Deforestation in tropical rainforests (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Flashcards
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What deforestation means
What deforestation means
Permanent removal of trees & forest cover
Main drivers of deforestation
Main drivers of deforestation
Economic & social pressures
Largest single cause of deforestation
Largest single cause of deforestation
Agricultural conversion
Biggest cause of Amazon deforestation
Biggest cause of Amazon deforestation
Cattle ranching
Hectares of rainforest cleared in 2023
Hectares of rainforest cleared in 2023
3.7 million hectares
Deforestation rate analogy (per minute)
Deforestation rate analogy (per minute)
10 football pitches destroyed per minute
Effect of road building in forests
Effect of road building in forests
Snowball effect - enables more deforestation
Example of mining driving deforestation
Example of mining driving deforestation
Carajás iron ore mine in Brazil
What drives illegal logging
What drives illegal logging
High demand for timber in Western countries
Where oil palm plantations expanded rapidly
Where oil palm plantations expanded rapidly
Southeast Asia
World's largest palm oil producer
World's largest palm oil producer
Indonesia
Palm oil in packaged products (proportion)
Palm oil in packaged products (proportion)
Roughly half of all packaged products
Madagascar population: 1950 to 2020
Madagascar population: 1950 to 2020
4 million to 28.9 million