It is the process of clearing forests completely by cutting or burning.

One of the great forces in global environmental change that was done by human actions.

Around 60% of the ________________________________ is done by only seven countries of the world.

What influences climate?

Forests protect our waters and manage our __________.

When a forest has been clear-cut, the rain pours down hard on the _______________________ .

The dirt that washes into streams, muddying the waters causes _________________.

What does forests provides us?

What function do the trees provide by storing carbon, a cause of climate change in their biomass.

Forests provide useful _____________________.

Natural forests add to the ___________________.

How many percent of the Earth is covered by trees?

Rainforests cover only 6% of the Earth but they are home to how many percent of all plant and animal species?

Where do rainforests get their name?

Rainforests are often known as the _____________________.

The trees absorb harmful carbon dioxide and produce how many percent of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere.

When does deforestation occurs?

What do you call the teak or mahogany that are strong and so perfect for building and for making furniture

Known as slash and burn, families cut down small parts of the forest and burn it to improve the soil. It is small scale and the forest can regenerate.

This is farming that happens on a large scale. It is led by companies who need to produce on a much bigger scale to provide food and products for the wider world.

The number of different species becomes smaller.

wearing away of surface soil by water and wind

A long period of dry weather and without rain

The destruction of habitats that usually results from human activities. Animals and plants lose their home so some may become endangered or extinct

Deforestation also means that Indigenous tribes are losing their homes.

native people

referred to as isolated people or lost tribes, are communities who live, or have lived without significant contact with global civilization.

the unknown place

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.