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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Answer 1

Amazon is clearing land for soy or beef production. Indonesia/Malaysia it’s for oil palm cultivation. It’s absolutely devastating – removing the most ecologically productive and diverse terrestrial ecosystems for monocultures is permanent, and results in obscene amounts of emissions; palm oil plantations are also known as the silent forests since there’s no animal life in them…