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Do you recognize these statues ?

Do you recognize these statues ?. Easter Island. A Mystical Place? or A Land of the Lorax ?. Easter Island - A Brief History. Before the statues, the island was covered with a forest of trees. Most of the trees were cut down to transport and erect the statues.

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Do you recognize these statues ?

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  1. Do you recognize these statues?

  2. Easter Island A Mystical Place? or A Land of the Lorax?

  3. Easter Island - A Brief History • Before the statues, the island was covered with a forest of trees. • Most of the trees were cut down to transport and erect the statues. • Then most of the islanders had to leave.

  4. Sustainability

  5. Ecosystem • AnEcosystem is all the interactions between living and non living things that exist on Earth.

  6. Sustainable Ecosystem • Sustainability is the ability of an ecosystem to maintain its resources, ecological processes, biodiversity and its productivity over time. • It is able to adjust for the decrease of biotic or abioticfactors. • It provides a number of options for organisms to find food and shelter. (example: a large food web)

  7. Ecological Footprint • A measure of the impact of an individual or a population on the environment in terms of energy consumption, land use, and waste production

  8. Sustainability Is Affected By • Population Growth • Deforestation (cutting down trees and forests) • Over consumption of the Earth’s resources • Loss of biodiversity through poor management of resources

  9. Global Consequences • Global warming • Acid rain • Ozone depletion • Air pollution • Poisoning of soils

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