Survey Findings

From my survey that I posted here a few weeks ago and after handing out the papers to my
classmates, I have put together the answers and found some interesting results.
Firstly, the majority of people understood the basics of deforestation cutting down trees/clearing
land of trees. I had one person openly state that they did not know what deforestation was,
however some who did know what deforestation was went into more detail with their answers
including information such as animals lose their homes and it caused more carbon dioxide to be in
the air.
Below you will see graphed results of the multiple choice questions, it was interesting to see what
people did know about the issue and how they think we can make changes.

What are the outcomes from deforestation?

none of the above
0%
flooding
15%
global warming
22%
soil erosion
10%
extinction of plant
species
26%

extinction of animal
species
27%

What are rainforests used for?

wet lands for
water storage
13%

source for
medicines
14%
homeland for
indigenous people
8%

none of the above

0%

converting
carbon dioxide
to oxygen
22%
providing lumber
13%

ecosystem for
animals
30%

What animals live in rainforests?

none of the above
1%

mammals
15%

insects
18%

birds
15%

arachnids
17%

amphibians
15%

reptiles
19%

In what way are forests being destroyed?

none of the above
0%
dams
15%

mining
24%

cattle
ranching
14%

logging
34%
argriculture
13%

Which of the organisations have you heard of ?

Wildlife none of the above
conversation
6%
society
8%
WWF( World
Wildlife Fund)
22%
Keep Australia
beautiful
22%

Amazon watch
20%

Rainforest alliance
22%

What is contributing to the gorillas going onto

the endangered species list ?
none of the above
3%
pets
6%

disease
18%

hunting
24%

conflict?
Civil war
12%

habitat loss
37%

How do you think we could help the gorillas ?

other
17%

visit the gorillas

17%
buy sustainable
wood
17%

raise public
awareness
16%
make donations to
organisations
16%

volunteering with
groups dedicated to
the cause
17%

People also thought we could help gorillas by planting the trees back to regrow their habitat,
changing peoples mindsets on environmental changes and stop logging.
Prior to presenting my survey to my class, I spoke to them about deforestation and what I had learnt
so far from my project, I showed them my blog and talked about how gorillas are being affected by
deforestation.
My teacher, Miss J, liked my presentation so much that I received the class Merit Award for the
week! Its easy to talk about a subject when you are interested in it and really want to help make a
change.
Thank you to everyone who took part in my survey, your help has been awesome.