Small and medium-scale agriculture is responsible for 80 percent of the deforestation between 2001 and 2015.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/peru-lost-more-1-million-hectares-amazon-forest-over-period-15-years
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/mongabay
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peru
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gold
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/roads