Rainforest Deforestation
http://kids.mongabay.com/lesson_plans/lisa_algee/deforestation.html
Where are the world’s rainforests?
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html
http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm#.VjK4FSs3Urk
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Rainforests are generally
found around the equator
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Rainforests once covered
14% of the world’s surface
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Now rainforests only
account for 6% of Earth’s
land surface
ABOUT DEFORESTATION
 DEFORESTATION:
when forests are
permanently altered
to convert the land
for other uses.
 It
is estimated that
18 million acres of
forest are cut each
year
http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm#.VjK4FSs3Urk
http://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/
Pic: http://thefrogblog.org/2013/12/17/218-central-american-farms-achieve-a-climate-smart-milestone/
CONSEQUENCES OF DEFORESTATION
1. ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION
2. ANIMAL POPULATIONS DECREASE
OR BECOME EXTINCT
3. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LOSE THEIR
HOMELAND
http://www.wcwtinternational.org/oilfriendorfoe.htm
http://imgarcade.com/1/rainforest-people/
EXTINCTION OF ANIMAL LIFE
10% OF THE WORLD’S
ANIMALS SPECIES ARE
ESTIMATED TO LIVE IN
AMAZONIA
70% OF THE WORLD’S
PLANT AND LAND ANIMALS
LIVE IN FORESTS
137
ON AVERAGE,
FORMS OF
LIFE NATIVE TO THE
TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
BECOME EXTINCT EACH DAY
HTTP://WWW.RAN.ORG/FACT-SHEET-TROPICAL-RAINFOREST-ANIMALS#IXZZ3Q19LKPFBHTTP://ENVIRONMENT.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/ENVIRONMENT/GLOBALWARMING/DEFORESTATION-OVERVIEW/HTTP://WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/CLIMATE-CHANGE/EXPLORE-AMAZONIA/#/ART/INTRO/
HTTP://REEFANDRAINFOREST.CO.UK/TOURS/GROUP-TOURS-ITINERARY.PHP
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES
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Deforestation ruins soil
 Without
the canopy of trees,
soil becomes dry and infertile
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES CONT.
- Fewer trees leads means
that more carbon dioxide will
be released into the
atmosphere and destroy the
ozone layer
- Global warming is
exacerbated by deforestation
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/
http://cowboybyte.com/38064/top-scientists-start-to-examine-fiddled-global-warming-figures/
Indigenous people lose their homes
500 years ago, there were
an estimated 10 million
indigenous people living
in the Amazon rainforest
Currently the population
of indigenous people
living in the Amazon
rainforest is less than
200,000
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/amazon.htm
/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/251005379202523357
Why is the tropical rainforest being
destroyed?
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Agriculture and ranching
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Most of the Amazon has been lost to cattle
ranching
Logging, mining, and oil extraction
http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/File:Cow_face.jpg
http://bandeforestation.weebly.com/
http://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation