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DEFORESTATION & WILDFIRESDEFORESTATION & WILDFIRES

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DEFORESTATION

Deforestation is the removal of aforest where the land is thereafter

converted to a non-forest use.

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CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION

- Urban construction

- Agriculture

- Grazing land

- Using for fuel

- Commercial purposes

- Illegal logging

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SCHEME OF DEFORESTATION

 

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POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES  eforestaton ma!es res"ental

#ouses an" fa$tores %oss&le an"

t #el%s trans%ortaton'

Deforestaton $an also mean t#e$onverson of forest lan" to %ro"u$tvelan" for a(r$ultural uses'

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NE)ATIVE CONSEQUENCES

He! "hatabout forests#

$an s%e$es have been

lost or en"an(ere" as a

result of the "estru$ton of

t#er #a&tats'

In the Ama*on% more than

#alf t#e +ater  in the

ecosstem s #el" +t#n t#e%lants.

,t#out t#e %lants% the

climate ma &e$ome "rer .

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,IDFIRES

 A wildfire is an un$ontrolle" fre in anarea of ve(etaton that occurs in the $ountr.s"e or a +l"erness area'

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CAUSES OF ,IDFIRES

- Arsonsm - represents /0-102 of cases- Ne(l(en$e - represents 34-542 of cases

- Natural $auses- represent less than 42 of

cases- Re(nton of a %revous fre - represents lessthan 52 of cases

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NE)ATIVE CONSEQUENCESNE)ATIVE CONSEQUENCES

-Chemicals% li&e Fluorosurfa$tants% 

used to smot#er forest fres% are

also #armful for t#e envronment 

because the cause rrevers&le(enet$ mutatons in animals and

"estro. t#e o*one la.er'

- 'orest fires cause the s%rea" of

#armful nse$ts and %arast$

fun('

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DID 7OU 8NO,9 An area of forest e(uivalent to fve foot&all %t$#es 

"sa%%ears ever. mnute!$ore than :02 of the world)s s%e$es remain in the Tro%$al

Ranforest. $oreover% up to 300 forest anmal an" %lant s%e$es are lost ever. "a.!

 

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DID 7OU 8NO,9Deforestation is a ma;or $ontr&utor of $lmate

$#an(e% responsible for up to *+, of (lo&al(reen#ouse (as emssons - more than all cars%truc&s% planes and trains in the world combined.

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DEFORESTATION < FIRES IN )AICIA

In Galicia there is ver. lttle "eforestaton.

Galicia supports 402 of t#e forest fres n S%an' n /st $arch *+/* a fire in As Fragas do Eume destroed=40 #e$tares of the 0ar&% which had been declared a Ste of

Communt. Im%ortan$e. As 'ragas are considered one of thebest e1amples of t#ermo%#l$ Atlant$ forests of 2urope.

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https344www.outube.com4watch#v561f71mr+8nI

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SARA PICOS GÓMEZ

ROI FERNÁNDEZ CANDOCIA

DAVID REINO CANCELA

IRENE VÁZQUEZ AMARELLE

1ºESO B

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