Deforestation Awareness
Ariella Kalkstein and Lia King
WHY?
Palm Oil Deforestation - Indonesia
The clearing of natural forests for the production of palm oil has caused devastating forest fires, climate change, animal cruelty and habitat loss.
Cattle Ranching - Amazon
Illegal Logging - Africa
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FORESTS
Primary forests are simply untouched forests in the context of logging. These forests are hard to find especially in Malaysia and Africa. Secondary forests have been logged, many of these forests are on their second or third time logging because of the need for wood. When looking at the trees you can usually see that the primary trees still have canopies and the secondary forests look "shredded".
CLEAR CUTTING VS. SELECTIVE CUTTING
What is the difference between clear cutting and selective tree farming?
EFFECT
ANIMALS
Animals are affected in other ways besides losing their habitat. Without as many trees and canopy's the animals are experiencing more drastic temperature changes. The trees being taken away also takes away crucial pollen from pollinators and could lead to wiping out an entire tree species.
MAUI
Deforestation emits fossil fuels which raises temperatures. On Maui we are feeling the effects of climate change through rising sea levels and rising temperatures. Many people are trying to band together on Maui to get climate justice on Maui - and in the world!
SOLUTION
THE FIGHT
Most people are working on getting people aware and fighting against the logging companies. Those who are trying to directly recover the forests are fighting to change the laws to make deforestation a more ethical process. Another way they are trying to help is to convince logging companies to use the right methods for taking trees.
SMALL SOLUTION
When deforestation is discussed many people look to change the laws, change the process, or just make deforestation better. One thing that many people don't mention is if there is less of a need for wooden products, the deforestation companies will be affected. If this was to work almost everyone in America would have to do their research and stop buying the wooden or paper products.