1. Chris Zysk

2.  “Deforestation is clearing Earth's forests on a
massive scale, often resulting in damage to
the quality of the land” (National Geographic).
 Although the majority of deforestation occurs
in tropical rainforests, it is not limited to
them.
 Whenever large amounts of trees are removed
without replacing them, this constitutes
deforestation.
 This has become a major environmental
issue.

3.  There are many reasons to cut down
rainforests across the globe including….

4.  To provide land for grazing or planting crops.
This includes “slash and burn” farming, this is
bad….

5.  This is the clearing of
forests in order to create
room for more livable land

6.  Much of the world’s paper supply comes from
logging corporations. Many of these logging
companies illegally build roads into the forest
to reach more and more trees.

7.  These can include things like wildfires or
unintentional overgrazing, preventing new
trees from maturing.

8.  One of the most profound effects
deforestation has is the reduction in
biodiversity.
 Tropical rainforests have the most diverse
collection of plants and animals found on the
planet.
 The removal of these forests deprives many
organisms of a suitable habitat.
 This can cause entire species to become
extinct.

9.  The trees that are cut down are part of the
canopy layer and they help to reflect heat
during the day as well as trap heat at night.
 Without these trees, the forests experience
more dramatic climate swings and many
animals and plants are not adapted to deal
with this.

10.  We have talked about deforestation in the
past, the burning of living organisms leads to
an increase of carbon in the atmosphere.
 Less plants in the environment also means
that there is less conversion of carbon in the
atmosphere to living organisms.
 This can lead to global warming
 This is bad…

11.  Woods
 Houseplants
 Spices
 Fruits
 Vegetables
 Fibers
 Pharmaceuticals
 Oils
 Gums
 Resins
 Paper
(Rainforest Alliance, 2008).

12.  The easiest and most direct solution would
be to stop cutting down trees altogether, but
this makes no economical sense so it is
unlikely to happen….
 One alternative is to more carefully manage
forest resources and by planting an equal
amount of trees to the ones taken out.

13. Siberia
Congo
Central America Indonesia
Brazil
Chile