Deforestation

 Katie Crum - I have learned a lot during this unit, but mostly that anyone can help stop deforestation, no matter what age. All you need to do is make people more aware.

Devin Lippy- From this unit I have learned a lot, one of the biggest thing I have learned is to not be selfish and be aware of what is going on, I think this was the big idea of this unit. I have also learned that Jain Albert is a huge suck up. : )  Jain Albert- I have learned a lot in this class from how use Moodle to how to make a web in Webspiration and I don't think that I would have learned how to to these if i didn't have Mrs. Lucia.

[|NASA page on Deforestation] This is a really good site on the effects of deforestation, and why people cut down trees. It explains in really good detail why farmers use deforested areas for farmland. ~Katie Crum

Impacts of Deforestation: Biodiversity Impacts
Although tropical forests cover only about 7 percent of the Earth’s dry land, they probably harbor about half of all species on Earth. Many species are so specialized to microhabitats within the forest that they can only be found in small areas. Their specialization makes them vulnerable to extinction. In addition to the species lost when an area is totally deforested, the plants and animals in the fragments of forest that remain also become increasingly vulnerable, sometimes even committed, to extinction. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Deforestation/ This is a double post of this website. You should delete the first site at the top. ~Katie Crum  [|National geographic page on deforestation] This site really explains how deforestation causes global warming by putting carbon dioxide into the air. Other than that though, there is not much information on this website. ~Katie Crum
 * __Why__ __deforestation is happening__**

Deforestation may have catastrophic global effects as well. Trees are natural consumers of carbon dioxide—one of the greenhouse gases whose buildup in the atmosphere contributes to global warming. Destruction of trees not only removes these “carbon sinks,” but tree burning and decomposition pump into the atmosphere even more carbon dioxide, along with methane, another major greenhouse gas. [|Many of the problems that are creating Deforestiation] This is an amazing website where paragraph after paragraph is causes and effects of deforestation. This has a lot of information that is really useful! ~Katie Crum  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/deforestation/effect.html

** Deforestation is brought about by the following: **
* conversion of forests and woodlands to agricultural land to feed growing numbers of people; * development of cash crops and cattle ranching, both of which earn money for tropical countries; * commercial logging (which supplies the world market with woods such as meranti, teak, mahogany and ebony) destroys trees as well as opening up forests for agriculture; * felling of trees for firewood and building material; the heavy lopping of foliage for fodder; and heavy browsing of saplings by domestic animals like goats. http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/envFacts/facts/deforestation.htm This site is really useful. It contains bulleted notes that are easy to understand, and contains causes and effects of deforestation. Very useful. ~Katie Crum

[|Why people are deforesting] This site is just okay. It is kind of short, and the information isn't very useful. It simply lists a few reasons why people are deforesting. ~Katie Crum

__**How much has happened throughout the years**__ Most of the forest in New England were cleared in the last 200 years. [|an awesome site with info on how to slow foresting] ~Devin Lippy another [|good one] lots of info on deforestation causes etc... you have to search for the solutions though look for conclusions subtopic