Latin america rain forest 2
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Amazon Rainfores
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What are Rainforests?
Dense forest found in tropical areas of heavy
rainfall
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Where are Rainforest located?
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Layers of the Rainforest
EMERGENT LAYER
CANOPY LAYER
UNDERSTORY LAYER
FOREST FLOOR
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Why are Rainforest Important?
Rainforests provide a home to many plants and animals
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Why are Rainforest Important?
Rainforests produce most of the oxygen we
breath
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Why are Rainforest Important?
Rainforests are a source of
medicines and foods
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Why are Rainforest Important?Rainforests
protect against flood, drought,
and erosion
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Why are Rainforest being
destroyed?Deforestation
The removal of trees from an areas of land
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Why are Rainforest being
destroyed?Wood for both timber and wood for making fires (LOGGING)
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Why are Rainforest being
destroyed?Agriculture for both small and large farms
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Why are Rainforest being
destroyed?Grazing land for cattle
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Cattle Ranching
Cattle are
Cattle is raised only for the purpose to be killed and sold for its meat
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Cattle RanchingRanchers slash and burn rainforests to grow grass pasture for cattle. Once the cattle have grazed sufficiently, they are slaughtered and exported to industrialized countries, including the United States, to be made into fast food hamburgers and frozen meat products. It has been estimated that for every quarter pound hamburger made from rainforest cattle, fifty-five square feet of rainforest was cleared—an area equal to the size of a small kitchen.
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Why are Rainforest being
destroyed?Road construction
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BrainstormWhat are the consequences or negative things that are a result of deforestation?
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Brainstorm
What can we do to stop or lessen deforestation?