A Forest Of Bare Trees In Autumn Sheltering A Frog Pond 3 Royalty-Free Stock Photography

A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Forests are the largest terrestrial ecosystem of Earth by area, and are found around the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary production of the Earth's biosphere, and contain 80% of the Earth's plant biomass. Forests form distinctly different biomes at different latitudes and elevations, and with different precipitation and evapotranspiration rates. Deforestation threatens many forest ecosystems. Deforestation occurs when humans remove trees from a forested area by cutting or burning, either to harvest timber or to make way for farming. Most deforestation today occurs in tropical forests. The vast majority of this deforestation is because of the production of four commodities: wood, beef, soy, and palm oil.