Rainforest Destruction

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Rainforest Destruction By Eva Wilson
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Why do we need Rainforests ?
The plants in the rainforests generate a lot of
the Earths oxygen
The plants in the rainforest remove carbon
dioxide and store it in their roots, stems,
leaves and branches
By turning CO2 into clean air, rainforests help
fight pollution
Destroying the rainforests will increase global
warming because more CO2 will be released into
the atmosphere.
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What is happening to the rainforests ?

• It has been estimated that large numbers of
  species are being forced to extinction (possibly
  more than 50,000 a year at the rate)

How many of each set is extinct in 6 months
600
500
no. of Spec I es
400
300

• Logging has been a huge part of the destruction
  of the rainforests which is cutting down oxygen
  levels

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mammals
reptiles
amphibians
Birds
Type of animal set
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What do rainforests produce?

• Trees arent the only plants that produce
  supplies like a kako plant gives oil for
  moisturisers. Other plant products may include
  cough drops, perfumes, detergents, beverages,
  flavouring, fuel, varnish ,wood finishing, rain
  boots, coats and even golf balls.

• Rainforests produce us with every day supplys
  such as paper,wood and many more
• Most furnitures like wooden tables,chairs,cabinets
  and draws are made from trees.

Paper
Nail polish remover
Tea tree oil
wood
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What species are in the rainforests ?
Poison dart frog

• There is 4 main sets of animals and they are all
  in the rainforest.
• The most common set is amphibians but mammals
  come in a close second.
• Amphibians are most common as for rainforests are
  very moist and humid places but it is numbering
  down as amphibians are losing there homes by
  logging

Golden lion tamarin monkey
Philippine pit viper snake
Plum Throated Cotinga bird
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What rainforests are there ?

• There is 2 well known rain forests the Amazon and
  the Congo
• The biggest is the Amazon which holds over 1
  million animals
• There is types of rainforests temperate and
  tropical

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Tropical rainforests
Temperate rainforests
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Why is destruction of the rain forest happening ?

• The destruction of the rainforest is happening
  because we need supplies such as wood for burning
  and making furniture and materials from plants
  like oils and food
• We need more space for factories and homes as the
  population is growing in the world right this
  seconds

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How can we stop destruction of the rainforest ?

• People have no right to destroy the rainforests
  for their own purposes also no person should be
  encouraging them too.
• We should be using different sources of materials
  such as plastic or metal rather than wood.

• It may not be really obvious, but fossil fuels
  like coal and oil are a major threat to
  rainforests and rainforest communities alike. Oil
  extraction has increased dramatically in the
  Amazon, for instance, often with devastating
  social and environmental effects

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Save the rainforests
Hope you have enjoyed my presentation , thank
you!!!!