LOGGING

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What is Logging?

“cutting trees for sale as timber or pulp” Selective logging- Loggers select a

specific type of tree to cut down based on its species.

Clear-cutting- Loggers do not need a specific type of wood so they cut all the trees down.

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Logging

Logging is one of the leading causes of rainforest destruction.

Logging has slowed due to increased awareness of this issue.

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Logging

Areas that have been logged are 8 times more likely to be settled by shifting cultivators than those that haven’t been logged.

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Selective Logging

Only cutting down one or two trees within an area.

It is still harmful to surrounding trees, as these trees are connected to other trees through vines or their branches are running through each other.

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Effects of Logging on Woodpeckers Video

Effects of Logging on RCW Habitat Source: ForestsForLife Length: 24 Seconds

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Sustainable Logging Video

Sustainable Logging Source: National Geographic Length: 2:38 While some people claim that sustainable

logging is possible, only 1% of all logging is truly sustainable.

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Websites Used

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/98/10/1981057_bfc1469a.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IF5kY1TH0c Butler, Rhett. "Logging in the Rainforest." Mongabay. N.p.,

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"Effects of Illegal logging in the jungle, Sauce, Peru." Traveljournals.net - Stories from your friends on the road. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. <http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/143725.html>.