The Amazon Rainforest
- Created by: Drageemily
- Created on: 01-11-18 17:21
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- Amazon Rainforest
- World's largest rainforest
- Contains half the world's animal population
- In South America
- Contains half the world's animal population
- Causes of deforestation
- Logging - Timber companies interested in trees such as mahogany. Smaller trees used for coal or fuel
- Mineral Extraction - Mining is mainly of gold. In 1999, 10000 hectares of land being used for mining. Today, 50000 hectares
- Impacts of deforestation
- Amazon stores 100 billion tonnes of Carbon dioxide.
- Soil erosion means loss of soil fertility
- Loss of Biodiversity
- Farming makes lots of money
- Sustainable management of deforestation
- Selective logging - only some trees (older ones) are cut down leaving the younger trees to cut down
- Afforestation - replanting the trees that are cut down
- World's largest rainforest
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