1. DEFROESTATION IN THE AMAZON
G1-OC Class
Yisel & Maggie
May,2010

2. Quiz Which country has the biggest portion of the Amazon rainforest?
- Brazil
What amount of the world’s fresh water is in the Amazon River basin?
- 20%
How many countries have part of the Amazon within their borders?
- nine
Which is the only river in the world longer than the Amazon.
- Nile in Africa

3. Agenda Background History Causes Effects Solutions Conclusion
References

4. What is deforestation?
By logging and burning

5. Where is the Amazon?

6. Lungs of our planet The ninth largest if it were a country
Recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen
More than 20% of Earth’s oxygen
10 million species : plants, animals, and insects
One-fifth of the world’s fresh water

7. History 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 Europeans Rubber production
1888
1912
Rubber production
Government policies
1994
Environmental movement
1995
new government incentives
2003
Brazilian cattle exports outpace
Domestic markets

8. Breakdown of Causes

9. Government policies Land grants for deforesting and colonizing
Credit and tax incentives for cattle ranching
Roads built through the Amazon that increase access

10. Other causes
Historic Factors : war, industrialization, colonization, etc.
Population Growth : more people → more inhabited land → more deforestation
Urbanization : city area increases → forest recede
South America has highly urban populations. Urbanization levels are expected to reach 85 per cent by the year 2025

11. Other causes
Climate change : climate change → local vegetation recede → deforestation
Green house effect
CO, Emission increase
cause : the clearing of land for cattle, the need for land in increased soybean production, illegal logging.

12. Effects
Rondônia, Brazil.
Top:June 1985
Bottom: August 1992

13. Effects Loss of biodiversity : no trees → no shelter → no animals
Soil erosion : no trees → no beneficial soil
Ground water table : no soil or less soil → retain no or less water → the ground water levels reduced
Floods : no trees → no (major) obstruction to flowing water →no chance to percolate into the ground→ cause flood
Drought : water gone by flood / evaporation → drought
Less carbon conversion : contributing to global warming

14. Solutions Reforestation Legislation Wildlife sanctuaries Cities
Incentive to Corporate
Commercial Forest Plantations
Water Management

15. What can be done? Avoid beef products from Brazil!
Recycling : more recycle → less disposable products → decrease deforestation
Gas fireplaces : Use gas → less wood → deforestation decrease
International Workshop on Solutions to Deforestation for Cattle Expansion is on Facebook

16. Conclusion
Background
History
Causes
Effects
Solutions

17. References http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html
news.mongabay.com/2005/0827-brazil.html