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Definitions

• The removal of forest stands by cutting and
  burning to provide land for agricultural
  purposes, residential or industrial building
  sites, roads, etc., or by harvesting the trees
  for building materials or fuel.
• The clearing of forests or trees without adequate
  replanting or thought of regeneration.

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Countries by region with the greatest percentage
of deforestation from 1990 to 1995
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Countries by region with the lowest percentage of
deforestation from 1990 to 1995
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Direct Causes

• Wildfire
• Degradation
• Development (urban)
• Grazing (uncontrolled)

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Indirect Effects

• Edge effects
• Habitat fragmentations

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Region Specific?
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• Why tropical forests?

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• Loss of nutrients.
• 80 percent soil acidic and infertile
• Flooding

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Effects of Biodiversity

• Effects animal and plant species
• 25 percent medicine comes from plants in
  rainforest.
  
• Tropical rainforest is a big concern

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Biodiversity
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Indigenous People
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Social Effects

• Losing homes
• Alters way of life
• Culture diversity

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Hydrological Cycle
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Leads to increase in severity of flooding
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Mountain deforestation increases the frequency of
mudslides
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Climate Change
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Works cited

• http//ess.geology.ufl.edu
• www.mongabay.com
• www.umich.edu/gs265/society/deforestation.htm
• http//rainforest.mongabay.com

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