Deforestation
Lets take a few easy steps to save forests everywhere!
Ways to Prevent Deforestation:
Reclaimed wood
Lesser Known Species
Pulp
How To Help:
~You can recycle many kinds of paper and cardboard saving lots of trees.
~Glenn Hurowitz the Forest Heroes chairman says the ADM can stop cutting down as many trees by making more soy by targeting yield and degraded land improvement.
Tree Kangaroos
Sumatran Tiger
Pygmy Elephants
Health effects:
~Southeast Asia has polluted air and temperature rise because of burning forest to clear them.
~Deforestation results in eroded soil, pesticides, and fertilizers washing in water and communities depend on it.
Happening to forests across the world
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