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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION

JOY L. AND ERIN S.

Did you know that there are rainforests in the world being destructed faster than the Amazon?

A 4-SQUARE MILE RAINFOREST

  • 1,500 flowering plant species
  • 750 tree species
  • 400 bird species
  • 125 mammal species
  • 150 butterfly species

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

  • Illegal logging, farming and mining
  • 4,100 miles of river
  • 40,000 endangered plant species
  • 3,000 endangered freshwater fish species
  • Estimated 30 million insect species

THE CONGO RAINFOREST

  • Area the size of England logged since 2002
  • 10,000 endangered tropical plant species
  • 1,000 bird species
  • Illegal logging, mining, hunting and trade

THE INDONESIAN RAINFOREST

  • 1,000 endangered bird species
  • 222 endangered reptile species
  • 700 endangered fish species
  • Illegal logging, farming and fires
  • Destroyed by a decade

PERCENT DESTROYED

SOLUTIONS

  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
  • Fight poaching and ranching
  • Fight illegal logging and mining
  • Use less electricity, paper, water...
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