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Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Sustainability. By: Josh Brelje. Deforestation. Clearing of trees Can happen naturally or purposely Happens all over the world. Deforestation Graph. Reasons for Deforestation. Lumber Charcoal Pasture Plantations Growth. Concerns of Deforestation. Atmospheric

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Environmental Sustainability

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  1. Environmental Sustainability By: Josh Brelje

  2. Deforestation • Clearing of trees • Can happen naturally or purposely • Happens all over the world

  3. Deforestation Graph

  4. Reasons for Deforestation • Lumber • Charcoal • Pasture • Plantations • Growth

  5. Concerns of Deforestation • Atmospheric • Hydrological • Soil • Biodiversity

  6. Atmospheric and Hydrological • Global Warming • Greenhouse Effect • Less rainfall • Runoff

  7. Soil and Biodiversity • Erosion • Loess Plateau • Shelters for animals • Life is dying

  8. Climate Change • Changes in weather patterns • Climate Forcings • Future

  9. Causes • Solar Radiation • Mountain-Building • Continental Drift

  10. Montreal Protocol • Treaty to stop some substances that pollute from being made • Halogenated Hydrocarbons

  11. Sources • http://www.wikipedia.org/ • http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

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