Deforestation In Your Country

Deforestation in Vanuatu

1) Logging in Vanuatu is a limited industry. There is some logging on the main Island of Efate and also Santo. Apart from that logging is very limited. 36% of Vanuatu is covered by forests. Vanuatu is utilizing more forests than is being planted and some of the customary landowners are developing their logged forest areas for other activities, like the rearing of cattle.

2) Unfortunately the environment is affected by deforestation; 13% of the 108 species of animals are endangered due to deforestation. If the amount of deforestation was reduced it most likely wouldn't be the end of the world. From an economic standpoint, Vanuatu would be relatively unaffected. Their main source of income is fishing, and tourism. To me this means that they can spare cutting down a few trees to save endangered species. Socially, there are no drawbacks, or perks to deforestation. If they stopped deforestation I'm almost positive that nobody would be affected by it because of how little the industry is.

3) Canada is a larger land mass and has way more forests than Vanuatu does. Canada's forests represent around 9% of the worlds forests. Canada also only produces around 2% of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions. Even though Canada is larger, Vanuatu is endangering species that do not exist anywhere else. I feel that Vanuatu is the bigger threat because of this.