This is happening in the tropical rainforest, it is happening because there is a need for more land for farming, money, and the loss of the property owners land. It is happening by the farmers clearing the land and ruining the soil year after year. The consequences are that in a few years they can no longer farm on the land, as well the trees dont grow back fast so the vegetation is not natural to the original cleared spot. The solutions that can be helped to save the forest is to not clear the land just to farm.