Deforestation: Its Causes and Effects

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ABSTRACT FORESTS MOSTLY AT RISK RESULTS

Forests produce vital oxygen and provide Amazon According to the WWF, when illegal logging
homes for people and wildlife takes place enormous amounts of carbon are
Atlantic Forest/Gran Chaco
Deforestation comes in many forms, including release when trees are harvested, (WWF,
fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and Greater Mekong 2017). Forest trees and other plants soak up
development, unsustainable logging for timber, Deforestation due to illegal logging carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store
and degradation due to climate change it away as they grow and thrive
Forests act as what is called a carbon sink. 15% of carbon emissions come from
Carbon sinks is the soaking up of carbon dioxide deforestation
that would otherwise be free in the Soil dries and warms the ground, causing the
atmosphere and contribute to ongoing changes temperatures to rise due to lack of shade
in climate patterns Roads take up space of forests

RESEARCH QUESTIONS CONCLUSION

What are the main factors of National laws regulate the production and trade
METHODS of timber products at all stages, from harvesting
deforestation?
to processing to sales
Does deforestation affect the climate, Although deforestation is a global issue, smaller
and if it does, how? communities can make a difference
Can deforestation be reversed? Economy is well off
preserving biological diversity
PURPOSE sustaining living conditions for the rural poor
Forests are one of the many entities that help
and for indigenous communities and cultures
produce and sustain life on the planet
Without action, the world could lose up to 656,000
WAYS TO HELP
square miles of forest land
Source: Adapted from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Table 1: Global World for Wildlife
When altered, forests can open up to invasive Carbon Stocks in Vegetation and Carbon Pools Down to a Depth of 1 m [meter], IPCC
species, threaten biological diversity, alter water Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry: Summary for Go paperless
Policymakers (2000), http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/sres/land_use/003.htm.
cycles and soil fertility, and destroy the living 3 Rs Reduce Reuse Recycle
conditions of the people who are around the forests
REDD+ ( Reducing Emissions from
Forests are a natural resource and should be
preserved just like the other resources
Carbon Emissions Chart Deforestation and Forest Degradation)