The causes of deforestation may be the following:

• Natural causes like forest fires, droughts, etc.
• Building factories and houses.
• Procuring land for cultivation.
• Making furniture and using wood as fuel.

The consequences of deforestation are:

• Natural calamities like floods, etc.
• Increase in the temperature of the earth, i.e., global warming.
• Change in the physical properties of soil.
• A decrease in groundwater level.
• Extinction of many flora and fauna.