Deforested hills near Manakara, Madagascar, Africa

Akha hill tribe village, with deforested hills destroyed by slash and burn farming by tribes in the background, Chiang Rai province, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Looking down on deforested forest slopes from the air, being replaced by farmland for subsistence agriculture in Malawi. The country is suffering rapid deforestation, to provide both land for farming, and for making charcoal, the main cooking fuel in Malawi.

Looking down on deforested forest slopes from the air, being replaced by farmland for subsistence agriculture in Malawi. The country is suffering rapid deforestation, to provide both land for farming, and for making charcoal, the main cooking fuel in malawi.

Looking down on deforested forest slopes from the air, being replaced by farmland for subsistence agriculture in Malawi. The country is suffering rapid deforestation, to provide both land for farming, and for making charcoal, the main cooking fuel in Malawi.

A farmstead on the zomba plateau which has been heavily deforested to provide a rapidly increasing population with land.