Work-Freedom-Fatherland Currently, Togo&#39;s total productive forest cover is approximately 386,000 ha, representing a rate of 6.8% of the national area. Despite this low forest cover, the annual rate of deforestation is 4.5%, one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. The main causes of this degradation are agricultural expansion, logging, vegetation fires and the supply of fuelwood. Obviously all these human activities are amplified by galloping population growth. This regression of forest areas, with their multiple goods and services, marginalizes Togo in relation to national needs and the international average recommended by the FAO, which is 30% in terms of forest cover. This constitutes an obstacle to development and food security. The role of the forest in our society no longer needs to be demonstrated despite the weak potential available to our country. The forest contributes substantially to the national and family economy as well as to the fight against poverty in all its forms, both in rural and urban areas.