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Deforestation began because native people needed flat land to farm on (for agriculture), so they cut down/burned the rainforest and planted crops in its place. However, rainforest soil is actually very infertile, and once they'd stayed for 1-5 years, they had to leave and rip down the forest all over again in a different area because the soil in the first area no longer sustained the crops.

While this takes place in developing areas mostly, some logger companies from or working for more developed nations cut down the trees for the wood to make raw wood/planks for furniture and all forms of paper (including the stuff you use at school and toilet paper.)

By the way, deforestation is still occurring today.

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