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Deforestation

Deforestation. By:Isabella Aljurdi. What is Deforestation?. Deforestation is the action of cutting, clearing, or removal of a rainforest or forest. Why is it a problem?. Deforestation is the main leading cause to global climate change.

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Deforestation

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  1. Deforestation By:IsabellaAljurdi

  2. What is Deforestation? Deforestation is the action of cutting, clearing, or removal of a rainforest or forest.

  3. Why is it a problem? • Deforestation is the main leading cause to global climate change. • Without the tree’s providing shade, the soil becomes spoiled. • Animals become extinct. • Plants that provide medicine disappear. • Natives loose the land they live on. • There are little to no trees left that can clean out the CO2 that deforestation creates. • Deforestation releases 1.5 billion tons carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year.

  4. Disappearing Rainforests • 50% of Earth’s plant life is in rainforests. Forests once covered 14% of Earth’s land surface. Now they cover less then 6%. • Every second, one and a half acres of forests are cut down.

  5. Reasons for Deforestation • Logging • Mining • Oil and Gas extraction • Cattle ranching • Agriculture: Cash Crops • Local, National, International factors

  6. What do rainforests/forests do? • Protects us from the world’s global warming. • Converts Carbon Dioxide into breathable air and plant matter. • Feeds bodies of water. • Provides homes for animals, insects, and Natives.

  7. Converting Carbon Dioxide • Trees take in Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere, and transforms it into plant material and fresh air.

  8. Feeding Bodies of Water • Trees also take in water from underground and releases it into the air to feed rivers, lakes, and irrigation systems.

  9. Providing Homes • Natives- At one time almost 10 million native Indians occupied the lands of the South America Rainforest. Now there are less then 250,000. • Insects- More then 50% of Earth’s Insect species live in the rainforests. Many species have vanished and/or in danger due to deforestation.

  10. Quotes • "Tropical forests are the elephant in the living room of climate change," said Andrew Mitchell, the head of the GCP. • GCP's reports: "If we lose forests, we lose the fight against climate change."

  11. Deforestation Graph

  12. Organizations Cool Earth Act Now http://www.actnow.com.au/Action/Take_action_on_deforestation.aspx Goal: To influence others to cut down the use of wood, paper, and water. • http://www.coolearth.org/394/category/save-an-acre-182.html?gclid=CITUxuWBrLACFYYZQgodwU-bSQ • Goal: By donating, you are able to locate the forest you have saved, and the amount of trees you saved.

  13. Solutions • To reduce the need for more logging, start using recycled paper. The easiest way to save a tree is to switch to completely recycled computer paper. • Before buying wood, check the Forest Stewartship Council page to see if your wood is environmentally friendly. • Stop junk mail that wastes paper by stopping catalogues that you don’t need.

  14. Bibliography • http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/14/1175 • http://www.buzzle.com/articles/global-warming-and-deforestation.html • http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm • http://www.actnow.com.au/Action/Take_action_on_deforestation.aspx • http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/endangered-species-in-the-rainforest

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