A forest is not just a collection of trees, but a complex ecosystem that unites plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms and affects the climate, the state of drinking water, and the purity of the air.

Thousands of years ago, a huge part of the Earth’s surface was covered with forests. They spread to North America and occupied a significant part of Western Europe. Huge areas of Africa, South America and Asia were dense forests.

But with an increase in the number of people, their active development of land for economic needs, the process of deforestation began.

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