Answers

Here are the answers for the who, what where and why questions. More questions to come tonight!
1)Where is the most deforestation occuring?
According to statistics, there are more trees on planet earth harmed, or deforested than trees unharmed. This shows how much deforestation is occurring on planet earth. But, there are two places that easily have the most deforestation on planet earth, these two places being Brazil and Indonesia. 48% of deforestation occurs in Brazil and 13% is concentrated in Indonesia. This then adds up to two places having 61% of the world’s deforestation. The Deforestation is occurring in two main concentrated areas in Indonesia. Indonesia previously complained about the high amounts of deforestation occurring there, a meeting of United Nations was held there. In the meeting it was discussed that would have to be mentioned in the next global warming treaty. Not to say deforestation is just occurring in Brazil and Indonesia, because it is happening all over the world! A lot of deforestation occurs in the rainforests in the world, and occurs in areas like Africa, Latin America and South East Asia. Land all over the world is being deforested and this lack of trees is now becoming a reason for global warming.

2)Why is there deforestation?
Deforestation occurs in the world for many reasons, as trees act as a main resource for human’s everyday. The main reason’s for deforestation, legal or not are logging, industrialization, agriculture, oil exploitation and human disasters. Natural events also cause deforestation to occur, for example, a hurricane sweeps through an area taking down all the tree, this is a form of deforestation.

3)How do trees affect the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere?
Trees take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and with water and sunlight, they turn it into oxygen and carbohydrates. This process is called photosynthesis. This process removes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and changes it to oxygen. Plants take in carbon dioxide through their stomata, then inside the chloroplast’s sunlight energy, water and carbon dioxide are turned into carbohydrates, or sugars and oxygen. The plant to grow and develop uses the carbohydrates and the oxygen is released through the plant’s stomata. So in plain terms, trees get rid of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, this allows the earth to have oxygen and to have life. Without plants there could be no human life, as there would be no oxygen to breathe, and there can be no new oxygen if there is not carbon dioxide. Though carbon dioxide causes global warming, earth needs a healthy balance of it. Tree’s work to keep a healthy balance of carbon dioxide, and to decrease the excess the high amounts of carbon dioxide emissions in the environment.

4)How does the environment where deforestation occurs differ from an environment with not as much deforestation?
According to statistics, there are more trees on planet earth harmed, or deforested than trees unharmed. This shows how much deforestation is occurring on planet earth. But, there are two places that easily have the most deforestation on planet earth, these two places being Brazil and Indonesia. 48% of deforestation occurs in Brazil and 13% is concentrated in Indonesia. This then adds up to two places having 61% of the world’s deforestation. The Deforestation is occurring in two main concentrated areas in Indonesia. Indonesia previously complained about the high amounts of deforestation occurring there, a meeting of United Nations was held there. In the meeting it was discussed that would have to be mentioned in the next global warming treaty. Not to say deforestation is just occurring in Brazil and Indonesia, because it is happening all over the world! Lots of deforestation occurs in the rainforests in the world, and occurs in areas like Africa, Latin America and South East Asia. Land all over the world is being deforested and this lack of trees is now becoming a reason for global warming.