2019 Deforestation facts
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A talk given to the sustainability diaries around deforestation, its effects and actions we can take.
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2019 Deforestation facts
- 1. PATT Foundation, a company limited by guarantee. F15, The Bloc, 38 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6RJ. Registered in England and Wales. Company Number: 05610212. Charity Number: 1117158. The Sustainability Diaries - DEFORESTATION ANDREW G. STEEL Trustee/Director THE PATT Foundation andrew.steel@pattfoundation.org Plant A Tree Today Foundation (PATT) “Saving the Planet One Tree at a Time”
- 2. What is Deforestation? Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses.
- 4. PATT Foundation, a company limited by guarantee. F15, The Bloc, 38 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6RJ. Registered in England and Wales. Company Number: 05610212. Charity Number: 1117158.
- 5. PATT Foundation, a company limited by guarantee. F15, The Bloc, 38 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6RJ. Registered in England and Wales. Company Number: 05610212. Charity Number: 1117158. Indonesia has the highest deforestation rate in the world
- 6. PATT Foundation, a company limited by guarantee. F15, The Bloc, 38 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6RJ. Registered in England and Wales. Company Number: 05610212. Charity Number: 1117158. Indonesia has the highest deforestation rate in the world
- 7. If the current rate of deforestation continues, it will take less than 100 years to destroy all the rainforests on the earth.
- 8. Half of the world’s tropical forests has already been cleared.
- 9. PATT Foundation, a company limited by guarantee. F15, The Bloc, 38 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6RJ. Registered in England and Wales. Company Number: 05610212. Charity Number: 1117158. If the current rate of deforestation continues, it will take less than 100 years to destroy all the rainforests on the earth.
- 16. What are the Effects of Deforestation?
- 17. What are the Effects of Deforestation?
- 28. Tropical forests cover less than 7 percent of Earth’s land mass but are home to about 50 percent of all living things on the planet.
- 32. Conserve forests
Editor's Notes
- Introduction – Thanks for the invite UK charity primarily aimed at putting the trees back – it takes 2 minutes to chop a tree down and 100 years for it to grow back Talk 30 mins deforestation
- START timer – Gemma (PRIME HER) before CLICKING TEXT Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. In short chopping trees down – not something we want to see
- About 20-30 football fields’ worth of trees are lost every minute due to deforestation. UK has 59 million acres at this rate in 3.75 years an area the size of the UK will be lost
- Brazil under siege - In 2015, nearly 3,600 square miles of forests — the size of Cyprus Started to reverse but new government – for 2 decades environmental policy had slowed the rates of deforestation Newly elected Govt have declared that they will open up the protected lands to stimulate economic growth So the fight is back on to protect the Amazon rainforest
- 15 million acres in Indonesia - Indonesia has the highest deforestation rate in the world, losing 15 million acres of forest between 2000 and 2012.
- Recent figures are very positive Global Forest Watch reported a 60% drop in tree cover loss in 2017 which has stabilized again in 2018
- Shocking fact that despite the slowdown 80% of the orangutans habitat has been lost Major Oil Palm companies in Malaysia & Indonesia are moving into Africa and we will start to see large swathes of forest cleared – again for oil palm
- Unfortunately it’s a FACT - Half of the world’s tropical forests has already been cleared.
- If the current rate of deforestation continues, it will take less than 100 years to destroy all the rainforests on the earth. This little guy wont have a home and we will potentially only see them in captivity
- Many factors but I think many area surprised that its actually Beef production If you haven’t watched Cowspiracy then I urge you to do so – as the comments resonated with me when the quoted how can you be an environmentalist and still eat Beef – watch the documentary and you will understand why
- Old slide from 2005 but still representative of the situation Cattle Ranching – 70% Agriculture – 25%
- Norwegian Govt pledged 1BN to Indonesia via the UN REDD scheme Govt earns 20 BN in taxes from palm Oil – no incentive to change and companies move into other continents Corruption leads to more licenses and prime forest being chopped down Problem goes a lot deeper than just the corporate giants
- Sorry sight Nobody wants to see scenes like this where this Orangutan is trying to protect its territory Heart Wrenching to see
- Common sight in Asia burning of forests which is releasing all of the stored Co2 back into the atmosphere Burning – quickest & cheapest option Slash & Burn - In Thailand its driven by CP group who offer farming subsidies to grow corn for chicken feed for their battery hens – encroachment of the National parks and the tops of hills
- Closer to Home what's been called the The bonfire of insanity: Large tracts of USA forest being chopped down Even if all Britain’s forests were devoted to Drax, they could not keep its furnaces going. Wood is shipped 3,800 miles and burned in Drax power station DRAX – Carbon accounting loophole USA not recoding the CO2 emissions from deforestation UK – not accounting for the release of the stored CO2 back into the atmosphere from the burning of biomass Huge government subsidies are driving the biomass sector that ultimately the public is funding the subsidies Drax repeatedly states its using only wood waste but I would ask you all to watch the documentary ‘Burned’ and come to your own conclusion
- What are the effects of deforestation? Forests are vital for food, water and livelihoods — and they affect you, whether you know it or not
- Canopy holds water - Prevents run off - Roots stabalise the soil Remove trees, run off quicker, top soil eroded, silt build up Next slide
- Heavy downpours, run off is quicker Silt build up Rivers cant handle the volume of water Flooding
- Prime example was Bangkok flooding – July 2011 Eventually cleared Jan 2012 (^ Months) – 76 provinces declared flood disaster zones $46 BN in economic damages Didn’t take this picture but was actually living in the capital at that time Hull flooded – 2007 Wasn’t in UK for there Hull floods I seem to have some connection to them so I would say “Don’t buy a house next door to me”
- Another issue as the root systems cant stabalise the soil - Landslides Countless times in the news Homes lost and quite often fatalities
- As we chop more trees down we are destroying the natural habitat for hundreds of species Populations are expanding expected to hit 9 Billion people in 2050 - the UK as an example already has a shortfall of an estimated 1M houses per year The need for housing is increasing so imagine if we started to reduce the number of houses we have available That’s effectively what we are doing to the wildlife around the planet – destroying their homes What would we do?
- Looking for food, shelter – human/animal conflict Villages protecting their homes – lack of education around the reasons why the animals are encroaching on their villages All they know is Elephants can be dangerous and can kill
- A tigress, for example, will need a 20 square kilometers (7.7 square miles) territory. A male tiger requires a larger territory, such as one that covers 40 square miles Tiger populations are increasing – India a good example with protected reserves but this isn't the same in other Asian countries
- 25% of cancers fighting organisms are found in the amazon. 120 prescription drugs sold worldwide have been derived directly from plants found in rainforests, From a health perspective we simply cant afford to lose the forests Up to 28,000 species are expected to become extinct by the next quarter of the century due to deforestation. Its my belief that more cures for various illnesses will be discovered in the rainforests – so yet another reason why we should be saving the forests
- Trees convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. A tree can release about 6,000 pounds of breathable oxygen, Enough for about 4 people per year.
- US GDP – 20 trillion - so will the world spend 3.5 times the USA GDP to provide oxygen?
- We do need to wake up to some simple facts More than 20 percent of the world’s breathable oxygen is produced in the Amazon rainforest alone. In the words of Prince Charles – we are on the verge of turning off the lungs of the planet….
- Unmatched biodiversity Tropical forests cover less than 7 percent of Earth’s land mass but are home to about 50 percent of all living things on the planet. We need to protect that habitat for wildlife as I for one don’t want to see these guys in a cage
- What can we do? So many things complex topic We need more food but we have to reduce our reliance on beef products – I’ve switched to a plant based wholefood diet Increasing pressure By 2050, the global demand for food could double. A more sustainable alternative is using existing farmland more efficiently, rather than clear more forests to grow food. The 60 million acres of the UK are broadly comprised of 42 million acres of “agricultural” land, 12 million acres of what is called natural waste (mountains, bog, moor and so on) and six million acres of the urban plot (houses, shops, businesses).
- Protect mature trees An acre of mature rainforest sequesters more carbon than newly planted or growing trees. One study found that, on average, an acre of mature rainforest stores 34 tons of carbon dioxide more than an acre of growing rainforest over a 20 year period. Nature = 30% of the solution Tropical forests are remarkably effective at carbon sequestration — providing up to 30% of the global action needed to stop climate change. Despite this, of all funding devoted to stopping climate change, nature-based solutions receive only 2% of it.
- Conserving forests requires animals Up to 90 percent of trees and plants in tropical forest Rely on animals to propagate their seeds – higher propagation rate when seeds have been ingested by animals Essentially the animals are the gardeners of the forest Human activity has put these animals at risk and reduced their numbers in tropical forests by as much as half.
- 50 million people - Forests are home to 50 million indigenous people around the world, more than the populations of Tokyo, Mexico City, London, New York City and Cairo combined. Indigenous peoples protect vital forests Worldwide, forests that are under stewardship of indigenous people contain more than 55 trillion metric tons of carbon If we lose the rainforest it will put increasing demands on already over populated cities as they move to the city in search of work, food and shelter – much the same as the animals we are forcing out of their homes
- Reduce your usage oil palm oil based products or ensure you buy from (RSPO) Round Table Sustainable Palm Oil accredited plantations or products Hull – WM Jackson Food Group – denounced the use of palm oil in August this year
- Increased public pressure like this Greenpeace campaign have raised awareness and multi nationals have adopted a new process. NESTLE INVESTIGATE
- An example of the many and varied products that use Palm Oil even your toothpaste uses palm oil
- Nestle are ‘on track’ IKEA sourcing from FSC certified forests – no illegally logged trees in their supply chain However very difficult to manage
- As I stated earlier the largest cause of deforestation is cattle ranching so we have to reduce our meat consumption and meatless Mondays are a start but I feel we need to completely stop buying beef products so really have an impact on the industry and make them listen
- Whilst we can work to protect the forests which is of huge importance We also need to put the trees back. It takes 100 years for a tree to grow and yet only a minute to chop it down PATT has been working on reforestation for nearly 15 years is responsible for 3 million trees growing in Asia – Like to thank you for you time today - I would ask that you also support our reforestation efforts by donating to plant a tree