Honduras has endured the greatest rate of deforestation in the past century than any other place in Latin America. Between 1990 and 2005, 37.1% of the forests that used to cover this land have disappeared. The deforestation in Honduras starts from it’s moderate poverty rate. Forests are cleared for cattle grazing, subsistence farming, gathering wood for fire, which is where the country gets 65% of it’s energy, mining, and timber harvesting. Forest fires also play a huge part in the deforestation rate in Honduras. Illegal logging has a large impact on the deforestation as well. More than 85% of timber harvesting in Honduras is illegal. The government has taken some actions to stop this, but they find problems when they try to get support from people who rely on wood and forests for subsistence activities. People who are pro-forest conservatives try to protect the nature reserves, but this is challenging due to a lack of funds due to the growing gang problem and the fact that controlling illegal activities are hard. Illegal drug trafficking is also speeding the process of deforestation. Forests are being cut down to create paths. In Honduras, the deforestation rate tripled in between the years 2007 and 2011, and statistics show that the import rate of cocaine into the country also rose significantly during those years. The normal deforestation rate in Honduras was 20 square kilometers per year, but as the drug trafficking problem has become more seriousness, the deforestation rate has rose to 60 square kilometers per year. Forest conservatives groups are being threatened and state prosecutors are bribed to turn their head away from the growing issue. The homicide rate in Honduras is now the highest in the world. This is due to the threats the natives receive. Pressure put on the traffickers to stop illegally clearing forests just scatters them to other remote areas to clear away forests there.