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It is a source of medicine, food, and shelter and of course... money. How fast do they go? Rainforests worldwide are destroyed at a rate of... 128 sq. miles a day ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: The Amazon Rainforest


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TheAmazon Rainforest
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Before...
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...and After
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Statistics
  • Rainforests consist of 2 of our planet, but they
    contain almost 50 of all the different life
    forms on the planet
  • It is a source of medicine, food, and shelter and
    of course money

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How fast do they go?
  • Rainforests worldwide are destroyed at a rate
    of...
  • 128 sq. miles a day
  • 30 million acres a year
  • thats like getting rid of The Czech Republic

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Brazil
  • In Brazil alone 7.4 million acres are destroyed a
    year
  • What affect does this have on the people of the
    Amazon region?
  • What affect does this have on the world as a
    whole?

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What are we losing?
  • Foods
  • Medicines potential cures?
  • Climate control
  • Biological diversity
  • A place for rainforest human residents to live

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WHY???
  • Knowing all of the benefits of a rainforest, why
    would people cut them down???
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