Deforestation refers to the removal of forests through logging, mining, and agriculture. It occurs mainly in tropical rainforests and leads to soil erosion, loss of wildlife habitat, and species extinction. Trees are cleared for economic reasons like agriculture, logging, mining, and palm oil harvesting. The effects of deforestation include loss of wildlife habitat, increased carbon dioxide and species extinction as forests play a key role in absorbing carbon and producing oxygen. While deforestation provides economic benefits, it contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and threatens the environment if not properly managed and regulated.

1. MANNY DOSANJH
CST-133W
NICOLE RYAN

2. What is Deforestation?
 Key issue in terms of Human Impact vs. Natural Environment
 Removal of trees and large forestry areas
 Clearing of tropical rainforest (very rapid rate), leading to soil erosion, loss
of wildlife habitat and species extinctions.
 The undiscovered will remain undiscovered

3. Why do they do it?
 Economic or agriculture purposes
 Practice of slash and burn
 Logging – transport timber
 Mining- Digging of coal, diamond, gold
 Harvest of Palm Oil- food, beauty products
 Human benefits
(Natural Vegetated Landscapes= Rare)

4. What are the Effects?
 Loss of wildlife habitat
 Species and plant extinction (some unlearned)
 Limitation of future drugs (Pharmaceutical)
 Soil Erosion
 We need our Lungs!
Absorb Carbon Dioxide, Release Oxygen (PS)
 Carbon Dioxide Increase
 Environmentalists (Owl Habitat) vs. Logging Firms (Jobs + Timber demand)

5. Maps
 Common government characteristics
 Afforestation in top country's
 U.S & China produce largest Carbon emission

6. Deforestation + U.S.A
 On going issue that attracts protests from environmentalist
 In 1630, roughly half of U.S.A was forest land
 Between 1990 & 2010, U.S.A added 7,687,000 hectares of forested land to
make up for the lost
 A total of 4 million hectares is of timber is harvested each year but most of
it regenerates and stays classified as forested land
 One of the main issues right now is illegal logging (harvest, transport or
purchase timber) since there is no way to monitor the activity

7. Statistics + Facts
 We are losing an area as large as 20 football fields of Forests each minute
(across the globe)
 Forests cover 30% of the land
 At the rate of Deforestation, all forests can be lost in less than 700 years
 Loss of forests contributes to 12-17% of global greenhouse gas emissions
 20% of the Worlds oxygen is produced in Amazon forest

8. Personal Opinion
 Deforestation is a topic that can be argued from both sides. Personally, I
believe it should be stopped and is not good for our future. Nature provides
us with so many of our daily needs like oxygen and food. By cutting down
forests the length of numerous football fields, we are being selfish by not
thinking about our future. If we can come up with all sorts of advanced
technologies and media in 2016, we should find other ways to survive
without having to take down so many forests. Perhaps using pre-existing
cut down land for new module's can be a solution instead of clearing out
more. It is unfair to the wildlife animals who are losing homes due to
human activity. A balance where the pro’s and con’s align with
deforestation should be applied.

9. MLA Citations (also submitted in separate Word Document)
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 Cesareo, Kerry. "Deforestation." WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2016.
 "Deforestation and Its Extreme Effect on Global Warming." Scientific American. N.p., 12 Nov. 2012.
Web. 15 Oct. 2016.
 Jakarta. "A Clearing in the Trees." The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 23 Aug. 2014. Web.
15 Oct. 2016.
 Rinkesh. "51 Facts About Deforestation - Conserve Energy Future." Conserve Energy Future. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2016.
 Ronca, Debra. "How Deforestation Works." HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks.com, n.d. Web. 15 Oct.
2016.
 "Deforestation." Trees for Life. Trees for Life, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2016.