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1 Title How fast is the Amazon rainforest disappearing? 40% increase between 2001 and 2002!

2 Title How fast is the Amazon rainforest disappearing Q1. What is deforestation? 40% increase between 2001 and 2002!

3 Title Amazon Deforestation in 2014 Deforestation has fallen by 70% in the Brazilian Amazon region during the last decade from a 10 year average of 19,500 km 2 in 2005 to 5,800 km 2 in 2013.

4 Title Amazon Deforestation in 2014 Question 2 a. In which year (s) was deforestation at the highest? b. What might be one reason for the cutting down of cutting down i.e. the drop in the rate of deforestation?

5 Title Question 3 How fast? a) How large is one hectare? An area 100m x 100m 1/100 th of a square kilometer 1 hectare is 1.4 football pitches b) How fast is the Amazon Rainforest being cut down? In 2013 the amount of deforestation was 5800 km = 580,000 ha divided by 365 = hectares per day. divided by 24 = hectares per hour divided by 60 = hectares per min

Title Main causes of deforestation This pie chart showing deforestation in the Amazon by cause is based on the median figures for estimate ranges.

6 Title Main causes of deforestation This pie chart showing deforestation in the Amazon by cause is based on the median figures for estimate ranges. Please note the low estimate for largescale agriculture. Between soybean cultivation resulted in a small overall percentage of direct deforestation. Nevertheless the role of soy is quite significant in the Amazon. As explained by Dr. Philip Fearnside, "Soybean farms cause some forest clearing directly. But 40% increase between 2001 and 2002! they have a much greater impact on deforestation by consuming cleared land, savanna, and transitional forests, thereby pushing ranchers and slash-and-burn farmers ever deeper into the forest frontier. Soybean farming also provides a key economic and political impetus for new highways and infrastructure projects, which accelerate deforestation by other actors. Source: Mongabay.com

7 Causes Title and effects of deforestation Read the previous slide pie chart and text Read about the causes and effects of deforestation here. Read about deforestation in the Amazon here (wiki) Amazon deforestation in graphics (rainforests.mongabay.com) Question 4 What are the main causes of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest? 40% increase between 2001 and 2002! Question 5 What are the main effects of Amazon deforestation?

Deforestation: Title Rondonia, Brazil 1975

8 Deforestation: Title Rondonia, Brazil Healthy natural vegetation 1986 Fishbone pattern on the landscape indicate agriculture fields Agriculture continues to replace forest cover. Watch this animated video of deforestation in this area (2000 to 2010)

9 The Title fishbone pattern of deforestation Body Question text 6 Produce a labelled diagram to show the development of the fishbone pattern. Write a title Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Use the following words: Main road, secondary road, clearing fishbone pattern Can you find Rondonia using your Google Earth app?. Search for Rondonia. Try to spot the fishbone pattern.

10 Title What are the Brazilians doing? Question 7 Describe how the Brazilian government is reducing deforestation. Describe three ways Click here

11 Title The Iguaçu Falls Probably the most beautiful waterfall on the planet. On the Iguaçu river near where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet. Named by local Indian language: y [water]+ wa su [big]. 100 to 150 waterfalls. Devil s throat is the biggest waterfall. Discovered by Spanish in Read more here

12 Title The Iguaçu Falls Watch on Youtube

By 2000, the protected Iguaçu national park, located in Argentina on the border with

13 Title The power of protected area status Agriculture replaces a forest In 1973 signs of deforestation are evident, but the forest cover is extensive throughout the region. By 2000, the protected Iguaçu national park, located in Argentina on the border with Brazil and Paraguay, is sharply defined as the dark green enclave on the right of the images

14 Title Soy bean plantations Read more about Soy farming here (WWF)

lowlands- highly suitable for agriculture 2000

15 Plantations: alternate patterns of deforestation? Title Agriculture replaces a forest Bolivian lowlands- highly suitable for agriculture Large corporate agricultural fields transform the landscape

Amazon Deforestation

Title Amazon Deforestation 40% increase between 2001 and 2002! Recent advert by Paddy Power. Read more on this story here Title Amazon Deforestation What is deforestation? 40% increase between 2001 and