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Sumatra Rainforest

Sumatra Rainforest. By Paul Drakos 602. Location. L ocated on island of Sumatra, along equator in Southeast Asia P art of group of forests known as lungs of the world T hird largest rainforest, 2.5 million hectares (4 671 000 football fields)

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Sumatra Rainforest

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  1. Sumatra Rainforest By Paul Drakos 602

  2. Location • Located on island of Sumatra, along equator in Southeast Asia • Part of group of forests known as lungs of the world • Third largest rainforest, 2.5 million hectares (4 671 000 football fields) • Three national parks GunungLeuser National Park, KeriniciSeblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park • One of most biodiverse places on earth, one of the only places where there are many different types of plant life and animals living in one place • Only area in the world where tigers, rhinos, orangutans and elephants live together

  3. Reasons for Deforestation • 2 main reasons • Pulp and paper mills to produce toilet paper and paper towels • Palm oil plantations, palm oil is used in many products like soap, margarine and ice cream

  4. Effects of Deforestation • A result of forest fires, Sumatra rainforest is responsible for over one third of total global carbon emissions • Loss of rainforest impacts animals as their area to roam is shrinking, and food they feed on is being destroyed • Scientists warn many of the animals living in the Sumatran rainforest could be extinct in the next 20-30 years • World Wildlife Federation states that every minute, 5 football fields of rainforest are being cleared and replaced with pulp and paper mills and palm oil plantations

  5. Video http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/forests/solutions-to-deforestation/

  6. Organizations • World Wildlife Federation and Greenpeace work to save the animals living in the rainforest from becoming extinct • Raise awareness around the world and educate people on the importance to save the rainforest and the animals that live there • AVVAZ.org is a website that collects signatures to petition the government of Sumatra to stop allowing the rainforest to be destroyed

  7. Let’s Save the Sumatran Tiger • Sumatran Tiger is smallest tiger in tiger family • Was found all across Sumatra rainforest but due to deforestation and poaching are now only found in swampy areas • Sumatran Tiger is listed as critically endangered by World Wildlife Federation as less then 400 tigers live in the wild

  8. Resources • http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/26/sumatra-borneo-deforestation-tigers-palm-oil • http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1167 • http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/forests/solutions-to-deforestation/ • http://www.freeworldmaps.net/asia/indonesia/map.html • http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/indonesia-palm-oil-plantation-expansion-emit-more-greenhouse-gases-canada-2020.html • http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/01/environment/ecological-disaster-looms-for-rain-forests-of-sumatra/#.Uj2kAhbQlSV • http://worldwildlife.org/places/borneo-and-sumatra

  9. Resources • http://worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation • https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_Sumatras_Rainforest/ • http://assets.worldwildlife.org/photos/1365/images/hero_full/sumatran_orangutan_8.6.2012_Hero_and_Circle_image_XL_257636.jpg?1345592809 • http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/08/rescuers-save-five-men-trapped-in-trees-by-sumatran-tigers-after-animals-maul-sixth-person-to-death/ • http://www.earthtimes.org/newsimage/wwf-report-links-sumatra-deforestation-toilet-paper_7212.jpg • http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/feb/05/paper-firm-indonesian-deforestation • http://sumatranrainforest.blogspot.ca/2012/11/human-impact-on-sumatran-rainforest.html

  10. Resources • http://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/paper-plant-threatens-sumatran-tigers/ • http://ran.org/indonesia’s-rainforests-biodiversity-and-endangered-species • http://www.caaquaculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/WWF-logo.gif • http://cdn0.mumbrella.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/greenpeace-logo.jpghttp://app1.kuhf.org/articles/npr1369988120-Battling-Deforestation-In-Indonesia,-One-Firm-At-A-Time.html • http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/tB7yRpx1_zt/South+Sumatra+Governor+Takes+Aerial+Tour+Deforested/4FtY7dQCmH0 • http://www.lipglossandlaptops.com/podcast/?p=587 • http://icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com/index.php/2013/05/27/do-you-lick-the-bowl-clean/

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