million in the USA
about 34 million about 34 million
To make paper
In 1999 it was estimated roughly 14,000,000 trees were cut down to make 10 Billion paper bags for the United States alone.
There are over 29 million trees that are cut down each year. 100 trees per minute are cut down in the rainforest to provide the materials to build homes, make furniture and paper.
500 million
An average beaver can cut down 200 trees in a year
25-35 million trees