Why is deforestation still such a huge problem if we are using less and less paper?

Question

As we covert to a more digital world, why is there still a “need” for so many trees? Is it just for farmland/livestock acres or other products?

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I’m really not sure that as we move to a more digital world, we are using less paper. Unfortunately, when the office computer was invented, so was the laser printer. It made it extremely easy to print multiple copies of very long documents. According to a newspaper report that I will not link to because I hate them so much, paper usage increased by 50% from 1980 to 2012.