PPT-Summarised presentation of deforestation

By Ming Chun Shang Wen Chloe and Amanda Palm oil By Amanda Auyong What is palm oil It is a red liquid at room temperature but lighter coloured after boiling Comes from the African Oil Palm. CE 397 . Transboundary. Waters. Christine Lynch. Feb 7, 2012. The Amazon’s International Importance. Global Importance to:. Water. Carbon Cycle. Climate. Biodiversity. Amazon Overview. The Amazon Basin is the largest basin on the planet, at over 6,100,000 km. Can we predict what the climate of Haiti might be like?. Based on lesson by Beverly . Feldkamp. , VLHS, Michigan.. Christopher Columbus described the island of Haiti:. “Its lands are high; there are in it many sierras and very lofty mountains…all are most beautiful, or a thousand shapes; all are accessible and filled with trees of a thousand kinds and tall, so that they seem to touch the sky. I am told that they never lose their foliage, and this I can believe, for I saw them as green and lovely as they are in Spain in May, and some of them were flowering, some bearing fruit, and some at another stage, according to their nature.”. Jake, Maria, Dusty, Nick . What is deforestation?. Deforestation is the cutting of trees in a major forest without them being replanted.. Rainforests . are cut for logging, fuel-wood, mining and industry, tourism, and agriculture. Myra Smith – Sarah Tovar – Ashley Shelton – John O’Leary – Azemina M.. Historical Context. Deforestation became a problem because of large losses in tropical locations. . Deforestation is a natural process, so it dates back to before modern time. . Paulo Barreto. Senior Researcher at IMAZON. 15% . deforested. . up. to 2009. Pastureland ocupies . 75% of the area deforested. Will cattle ranching continue to drive deforestation?. What has driven deforestation?. Released 4/21/15 McDonald’s Commitment on Deforestation McDonald’s 1 is committed to eliminating deforestation from our global supply chains . We expect our suppliers to operate their . National Wildlife Federation | Environmental . Defense. Fund | Amigos . da. Terra-. Amazônia. . Brasileira. | University of Wisconsin-Madison | U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Constructive Forces. A constructive force is on that build up the Earth’s surface.. B. Examples: . Mountain building . Deposition of sediment. Volcanic Eruption. August 2006 brought two new things to the . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv8uGmUzjsk. Causes. The increasing demand of land for agriculture, homes, and industries caused by a population explosion has taken a heavy toll on the country’s forests since the early 20. Recap. . Causes of deforestation. 1. 2. 3. 4. Tropical Rainforest. What are tropical rainforests and where are they found?. What are the uses of tropical rainforest?. What is deforestation?. Why does deforestation occur?. Professor Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 22 July 2017. 1. GIS is a good career because, GIS allows you:. to study climate change. to analyze . cropland . loss due to urban growth in China. to create computer models to simulate land change. SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and . Deforestation is the clearing of trees, transforming a wooded area into cleared land. The first step in turning the wilderness into a shopping center is deforestation.. Or. Deforestation is when forests are destroyed by cutting trees (logging) and not replanting them. Some times deforestation happens when people change lands into farms, ranches and cities. The most common cause for deforestation is obtaining wood and fuel.. European Commission . DG Environment. “The Commission will take measures, both regulatory and otherwise, . to promote imported products and value chains that do not involve deforestation and forest degradation.