The causes of deforestation are

The causes of deforestation are overpopulation, urbanization, industrialization (All of the above).

Forest is an area dominated by trees and vegetation. Various living organisms inhabit forest and survive on its resources, including humans. When these large number of trees of an area are cut for commercial purposes like setting up industries, or for urbanization, construction, dam building, road making amongst other reasons, it leads to mass destruction of not only trees but also the wildlife, this is termed as deforestation.