The Effects of DEFORESTATION!

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The Effects of DEFORESTATION!

• By
• Alfonso Saavedra
• Aaron Lopez

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Outline

• The Effects of Deforestation on the Environment
• Social effects of Deforestation in Brazil
• Rainforest Facts
• The cause of Deforestation
• Deforestation Hazards
• The war against Deforestation
• How can we stop Deforestation
• Work cited

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Effects of Deforestation on the Environment

• plants and animals face extinction
• diminished gene pools
• to unforeseen ratifications

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Social Effects of Deforestation

• 1990 radars indicate 10 of Amazon was cleared
• Ranchers predators to rainforest
• Loggers take down trees for timber trade
• Gold minersconflict to rain forest

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Rain Forest Facts

• Rainforest once covered 14 of earth
• 1 1/2 of rainforest lost everyday
• We are losing 137 of plant and animal species
• Most rainforest are cleared by chainsaws,bulldozer
  s,and fires

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Cause of Deforestation

• Loggers need trees for timber trade
• Miners and oil explorations cause trees to be cut
  down
• The building of roads in heavily wooded area
• Agriculture

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Deforestation Hazards

• An increase of flooding
• Can result in more carbon dioxide in the air
• Loose gravel can result in mud slides
• Diminished gene pools in endangered species

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The War Against Deforestation

• Tauato Operation prevents deforestation
• Brazilian national army fines illegal
  deforestation
• Federal police created a plan to prevent illegal
  deforestation

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How can we stop Deforestation ?

• Online activists chat rooms to help cause
  against deforestation
• Slow down logging industry, change law of first
  to clear gets land
• Chat rooms talk about what they can do together
  to slow down the logging industry by protesting
  the main areas
• More than 1000 protesters agree to it.

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Work Cited

• Dmc. Engr. Wisc/edu/courses/hazards/ BBO 2-0.9
  html
• EN.wikipedia.org/wiki/deforestation
• Time Life/ Time Life. (1999) World Geography 128
  pages. Time Life education inc. New York, New
  York
• Time life/ Time Life.(1997) Planet Earth 128
  pages. Time Life education inc. New York, New
  York.