Kassandra+Predovic+Notes+on+Deforestation

Throughout my research I have realized that there is two sides to this issue. Saving the forests while meeting the needs of society. **
 * Kassandra Predovic Notes on Deforestation__:__

Question:  How do we balance saving the forests with the needs of society? ** __The Living Forests- Peter k. Schoonmaker__ **** Bibliography__:__ ** Schoonmaker, P. k. Hillside, N.J, USA: Enslow Publishers · ** factors that determines where ** Species live: Temperature and moisture. light, water (shallow roots-absorb water quickly), slopes (facing sun-dry and humid) · Soil is a factor of where trees can grow
 * What the book was about**: This book talked a about the different types of forests in our world. It talks about what kind of climate and environment it has. This can give us an idea of what kind of things are causing forest devastation in different types of forests.
 * Distribution: **

· Can be found in cold northern climates · The forest appears wet · Trees are conifers: pine trees are conifers (so are spruce and fir) · This type of forest covers 4.6million square miles (one-quarter of all the forested land in the world) · In this type of Forest trees are small (short growing season) · Trees are adapted to fire-need fire · Fire kills spruce and fir-seeds survive to start new trees · These trees make good building materials · Average person in United states uses 500 pounds of paper each year
 * The Borneal Forest:**

· Covers 3.5 million square miles of earth (3.5 % of earths land and 10% of earths forests · Dry climate (fir, spruce, pine)
 * Temperate Conifers Forests**

· Grow year round · Mild climate · Big tees-250 trees
 * Coniferous Rain Forest:**

· 1.5% of earths forests · Oaks maples, birch, beech, ash · Deciduous trees grow in warm climates, cool and moisture climates -60-50 tall __**Rainforest**__
 * Temperate Decidious Forests:**
 * Bibliography:** Warburton, L. (1990). //Rainforests.// San Diego, California, United States: Lucent Books Incrporated.


 * This quote just shows why it is important to save the trees. It is a legend. Quote:** Legend: “ The rainforests supports the sky; cut down the trees, and disaster flows.”

**Why are Forests Important to have?**
 * Need Forests to survive-rain forest took million of years to create
 * Rain forest-one of the most valuable things
 * Good resource, provides lots of resources
 * Forests get really big and hard to manage · Killing fo1rests causes droughts
 * Scientists think that the destruction of trees is contributing to green house effect-causing earths temperature to rise-killing things
 * 50-90% of animals and plants live in rain forests-species depend on other species to survive
 * Killing one species may continue to kill other species

· More then half have been destroyed · Forty to fifty million acres destroyed each year Being destroyed 50% faster · Rainforests are located in still developing countries-cut down trees to live (grow food)- Developing countries go to quickest solution and do not think of the long term effect · Developing countries trade lumber for money · Farming and lodging destroy the most · Economy: main reason for forest devastation · Roads (eg. Trans-Amazon highway) goes threw forest: destroying hundreds of feet on either side letting in sunlight and damaging the natural way · Rode’s have been built in the middle of the forest as a short cut · The gas and construction has damaged the forest climate-making native people leave land · Logging industries are taking down all of the trees 15% · Fuel is killing trees · Scientists think that the destruction of trees is contributing to green house effect-causing earths temperature to rise-killing things (animals and plants, floods-people) · Grow on mountains, seacoats, river vallies · The forests near the equator have fewer species · Rode’s have been built in the middle of the forest as a short cut · The gas and construction has damaged the forest climate-making native people leave land · Logging industries are taking down all of the trees 15% · Fuel is killing trees · Scientists think that the destruction of trees is contributing to green house effect-causing earths temperature to rise-killing things (animals and plants, floods-people) · Grow on mountains, seacoats, river vallies · The forests near the equator have fewer species · Alternate food source and housing · Alternate food source and housing
 * Rainforests: **
 * Reasons For Destruction: **
 * Types of Rainforests: **
 * Types of Rainforests: **
 * Solving:**

** Bibliography: **** // Envirmental Concerns //. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1st, 2010, from http://www.wesavetrees.org/environment.htm ** **Free Cutting:** · There are limits on free cutting · Need trees to live: “provide fog drip water, shade, bio-material, soil holding root systems, and habitat for endangered animals” · Damage is done to the soil when cutting down trees · Old growth forests help fight global warming. **The** **Tropical Forest**
 * [|http://www.wesavetrees.org/environment.http] **
 * Bibliography:** Massa, R. (1997). //The Tropical Forest.// Austin, Texas, USA: Raintree- Steck-Vaughn.

· Thousands of species die each year · The Destruction of rain forests are now so complete that slowing it down you would have to reverse it completely · Destruction of forests-one of main cause of animal distinction -30-40 years thousand of species will die
 * Quotes:** “The destruction of the tropical forests is now so vast and widespread, it would be almost impossible to stop without reversing the process currently taking place.”

Bibliography:** //Deforestation//. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview.html Quote: "Deforestation is clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year."
 * Deforestation


 * Reason for cutting:**
 * money
 * needs of people
 * agriculture
 * Not all cutting is on purpose: some caused by natural disasters
 * Effects of Cutting:**
 * ruin habitats of animals
 * creates climate change
 * Trees absorb green house gases