Sierra Leone: FBC Authority Says Deforestation Causes Water Shortage

17 May 2006
Standard Times (Freetown)
opinion

Deforestation is the act of chopping down trees and failing to replace them with another.

Such fallen trees are mostly used to build houses and firewood and charcoal collections. These trees can be also used for carving.

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