DEFORESTATION

WHAT IS DEFORESTATION?

• By Definition
• Raising Consciousness
• Deforestation - Man's Sin
• Deforestation for Profit
• Reversing Deforestation
 WHY DOES DEFORESTATION HAPPEN?

• The Global Man Made Phenomenon

• Why Does Deforestation Result in
Devastation?
 RAINFOREST DEFORESTATION

• Rainforests: An Essence to the World

• How to preserve the remaining Rainforests
 AMAZON RAINFOREST DEFORESTATION

• The Roots of Deforestation in the Amazon

• The Outcome of Deforestation in the Amazon
 Deforestation in India

• A Quick Look into the History of Indian Forest

Depletion
• Why Deforestation in India Took Place
 Causes of deforestation
•The top 5 include logging (both legal and illegal),
industrialization, agriculture, oil exploitation and human
disasters.

•Direct causes of deforestation: The most important direct

causes of deforestation include logging, the conversion of
forested lands for agriculture and cattle-raising, mining and
oil exploitation, industrial shrimp farming, acid rain and fire.

•Underlying causes: major international economic

phenomena, deep-rooted social structures, political factors,
Overconsumption by consumers in high-income countries
 Problems Of Deforestation

• Deforestation Problems in Different

Landmarks
• Problem Prevention
 Deforestation Statistics

• The natural world is the home of 50-90% of all kinds of flora

and fauna.
• Each year between 11 and 15 million hectares of tropical
forest are lost.
• Ten countries with the largest net forest loss per year
between 2000 and 2005 are Brazil, Indonesia, Sudan,
Myanmar, Zambia, United Republic of Tanzania, Nigeria,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe and
Venezuela.
• Ten countries with the largest net forest gain per year
between 2000 and 2005 China, Spain, Viet Nam, United
States of America, Italy, Chile, Cuba, Bulgaria, France and
Portugal.
 Deforestation Statistics
• The government of China claims that at least 1 billion trees
have been planted in China every year since 1982.
• Around 10 million people are employed in forest
management and conservation.
• Studies show that 25% of the human medicines are derived
form nature.
• Each year about 13 million hectares of the world's forests
are lost due to deforestation.
• 50,000 square kilometers of closed tropical forest are logged
annually. Loggers take only between 4 and 10 percent of
trees, but leave up to one third of the land surface bare and
open to erosion.
 Effects Of Deforestation

• On Environment
• On Society
• On Climate
Can deforestation be stopped?
 Solutions to Deforestation

• The False Solutions At Hand

• The Sustainable Commercial Logging Options
• Strict protective measures
• The Sensible Solutions toward Deforestation
Eradication
• Non-timber values
 Deforestation Facts

• Some activities threaten the way of life of the

indigenous peoples .
• Nature strikes back in a variety of ways.
• The Truth of how our Forests Disappear
• Mankind's Drive to save Nature
 The Pros And Cons of Deforestation

Pros Cons
Non – emission of carbon dioxide. It introduces numerous community and
environmental harms.

Vast part of the forest is left unused. A global change in climate

Some parts of the forest can also be Deaths or extinction of many more
turned into great infrastructures. species
 Movements
• Chipko Movement
• World Wide Fund for Nature
• Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation
• Community Forestry International
• Cool Earth
• Copenhagen climate summit
• Programme for the Endorsement of Forest
Certification
• Amazon Rainforest Fund
 Some of the other Movements

• Earth Repair Foundation

• Indiana Forest Alliances
• National Community Forestry Center
• World Watch Institute
 Summit

• CREA – balancing people and nature

 Case studies

• Andaman Island
• Uttara Kannada
• Gadchiroli – Chandrapur, India.