Deforestation is clearing the forest out on a massive scale. each year swaths the size of Panama are lost each year. Rain forest still cover 30% of the land we have today. At the rate were going we might not have rain forests in a few hundred years. The biggest reason why deforestation occurs other than money and jobs is agriculture. Farmers burn down acres of land just to grow crops and breed animals. Deforestation has many negative effects on the environment. the biggest effect is animals losing there habitat. 70% of land animals and plants live in rain forests. Taking away there habitat your making them were they cant survive.