Deforestation

Primary school of Viliam Zaborsky Vrable

Slovakia

Made for ErasmusplusLet´s save the life on our planet

Forests• The forests are on our Earth for 350 million

years. • Forests have an important place between

ecosystems .• Forests provide the variety of life forms .• Human intervention without sufficient environmental knowledge can cause damage of the forest and negative effects can lead to its demise.

Forests are important for people and life.• They are big producent of oxygen,

the most important factor in climate regulation.

• Forests help to protect the environment and air purity, affect the composition of the atmosphere producing the oxygen.

• They positively influence the biological, physical and chemical

qualities of the air.

The forests influence the weather• They keep moisture, regulate the

temperature.• Forests manage the evaporation and

rainfall.• They keep regulation of water regime:• They direct the outflow – and so they

prevent against floods.• They also slow down wind speed.

• They are home for animals such as bear, wolf, deer, rabbit, doe, squirrel, ....• They are a permanent source

of different berries, mushrooms, herbal plants.

Forests are home for animals

The causes of forests demise• Uncontrolled logging• Building infrastructure (cities, highways, dams)• The change into the agricultural land • Using the wood as a fuel for households in

developing countries• Environmental pollution (air, water, acid rain)• Fires

Can you tell us what everything can cause the pollution which then can damage the forests?

• The biggest pollution of the environment is from toxic gases from industrial factories and power stations, exhaust from cars and airplanes, ...

• Wind transports pollutants over long distances.

• Acid rains are often created then.• Also some diseases of trees caused with environmental pollution can appear.

Negative consequences:• The animals lose their home, then

the death of the animal species follow. They are extinct.

The biodiversity is in danger• Production of oxygen decreases• Global warming - the greenhouse

effect is created• The look of the country can

change - deserts spread.• Degradation of soils

Tropical forests

• Every year, it is destroyed 105,000 km2 of forests, especially tropical forests. This way it can happen that in year 2,057 there weren´t no forests.

• As we said forests are destroyed because the valuable timber is mined.

• Tropical rainforests grow on poor soils, therefore, after the demise of vegetation the land can be demaged.

• Deserts can be created. • Some plants and animals can extinct.

What could we – people do to save forests?

• Reduce timber mined in forests and rainforests. • GROUP Greenpeace tries it to do on those

areas where forests still exist- North America, Russia , South Pacific.

• In Slovakia, Greenpeace concentrates on the rainforests problems through the project Save the Amazon Rainforest.

Protected area in Slovakia• In Slovakia, the campaign against

deforestation are organized , the protected areas are created in order to keep a home for plants and animals.

• Protected areas and National Parks in Slovakia• Kysuce• Záhorie• TANAP in High Tatras• PIENAP in Pieniny• NAPANT in Low Tatras• NP Veľká Fatra• NP Slovak Paradise – Slovenský raj

How could we - students, teachers, parents help ?

• We should prefer recycled paper.

• We could buy products from another material, not wood.

• We could help with planting trees and forests.

The Quiz

• Q: How do forests influence the weather?• Answer: • They regulate temperature • They keep moisture.• They also slow down wind speed.• Q: Name 3 animals living in the forest !• Answer: • A/ bear, wolf, squirrel, fox,...• B/ lion, tiger, cheetah, leopard..• Q: How many km2 of tropical forest is

destroyed every year? ( approximately )• Answer: • A/ 100 000 km2• B/ 300 000 km2

• Q: How can we help to save forests?

• Answer:• We should prefer recycled paper.• We could buy products from

another material, not wood.• We could help with planting

trees and forests.

Protected areas in other countries• Catalonia - Spain

• Greece

• Sicily - Italy

• Turkey

Thank you for attention

• Student of Erasmusplus club• Primary school of Viliam Zaborsky in Vrable

• Slovakia

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