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Table of contents. Forests and climate change Sustainable forest management Biodiversity and forests Tourism and forests. The importance of forests. Atmosphere Food and home Resources Prevent soil erosion Prevent flooding Stabilizing effect on the world´s climate. Atmosphere.

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  1. Table ofcontents • Forests and climate change • Sustainable forest management • Biodiversity and forests • Tourism and forests

  2. The importance of forests • Atmosphere • Food and home • Resources • Prevent soil erosion • Prevent flooding • Stabilizingeffect on theworld´sclimate

  3. Atmosphere • Atmosphere in forestsisrelaxing • Clean air

  4. Food andhome • Provide food and home for animals

  5. Resources Wood is used for • Houses • Heating • Furniture • Floor • Paper

  6. Preventsoilerosion

  7. Preventflooding

  8. Stabilizingeffect on theworld´sclimate • fossil fuels burned -> release carbon dioxide -> trees change carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar

  9. Sustainableforestmanagement • Replanttreeswhichwerecut down • Avoiddeforestation • Onlycut down treesthatgrow fast enough • Increaseforestareas - Plant moretreesthanyoucut down • Cut down treeswhicharedeador sick

  10. Rightandwronguseofwoodresource • Usehandkerchiefinsteadoftissue • Do not throwawaysnotebooks/exercisebooks, whicharen`tfilledupand recycle themthen • Useeverypartofthetreethat´scut down • Recycle paper • Write on bothsidesof a paper • Do not cut down forest just becauseofmoney

  11. Sustainabletourism • Sustainable tourism means - visit nature without damaging it • See nature in its original form • experience nature from close up

  12. Facts abouttourism • 980 million people travelled internationally in 2011 ( a 4% increase over 2010) and this is expected to reach 1.5 billion by 2020 • International tourists spend over US$700 per person on their travel • Travel and tourism represents approximately 10% of total global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (if it includes tourism- related businesses (e.g. catering, cleaning) • Global travelling and tourism industry creates approximately 10% of the world's employment (directly & indirectly)

  13. Tourismaffects National Parks • Tourismdestroysnature (eg. pickingofflowers, droppingrubbish) • Bicycletours, cave tours in natureparks • National parks in Germany andHungary

  14. References • http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/forest3_h.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_forest_management • http://www.vastern.co.uk/green-issues.html • http://blogs.bootsnall.com/theglobaltrip/updates/DSC07440pandasmile.JPG • http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ehow/images/a06/s4/59/do-heat-wood-burning-fireplace_-800x800.jpg • http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=557 • http://www.loghouse.fi/loghouse-photos/log-house-1/ • http://intechweb.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/soil-erosion-raising-awareness-on-current-environmental-issues/ • http://www.ourplanet.org.uk/floods-climate-change.asp • http://www.programturizmus.hu/images/upload/big/ajanlat/termeszeti-kepzodmenyek/tanosveny/8494-ipolytarnoc-borokas.jpg • http://sdt.unwto.org/en/content/about-us-5 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCkk_National_Park • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis

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