Power point on deforestation

1. Deforestation South America By: Sarah Austin

2. How did deforestation start? People began living in wooded areas. People cut down tree’s for houses, farms and wood for cities.

3. What is affected by this issue? Animals lose their homes The ecosystem loses trees People lose oxygen We also lose half wildlife and plant species

4. How can we stop deforestation? It would be hard to stop deforestation Once we destroy all of our rainforest we won’t be able to fix it 25% of medicines come from forests we destroy

5. Map of South America South America

6. Conclusion As you can see from all of the pictures and graph’s deforestation is a big problem that we need to fix.

7. Works cited www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/deforestation.htm www.effects-of-deforestation.com/how-to-stop-deforestation.php www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-25-voa40.cfm www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/