Deforestation – a Necessary Imperative or the Paradox of our Times

The green space, the forests, is a precious space of our planet. The “lung” that we really need, stretchesacross mountains, hills, plains and water banks. It covers almost one third of land’s surface. Globally, the widest greenspaces can be found in Russia and South America. From this proportion, more than two thirds of the total extent offorests is occupied by deciduous trees and about half is represented by tropical forests. Earth is hedging at thebeginning of the third millennium, moment in which globalization and its effects, the food crisis but, also, thereducing of green space become fingerprints harder to hide. The current article aims at emphasizing the presentglobal, regional and national situation regarding forestry