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cause of deforestation (natural causes (volcanic activity (these are…
cause of deforestation
facts and figures
originally we had 6 million square miles of TRF
now we have only 2.4 million square miles of TRF
worst affected areas
South America - amazon
Africa - Congo River Basin
natural causes
forest fires
tropical storms
volcanic activity
these are relatively minor!!
hydroelectric power (HEP)
eg. Itaipu
used to produce (HEP)
houses + rainforests + animals
farming
clearning forests to make fields for crops or grazing
logging
commercial cutting down of trees
for timber and paper
expensive: ebony + mahogany
mining
gold
materials mined for money
copper
coal
road building
roads enable access to rainforests and so easier to cut down trees
= deforstation