RAINFORESTS IN DANGER

SOME ISSUES OF THE RAINFOREST

• Logging
• Poaching
• Fires

LOGGING

Logging is when trees are cut down by humans. So many animals, like monkeys,birds, and snakes are loosing their homes. They live in the trees and when the trees are cut down, the animals have nowhere to live. About 1,000 animal species go extinct per year because of
logging.

LOGGING

• Not enough room for animals to live.
• Trees are part of the reason planet is heathy and in a good state.
• When the trees fall down, they can hurt animals while they fall
• May not be much oxygen to breathe because trees produce oxygen.

WHY WE ARE CUTTING DOWN TREES

• Houses
• Wood or timber
• Farms
• Furniture
• Cattle grazing

POACHING

Poaching is when humans kill animals for their own uses, like snakes for scales that go on bags and shoes, turtles for their shells, and even leopards for fur. Sometimes animals like tigers are killed for fur and Chinese medicines.Poaching is illegal.

CONSEQUENCES OF POACHING

• If the poachers get caught...
• The can be fined up to USD120,000
• They can be jailed up to 40 YEARS!
• Poaching is pretty serious !!!

FIRES

HOW FIRES START

• Lightning can strike trees
• After chopping down trees, people will burn the leaves
• A cigarette can be dropped on the ground still lit

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