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Forest degradation

What is WWF doing about these problems?

Behind deforestation often lies forest degradation, a process whereby destruction occurs gradually. Climate change, forest fires and illegal logging are driving this kind of deforestation.

Forest fires

Fire in the Pantanal

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Climate change

Rainforest, Manuripi National Wildlife Reserve, Pando, Bolivia. (c) WWF-Canon / Eduardo Ruiz

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Illegal logging

illegal logging activities in the Peruvian lowland rainforests. (c) WWF-Canon / André BÄRTSCHI

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