deforestation and land use

• bogs are areas of land that are acidic and waterlogged. plants living in bogs don't fully decay when they die, because there's not enough oxygen. partly-rotted plants gradually build up to form peat
• deforestation is the cutting down of trees
• peat bogs are often drained so that the area can be used for farmland
• deforestation can cause many problems: less carbon dioxide is taken in ; more carbon dioxide is released in the atmosphere and less biodiversity happens
• cutting down many trees means that less carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere