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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 THE DIRTY 30s The 1930s were a time of great hardshipfor many people living in America. Faced with the unproductive end of WWI, America sunk into a deep depression,beginning with the famed stock market crash on Wall Street. Still, the Great Depression had been brewing for a number of reasons beside that. AMERICA IN THE 1930s At the current rate of deforestation, all tropical rainforestswill be gone by 2110. 25% 5% Other Logging 10% *Other includesurbanization, dams,mining, etc. 40% Smallholding agriculture Cattle ranching 20% Save The Rainforest! - Plant trees!- Boycott destructive companies - Reduce your beef consumption - Spread the word! LATIN AMERICA:SOUTHEAST ASIA:AFRICA: EQUIVALENT TO 13 FOOTBALL FIELDS AVERAGE AREA CLEARED PER YEAR WHAT IS AFFECTED BY TROPICAL DEFORESTATION? Deforestation represents of greenhouse emissions 15% Disruption of Water Cycles Increased Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disruption of Water Cycles Rainforests contain170,000 of the world's 250,000 plant species No trees to anchor fertile soil. Animal Species Soil Erosion Imbalance in perticipationand river flow Inbalance in trophic levels &increased fighting for living area.-> Extinction Deforestation Drivers Large-scale agriculture SOURCES: - http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/deforest/deforest.htm l- http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0803.htm- http://worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation - http://easel.ly/create.com = 60,000 hectares double click to change this header text! double click to change this header text! people lose money double click to change this header text! companiesproduceless lay offworkers/wages drop peopledon't buyas much double click to change this title text! Negative Economic Cycle
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