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Rainforests
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- 1Life support for the planet-Deforestation releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than allthe cars, planes and ships put together!
-Over half the world's plants and animal species are found in rainforests
-The Amazon forest releases 20 billion tonnes of moisture every day, helping o water crops thousands of miles away
-Healthy rainforests absorb up to 10% of man's carbon emmissions each year - 2Our destructive demands-Farmers in Brazil can make$3,000 per hectare by clearing forest and growing soybeans for export
-Over half of deforestation in Africa is carried out by poor farmers practising subsistance agriculture
-15 million hectares of tropical ranforest are lost every year - an ara larger than the size of England
-43 of the 100 best selling products in British supermarkets contain palm-oil, linked to the rainforest clearance in Southeast Asia - 3We need to act now-Farmers in Brazil can make$3,000 per hectare by clearing forest and growing soybeans for export
-Over half of deforestation in Africa is carried out by poor farmers practising subsistance agriculture
-15 million hectares of tropical ranforest are lost every year - an ara larger than the size of England
-43 of the 100 best selling products in British supermarkets contain palm-oil, linked to the rainforest clearance in Southeast Asia - 4Rainforests-The destruction of the rainforests threatens us all. We depend on these forests for our climate, our water, our food and the natural systems that keep us healthy
-We are all part of the problem. Global demand for food, wood and industrial materials fuels the chainsaws and the bulldozers that eat ut the forest
-But you can play a part in the solution: You can choose to buy the right products, help organisations active in conservation, and encourage governments to value to forest
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- FlashCards sobre Rainforests, criado por Eleanor em 11-06-2013.
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