How do humans interact with rainforests?

Answer 1

People interact with rain forests by cutting down trees, which results in loss of habitat for animals and runoff during heavy rains. 2024 square meters of the rain forest have been destroyed and lost every second. The reason rain forests are being destroyed is that multinational logging companies make lots of money cutting down the trees and selling them. Also, land owners want the wood to sell and for heating and shelter. Humans interact with rain forests because of wood for both timber and making fires, agriculture for both small and large farms, land for poor farmers who don't have anywhere else to live, grazing land for cattle, pulp for making paper road construction and extraction of minerals and energy. It is thought that destroying the rainforest would cause nearly half of the world's species of plants and animals to be destroyed or threatened in the next quarter century.