Download - Deforestation in Cambodia
DEFORESTATION
IN CAMBODIA
PREPARED by: HENG HuyHuang
WHAT IS DEFORESTATION?
• Longman dictionary: The cutting or burning down of all the
trees in an area.
WHY DEFORESTATION
• More people
• City development
• Furniture
• Other usages
WHY WOODEN FURNITURE?
• Bring luck home
• Love
• Valuable
• Quality
• Representing Cambodia
CONSEQUENCES
• In 1965, 75% of Cambodia is forest. (Forest ~ 135,776km2)
• In 2013, 57,1% of Cambodia is forest. (Forest ~ 103,371 km2)
Cambodia lost forest 32,405 km2
• Disaster: Flood, drought, getting hotter• Animal: No home, extinct• People: suffer long-term effects
SOLUTIONS• Government gives land concession around forest to private
company
• Strengthen the forestry law
• Make furniture from other material
• Educated young generation
Save this world for our
kids
THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION