Zambia: Coping With Less and Less Water

Deforestation also affects the carbon cycle warming up the atmosphere, and is responsible for 1.6 billion tonnes of carbon emissions every year, amounting to one-fifth of the global total. According to the Indonesia-based Centre for International Forestry Research, this is more than the combined total contributed by the world's energy-intensive transport sectors. Some estimates put the contribution of deforestation to climate change at almost the same level as fossil fuel use in the United States.