Rain Forest Resources Chapter 11 Section 1

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Rain Forest ResourcesChapter 11 Section 1

• Pages 245-247

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Rain Forest Land Uses

• Makes oxygen.
• Regulate climate.
• Many plants and animals.
• Biodiversity
• 50,000,000 acres are lost every year.

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Clearing The Rain Forests

• Many exotic woods such as mahogany and cedar
• Natives try to find land to farm.
• Erosion and Livestock overgrazing are problems

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Population Issues

• More than half of the Amazon rainforest is in
  Brazil.
• 173,000,000 people live in Brazil.
• Many developers want to build new homes here.

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The Price of Destruction

• is deforestation and cutting down and clearing
  away trees.

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Environmental Concerns

• Rainforests regulate the earths climate by
  absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.
• Slash-and-burn
• Global Warming

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Plants and Animals in Danger

• Rainforests cover only 6 of the Earth.
• 50 of all plant and animal species.
• Medicines

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Moving Toward Solutions

• People are trying to figure out ways to develop
  the rainforest and protect nature.

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A Juggling Act

• Education of the public and Protests

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Fighting Economics with Economics

• Debt-for-nature-swap
• Many Latin America have debts and instead of
  paying off the debt, these countries save land.