What is the problem?

Loggers can wipe out entire pistachio forests. Some villages depend on the pistachios to harvest and to sell to companies to make money. If the forests are gone, then villages can't make money.

Timber smuggling warlords can cause gang violence and control entire villages. Civilians can get caught in the crossfire during gang wars and be subject to unjust rules under warlord rules.

As people cut back trees, the effort to get wood increases therefore increasing the price. This is bad for the people who burn wood for warmth; poor people. The wood smoke causes respiratory problems.

In addition, without trees to hold the soil, the wind and rain carries away fertile topsoil, which people need to grow crops.

And finally, there are environmental problems. Trees turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into oxygen (O2). Too much CO2 causes air pollution. Air pollution leads to global climate change which is devastating.