enviroaction group presentation
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EnviroAction GroupEnviroAction GroupNewton Ferrers Primary SchoolNewton Ferrers Primary School
We want to inspire you all to become
Green Ambassadors!
We are the
EnviroAction Group
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Green Ambassadors
EnviroAction Group
This year we have been finding out about:
Destruction of the rainforest
Rainforest being destroyed
Rainforest animals are losing their homes
Is it such a big problem?
Every two seconds an area of forest the size of a football pitch is destroyed.
Rainforest being burnt
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The rainforest is being cleared for wood we use in our garden
furniture and palm oil we use in our foods
Together we can stop deforestation
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EnviroAction Group
We are the EnviroAction Group and this we have been finding out about:
Rainforest destruction
Animals in the UK becoming extinct
Over the past 200 years, 413 species have been lost in England. Mainly due to changes to land from farming and house building. Also pollution and pesticides.
Species extinct from
EnglandBirds: 7 species of bird have become extinct in England in the last 200 years
Great bustardbecame extinct in UK in 1833
Bees: 22 species of bee have become extinct in England in the last 200 years
Beavers are being re-introduced
For the first time since they were hunted to extinction in the 1700s, England has a wild beaver population - and they are here in Devon, on the River Otter!
EnviroAction Group
We are the EnviroAction Group and this we have been finding out about:
Rainforest destruction
Animals in the UK becoming extinct
Plastic in the sea
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Marine Litter
Marine Litter
Marine Litter
Marine Litter
We have been taking action!
We have adopted a Mountain Gorilla
We have adopted a Mountain Gorilla
The mountain gorilla is critically endangered with only around 880 left in the wild.
Our money is used for:
•Training rangers to remove traps set for animals
•Protecting gorilla habitat
•Training rangers to protect baby gorillas against poaching
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Together we can make a difference
We have adopted a Mountain Gorilla
We took part in Earth Hour
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Together we can make a difference
We have adopted a Mountain Gorilla
We took part in Earth Hour
We signed a petition to save the pygmy sloth
Petition to save the pygmy sloth
The pygmy three-toed sloth is found in a tiny area of red mangrove forests on an island in Panama. It rapidly evolved a much smaller body size in its short 8,900 years of isolation from mainland species.
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Here are some rescued sloths
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Together we can make a difference
We have adopted a Mountain Gorilla
We took part in Earth Hour
We signed a petition to save the pygmy sloth
We sent a letter to the Prime Minister and received a reply
Letter from the UK Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Together we can make a difference
We have adopted a Mountain Gorilla
We took part in Earth Hour
We signed a petition to save the pygmy sloth
We sent a letter to the Prime Minister and received a reply
We took part in the estuary clean up
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Together we can make a difference
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