Deforestation is a worldwide issue, and some of the most impactful deforestation occurs in Latin America. Some of the negative effects of deforestation include: extinctions/deaths of many forest creatures, more carbon than oxygen being produced resulting in global warming, threatening life as we know it. On the other hand, some motivations for deforestation are understandable, such as: more wood products, temporary farming or grazing land (that they will have to burn out in 2-5 years), and oil palm plantations benefit. Deforestation is a major problem worldwide and it is impacting many places such as Latin America where they can not use the land they are destroying for very long.