Amazon rainforest Deforeststation
An area the size of 48 FOOTBALL FIELDS In the amazon is lost every minute!!!
46-58 thousand square miles are lost/per year
That is 2,764,800 square feet per minute
Since the 1970's, an area the size of California has been lost
17% of the rainforest has been lost in the past 50 years
Why?
The main causes of deforestation in the Amazon are
- Slash and Burn Farming
- Cattle Ranching
- Road Building
- Oil
- Paper and Wood (Illegal Logging)
65-70% of Brazillion Amazon Rainforest Deforeststation is caused by cattle ranching
Benifits of the rainforest
- Regulates world climate
- Habitat for species
- Provide plants for medicine
Future Effects:
Habitat Loss
Animal Extinction
Soil Erosion
Floods
Global Warming
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Save paper
Recycle
Donate
Visit special websites to learn more
If you donate to the WWF, then the money will go to one of their many conservation projects
Do not cut the trees, let them be free
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