What is Deforestation? What are the Causes of Deforestation?

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Cutting of trees in Larger scale is called as Deforestation.
Causes of Deforestation are:

Agricultural Expansion

Urbanization

Mining

Construction of dams

Timber Production

Forest fire

Cyclones

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