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Logging

Logging. Credit to: Geophotos. What is Logging?. “cutting trees for sale as timber or pulp” Selective logging- Loggers select a specific type of tree to cut down based on its species. Clear-cutting- Loggers do not need a specific type of wood so they cut all the trees down. Mongabay.com.

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Logging

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  1. Logging Credit to: Geophotos

  2. What is Logging? • “cutting trees for sale as timber or pulp” • Selective logging- Loggers select a specific type of tree to cut down based on its species. • Clear-cutting- Loggers do not need a specific type of wood so they cut all the trees down. Mongabay.com

  3. Logging • Logging is one of the leading causes of rainforest destruction. • Logging has slowed due to increased awareness of this issue. Mongabay.com Credit to: Traveljournals.net

  4. Logging • Areas that have been logged are 8 times more likely to be settled by shifting cultivators than those that haven’t been logged. Mongabay.com Credit to Geograph.org

  5. Selective Logging • Only cutting down one or two trees within an area. • It is still harmful to surrounding trees, as these trees are connected to other trees through vines or their branches are running through each other. Mongabay.com

  6. Effects of Logging on Woodpeckers Video • Effects of Logging on RCW Habitat • Source: ForestsForLife • Length: 24 Seconds Credit to: Geograph

  7. Sustainable Logging Video • Sustainable Logging • Source: National Geographic • Length: 2:38 • While some people claim that sustainable logging is possible, only 1% of all logging is truly sustainable. Credit to: Happyworker

  8. Websites Used • http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/98/10/1981057_bfc1469a.jpg • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IF5kY1TH0c • Butler, Rhett. "Logging in the Rainforest." Mongabay. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. • 2012. <rainforests.mongabay.com/0807.htm >. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Cn1FwuRpg • "What are rainforests?." Rainforest Information for Kids. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. <http://kids.mongabay.com/lesson_plans/lisa_algee/logging.html>. • "Effects of Illegal logging in the jungle, Sauce, Peru." Traveljournals.net - Stories from your friends on the road. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. <http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/143725.html>.

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