1. Deforestation in Costa Rica By: Meaghan Landry

2. Basic Facts About Costa Rica Christopher Columbus discovered Costa Rica in 1502 Costa Rica is known as the "Land of Peace" Costa Rica is home to 4,576,562 people Located in South America

3. More About Costa Rica The Quetzal is Costa Rica's national bird Surfing, swimming and football (soccer) are popular sports The main language in Costa Rica is Spanish Costa Rica is home to 4500 species of animals

4. Deforestation 20,000 acres of land are deforested annually Deforestation laws are too lenient Laws make it easy to obtain logging permits Deforestation in the act.

5. More About Deforestation In the 1960's, the U.S offered millions of dollars to stimulate beef production and the result was devastating Since the 1960's, 60% of Costa Rica has been cleared for cattle ranching

6. Wildlife Affected by Deforestation More than 1000 species of animals are being affected by deforestation Many animals live in the trees that are being cut down

7. The NBP Helps Out The National Bamboo Project was founded in 1986 to decrease deforestation The NBP replaces timber with bamboo Areas that were bare ten years ago have now been reforested

8. What YOU can do 1.Reforestation needs to take place-plant trees! 2.Use recycled items 3.If you have to cut down a tree, go for the older ones, do not cut down baby trees 4.Use coal to heat up the fireplace instead of firewood 5.Support laws to stop any form of deforestation

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