DeforestationAllie R.

Olivia M.

Lauren C.

Tropical Rainforests

Nationalgeographic.com

Awe-inspiring,

Beautiful,

Indescribable

The Importance of Our Rainforests

Greencupboards.com

“Lungs of Our Planet”

Reasons For Logging

Mongabay.com Leelanaurealestate.com

"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The Bush Meat Trade

http://earthweek.comLeelanaurealestate.com

The logging is opening up roads for the hunters.

Inhabitants of the Rainforest

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

http://room42.wikispaces.com

Indigenous Species to the Rainforest

Impacts on Inhabitants

http://news.mongabay.com

“Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently

oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.”-Isaac Asimov (1920-1992),

Impacts on the Soil and Climate

Nutrients are

LOST.

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Deforestation Rates

www.Umich.edu

Global Warming

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science right!”-Richard Lindzen

Global Warming cannot be fixed without Deforestation being fixed first…they go hand in hand.

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The World’s Pharmacy

www.Flmnh.ufl.edu

70% of plants haveanticancer properties

Works Cited

•Butler, Rhett A. "Congo Deforestation." Rainforests. Monga Bay, 199http://rainforests.mongabay.com/congo/deforestation.html9. Web. 20 Nov. 2011. <>.

•Douglas, Bob. "Quotations on the Forest." University of St. Thomas – A Private, Catholic Liberal Arts University in Minnesota — University of St. Thomas : Home. St. Thomas Universuty, Aug. 2011. Web. 19 Nov. 2011. http://www.stthomas.edu/recycle/forest.htm.

•Lindsey, Rebecca. "Tropical Deforestation : Feature Articles." NASA Earth Observatory : Home. NASA, 30 Mar. 2007. Web. 20 Nov. 2011. <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/>.

•Matthews, Christopher. "Deforestation Causes Global Warming." FAO: FAO Home. FAO NewsRoom, 2008. Web. 19 Nov. 2011. http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000385/index.html.

•"Rainforest Facts." Wealth of the Rainforest - Pharmacy to the World from Raintree Nutrition, Inc. Raintree Nutrition, 20 Mar. 2010. Web. 19 Nov. 2011. <http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm>.