Deforestation

South AmericaBy: Sarah Austin

How did deforestation start?

• People began living in wooded areas.• People cut down tree’s for houses, farms and wood for cities.

What is affected by this issue?

• Animals lose their homes• The ecosystem loses trees• People lose oxygen• We also lose half wildlife and plant species

How can we stop deforestation?

• It would be hard to stop deforestation• Once we destroy all of our rainforest we won’t be able to fix it• 25% of medicines come from forests we destroy

Map of South America

• South America

Conclusion

• As you can see from all of the pictures and graph’s deforestation is a big problem that we need to fix.

Works cited• www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/deforestation.htm

• www.effects-of-deforestation.com/how-to-stop-deforestation.php

• www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-25-voa40.cfm

• www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/