What is the picture of?

What is the picture of?

What is the picture of?

What is the picture of?

How have humans affected the Amazon?

Where is the Amazon?

Deforestation

• Deforestation is…

Reasons for deforestation

• Pictures of activities that cause deforestation (or make a video if have time)

• Watch the following video and note down on page 11– What is happening– The reasons for the destruction– What the effects are– What is being done in response– Any other relevant information

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/natural-balance-threats-to-the-rainforest/4712.html

What contributes?

• Use pages 48-49 of the purple textbook to help you find out which factors contribute to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and how they do so

• Record your findings on page 12 of your booklet

Practice question

• Describe the impacts that human activities are having on the Amazon rainforest [4 marks]