Role of Climate Change

Extreme weather events like droughts, floods, and wildfires that can harm forests and make them more susceptible to pests and illnesses are one way that climate change leads to deforestation. By releasing carbon into the atmosphere and lowering the planet's capacity to absorb carbon via biological processes like photosynthesis, deforestation also plays a role in climate change.

Climate change has resulted in extended droughts in the Amazon rainforest, one of the greatest regions of deforestation in the world, making the forest more vulnerable to fires and pests. Moreover, research has demonstrated that Amazonian deforestation makes a sizable contribution to global carbon emissions, aggravating climate change.

Regionally specific community plans for mitigating or adapting to deforestation brought on by climate change may include techniques like reforestation, sustainable land use, and the creation of alternative economic models that do not rely on the extraction of natural resources. In rare circumstances, indigenous people may also have customs and expertise that can support attempts at adaptation and mitigation.