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    The document discusses the issue of deforestation, providing statistics on the amount of forest lost globally since 1990 and the current annual rate of loss. It outlines some of the key causes of deforestation like fuelwood harvesting, agriculture expansion, illegal logging, and forest fires. The effects of deforestation mentioned include soil erosion and flooding, less water in the atmosphere, loss of habitat, destruction of indigenous homelands, and increased greenhouse gases. Some ways to lessen deforestation proposed are stronger government regulations, reforestation efforts, and educating others on the issue.

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    The document discusses the issue of deforestation, providing statistics on the amount of forest lost globally since 1990 and the current annual rate of loss. It outlines some of the key causes of deforestation like fuelwood harvesting, agriculture expansion, illegal logging, and forest fires. The effects of deforestation mentioned include soil erosion and flooding, less water in the atmosphere, loss of habitat, destruction of indigenous homelands, and increased greenhouse gases. Some ways to lessen deforestation proposed are stronger government regulations, reforestation efforts, and educating others on the issue.

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    The document discusses the issue of deforestation, providing statistics on the amount of forest lost globally since 1990 and the current annual rate of loss. It outlines some of the key causes of deforestation like fuelwood harvesting, agriculture expansion, illegal logging, and forest fires. The effects of deforestation mentioned include soil erosion and flooding, less water in the atmosphere, loss of habitat, destruction of indigenous homelands, and increased greenhouse gases. Some ways to lessen deforestation proposed are stronger government regulations, reforestation efforts, and educating others on the issue.

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    WHAT WE SAVE,

    SAVE US!
    STOP
    DEFORESTATION!

    420 million 10 MILLION


    hectares of forest HECTARES PER YEAR
    Lost through conversion to other land The rate of deforestation between
    uses since 1990 the year 2015 to2020

    CAUSES EFFECTS

    FUELWOOD HARVESTING SOIL EROSION AND FLOODING


    Overharvesting for domestic

    Without forests, soil erodes


    use
    washes away and there will
    also flooding .
    AGRICULTURE EXPANSION
    LESS WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
    Conversion of forests for
    Less water
    in the
    other land uses
    atmosphere results to drier
    soil and an inability to
    ILLEGAL LOGGING
    cultivate crops.
    Harvesting, processing, transporting,
    buying, or selling of timber against
    LOSS OF HABITAT
    the prohibition by law.
    Threaten animal and plants’
    population which can result
    FOREST FIRES to loss their species.
    Degraded forests especially
    those vulnerable area. DESTRUCTION OF HOMELANDS

    Deforestation
    have direct

    INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION effect on the indigenous


    Open up woods to settlements groups' lifestyle.
    and cultivation . INCREASED GREENHOUSE GASES
    MINING
    Causes a higher

    amount of
    It causes degradation of land, soil greenhouse gases released
    erosion and defiles water bodies into the sky which result to
    which destroys the forest. global warming.

    HOW WE CAN LESSEN DEFORESTATION?


    GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS EDUCATE OTHERS


    Curb the felling of trees by By sharing the deforestation facts,
    enforcing a series of rules and its causes and effects, you can
    and laws to govern it. make an impact and difference.

    REFORESTATION REUSE, REDUCED, and RECYCLE



    Reduce consumption, reduce
    Plant trees to replace those
    waste of paper and also opt
    that have been taken down.
    for recycled paper products.

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