{"id":55,"date":"2013-10-30T01:58:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T01:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2021-05-21T14:56:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T18:56:42","slug":"impacts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/index.php\/open-your-eyes\/deforestation\/impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\">The Global Impact<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_417\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-417\" class=\"size-full wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/111709_0123.jpg\" alt=\"Rainforest\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/111709_0123.jpg 682w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/111709_0123-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainforest, Brazil. Photo \u00a9 Brennan Grange. From the documentary film Revolution.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If we lose our forests faster than they can regenerate, we will lose a large source of climate control that is essential for the balance of life on the planet, forest fires will release massive carbon dioxide into the air, global warming will increase, our oceans will become more acidic and we will lose much of our needed biodiversity. Our forests are essential and must be protected.<\/p>\n<h3>We need Trees for Oxygen<\/h3>\n<p>We all know how essential photosynthesis is \u2013 forests especially play a vital role. Forests absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis; trees store the carbon and then produce oxygen. The oxygen produced by forests is essential to human life. The trees in the Amazon forests alone, store 60 to 80 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.[25. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. \u201cSustainable development and challenging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: the good, the bad and the ugly. 2007. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.fao.org<\/a>] The removal of carbon dioxide from the air not only helps regulate life on earth, it also combats global warming.<\/p>\n<p>South America lost 40 million hectares of forest between 2000 and 2010\u2014an area four times the size of Iceland.[26. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010.] We need every tree to store carbon and produce oxygen. Carbon dioxide has a life of 50 to 200 years in our atmosphere. As of 2005, our forests globally stored 638 billion tonnes of carbon.[27. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.] When our forests are destroyed, more carbon dioxide remains in the air which contributes to global warming and ocean acidification.<\/p>\n<h3>Global Warming<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_422\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-422\" class=\"size-full wp-image-422\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/472.jpg\" alt=\"Forest fires release trees\u2019 stored carbon back into the air as carbon dioxide, making deforestation the second largest contributor of greenhouse gases to global warming, worldwide\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/472.jpg 600w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/472-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest fires release trees\u2019 stored carbon back into the air as carbon dioxide, making deforestation the second largest contributor of greenhouse gases to global warming, worldwide<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We know that we need our forests for climate control \u2013 but were you aware that deforestation is the second greatest cause of carbon dioxide pollution globally? Deforestation through the burning of forests for agriculture and livestock, contributes 17 percent of our greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n<p>At 45 percent, the top global carbon dioxide contributor is our use of energy. The industrial and residential burning of coal, natural gas and oil for electricity and heat are releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<h3>Ocean Acidification<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1537\" style=\"width: 1402px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1537\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1537\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pic-9.jpg\" alt=\"Pygmy Seahorse\" width=\"1392\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pic-9.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pic-9-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pic-9-1024x531.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1392px) 100vw, 1392px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pygmy Seahorse<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With increased carbon dioxide levels from deforestation and burning of fossil fuels, the oceans are becoming more acidic\u2014already 30 percent more acidic than before the Industrial Revolution\u2014endangering the survival of ocean species and ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>Oceans absorb carbon dioxide in the air; however, the increased carbon dioxide levels from deforestation and burning of fossil fuels, is causing our oceans to become more acidic. Oceans are already 30 percent more acidic since the Industrial Revolution\u2014 this endangers the survival of ocean species and ecosystems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cf\">\n<div id=\"attachment_420\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/smoke-stacks.jpg\" alt=\"Global carbon in atmosphere from human activities equals 4 billion tonnes per year\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/smoke-stacks.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/smoke-stacks-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Global carbon in atmosphere from human activities equals 4 billion tonnes per year<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_421\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cloudyrainforest2.jpg\" alt=\"Global carbon forests store 2.89 billion tonnes per year\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cloudyrainforest2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cloudyrainforest2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Global carbon forests store 2.89 billion tonnes per year<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Species Extinction<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_423\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-423\" class=\"size-full wp-image-423\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/biodiversity.jpg\" alt=\"Deforestation causes loss of biodiversity\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/biodiversity.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/biodiversity-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/biodiversity-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deforestation causes loss of biodiversity<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s currently estimated that the world is losing around 137 plants, animal and insect species every day as a result of rainforest deforestation. That\u2019s roughly 50,000 species going extinct every year.<\/p>\n<p>Our forests are home to 90 percent of the world\u2019s land-based biodiversity. The current rapid loss of species is estimated to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate. [28. World Wildlife Fund International. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.panda.org<\/a>] Scientists expect two-thirds of the world\u2019s species to be gone by 2100 [29. Revolution.] \u2013 and they predict we are entering the sixth of the great extinctions.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few of the animals being impacted or displaced because of deforestation are the orangutan, the Asian elephant, the giant panda and the chimpanzee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_425\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-425\" class=\"size-full wp-image-425\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Two-Juveniles-Climbing1.jpg\" alt=\"Proboscis monkeys fight to survive deforestation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Two-Juveniles-Climbing1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Two-Juveniles-Climbing1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proboscis monkeys fight to survive deforestation<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_426\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"size-full wp-image-426\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/orangutans.jpg\" alt=\"Orangutans fight to survive deforestation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/orangutans.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/orangutans-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orangutans fight to survive deforestation<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Soil Erosion<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_427\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-427\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soil-erosion.jpg\" alt=\"Loss of the massive shelter provided by trees exposes the land to rain and wind, which wash and blow away the soil\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soil-erosion.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soil-erosion-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loss of the massive shelter provided by trees exposes the land to rain and wind, which wash and blow away the soil<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tropical rainforest soils are low in nutrients \u2013 it is the few inches of decaying leaves on the ground that feeds the forest. Deforested farmland does not last long: the poor soil does not support crops. When the crops die and the land is then used for cattle ranching because the soil can grow grass and nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>Loss of the massive shelter provided by trees exposes the land to rain and wind, which wash and blow away the soil. Forests&#8217; natural role in the water cycle is to absorb rainwater and release it slowly into rivers and the atmosphere. Without the trees to hold the moisture, or slow down rainfall, the nutrient topsoil is stripped. The soil becomes dry and rivers flood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cf\">\n<div id=\"attachment_428\" style=\"width: 688px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428\" class=\"size-full wp-image-428\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rainforest1.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy forest after a rain\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rainforest1.jpg 678w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rainforest1-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Healthy forest after a rain<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_429\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-429\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soilerosion2.jpg\" alt=\"Soil erosion by wind or rain\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soilerosion2.jpg 682w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soilerosion2-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soil erosion by wind or rain<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Appalling Examples of Deforestation<\/h3>\n<p>Although it is known that deforestation puts our soil, our biodiversity and atmosphere at great risk \u2013 our quest for progress and convenience continues to destroy our forests.<\/p>\n<h3>Alberta Tar Sands: Environmental Destruction<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cf\">\n<div id=\"attachment_431\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tarsands.jpg\" alt=\"The tar sands lie under 140,000 square kilometres of northern Alberta. Oil sands are loose sand naturally soaked with a form of petroleum, or bitumen.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tarsands.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tarsands-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tar sands lie under 140,000 square kilometres of northern Alberta. Oil sands are loose sand naturally soaked with a form of petroleum, or bitumen.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_432\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-432\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tarsands1.jpg\" alt=\"Tar sands\u2019 operations are producing up to 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and are expected to become the largest North American industrial contributor to global warming.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tarsands1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tarsands1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tar sands\u2019 operations are producing up to 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and are expected to become the largest North American industrial contributor to global warming.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Alberta Tar Sands is the most environmentally destructive project of its kind on the planet[30. Revolution] and one of the largest industrial projects on Earth.[31. University of Alberta] Vast amounts of boreal forest\u2014the second largest intact forest in the world\u2014are cleared. The open pit mines cover an area bigger than Greater Vancouver and[32. <a href=\"http:\/\/dirtyoilsands.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dirtyoilsands.org<\/a>] toxic ponds holding processing waste are so big they can be seen from space.[33. Revolution]<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s oil sands, or tar sands, are 96 percent of Canada\u2019s oil reserves.\u00a0\u00a0Globally, Canada has the third-largest proven oil reserves. Tar sands\u2019 operations are producing up to 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and are expected to become the largest North American industrial contributor to global warming.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_433\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-433\" class=\"size-full wp-image-433\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/protest-tar-sands.jpg\" alt=\"Protesting the Tar Sands Photo Credit Jolynne Woodcock\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/protest-tar-sands.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/protest-tar-sands-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesting the Tar Sands<br \/>Photo Credit Jolynne Woodcock<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Madagascar: Rice and the Extinction of the Baobab Tree<\/h3>\n<p>Madagascar is the world\u2019s fourth largest island and is home to an incredible mosaic of species. Once 90 percent forest, Madagascar now has less than 15 percent forested land. Of the more than 200,000 known species found on Madagascar, about 150,000 exist nowhere else.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_434\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-434\" class=\"size-full wp-image-434\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sifaka-madagascar.jpg\" alt=\"Lemurs are native only to Madagascar. Seventy species of lemurs are found on the island.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sifaka-madagascar.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sifaka-madagascar-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lemurs are native only to Madagascar. Seventy species of lemurs are found on the island.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Madagascar\u2019s forests are being destroyed by local peoples looking to grow food for themselves and by corporations supplying international markets, such as rice. However, large-scale plantations owned by international corporations dominate and the land for locals is limited. Agave plantations, for the production of sisal, are common. Sisal is sold worldwide as a sustainable fibre that can be used in rugs. Loss of forest, a growing population and land owned by foreign companies, means many families must rely on international support for food. As consumers we must be aware of what the real impact of products that claim to be sustainable are.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, locally grown rice is exported while Malagasy children receive imported corn from the United States. The people of Madagascar lack nutritionally rich food, and depend on aid, because corporations have taken over much of the land of the their country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_435\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-435\" class=\"size-full wp-image-435\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/madagascar-bleeding.jpg\" alt=\"Like wounds bleeding, Madagascar\u2019s empty forest lands give up their life\u2019s blood\u2014soil\u2014to the Indian Ocean Photo credit: NASA\/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/madagascar-bleeding.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/madagascar-bleeding-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Like wounds bleeding, Madagascar\u2019s empty forest lands give up their life\u2019s blood\u2014soil\u2014to the Indian Ocean Photo credit: NASA\/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Deforestation for agriculture in Madagascar is eroding the soil and as the forest canopy disappears \u2013 the nutrient-rich red soil is being washed away into the rivers by the rain and wind. The ancient baobab trees, from the eastern forests of Madagascar, are on the brink of extinction. The baobab tree can grow nearly up to 100 feet and their swollen trunks can store as much as 31,700 gallons of water. Some of the oldest are said to be 2,000 years old. During the life of one baobab tree human population has risen from 300 million to 7 billion; we\u2019ve consumed most of our life support system, fish, and food and colonized every continent.[36. Revolution]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_436\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1020054.jpg\" alt=\"Baobab tree - Six of the eight species of baobab trees are found only in Madagascar, three are classified as endangered (such as Grandidier\u2019s) and three are Near threatened.\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1020054.jpg 575w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1020054-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baobab tree &#8211; Six of the eight species of baobab trees are found only in Madagascar, three are classified as endangered (such as Grandidier\u2019s) and three are Near threatened.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Deforestation in Madagascar is largely the result of three activities: slash-and-burn agriculture, logging, and the production of fuel, wood and charcoal for cooking fires.<\/p>\n<h3>Brazil: Lost Amazon<\/h3>\n<p>Brazil is home to the world largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon, where more than 20 percent of the Earth\u2019s oxygen is made. Between 1990 and 2005, Brazil lost 42,330,000 hectares of forest, roughly half the size of Ontario, making it the largest deforested area in the world.<\/p>\n<p>A video showing and explaining the destruction occurring in the South American Rainforest. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachertube.com\/viewVideo.php?video_id=226836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.teachertube.com\/viewVideo.php?video_id=226836<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brazil set a target for 2020 to reduce deforestation by 80 percent from levels in 1990. Yet after years of decreasing deforestation, we are losing the Amazon rainforests once again. Changes in regulations, new industrial projects such as hydroelectric dams opening up forested areas and high prices for agricultural products are increasing levels of deforestation. Brazil is the world&#8217;s leading orange producer, supplying one-third of the world\u2019s oranges; has one of the largest livestock populations; and a leading producer of ethanol from sugarcane. From September to December 2012, an area twice the size of Toronto was cleared in the Brazil rainforests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cf\">\n<div id=\"attachment_437\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/amazon1.jpg\" alt=\"Deforestation along the Amazon river\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/amazon1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/amazon1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deforestation along the Amazon river<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_438\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"size-full wp-image-438\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Braziliantapir.jpg\" alt=\"The Brazilian tapir is already extinct in parts of Brazil and under threat elsewhere from deforestation, illegal hunting and competition with livestock.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Braziliantapir.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Braziliantapir-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Brazilian tapir is already extinct in parts of Brazil and under threat elsewhere from deforestation, illegal hunting and competition with livestock.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brazil is home to the majority of South America\u2019s rainforest, so it could be an example, or a leader for the future of rainforests. Brazil, and its supporters, need to regulate the use of their rainforests and halt deforestation.<\/p>\n<h3>What have we lost?<\/h3>\n<p>We are losing our forests at an alarming rate: more than 13 million hectares of forest are lost each year.[37. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. State of the World\u2019s Forests 2012.] When we lose our forests we also lose species and resources, the chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans are altered and ecosystems are damaged.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_439\" style=\"width: 1727px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-439\" class=\"size-full wp-image-439\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/clearcuttingforest.jpg\" alt=\"North and South America account for more than one-half of forest areas list worldwide\" width=\"1717\" height=\"1746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/clearcuttingforest.jpg 1717w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/clearcuttingforest-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/clearcuttingforest-1006x1024.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1717px) 100vw, 1717px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North and South America account for more than one-half of forest areas list worldwide<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although, forests currently cover four billion hectares \u2013 31 percent of the world\u2019s land area \u2013 it\u2019s the quality and size of forest that matters. Primary forests are unaffected by human activity, they sustain biodiversity and protect a range of animal and plant species \u2013 such as the lynx, a large predator in Canada\u2019s boreal forest. Canada is home to nearly a quarter of the world\u2019s remaining intact primary forests.[38. Greenpeace. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.greenpeace.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s forests most in danger from deforestation are in tropical and sub-tropical countries: 72 percent of Indonesia\u2019s forests have been lost[39. Greenpeace International. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.greenpeace.org<\/a>] and 60 percent of Papua New Guinea ancient forests are gone.[40. Greenpeace Australia. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.greenpeace.org\/australia<\/a>] Right now there are less than 10 percent large-scale primary forests unaffected by human activities in the world, and 90 percent of forests are small, highly fragmented with altered ecosystems. We need our primary forests and time is running out.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you know how vital our forests are, and the impact agriculture and consumerism is having on this essential land how will you take action? The land can be worked responsibly, we can all make smart consumer choices and put our forests first.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441\" class=\"size-full wp-image-441\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/canadian-lynx.jpg\" alt=\"A lynx territory is approximately 15 to 25 square kilometres but can triple in size when food is scarce\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/canadian-lynx.jpg 712w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/canadian-lynx-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lynx territory is approximately 15 to 25 square kilometres but can triple in size when food is scarce<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"next-previous\" class=\"cf\"><a class=\"previous\" href=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/index.php\/open-your-eyes\/deforestation\/causes\/\">? 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