https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip en-us 2021-04-13 17:42:24 UTC 2021-04-16 17:57:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413203088 8% of the amazon has been deforested in the last 18 years. ]]> 2021-04-13 17:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413203088 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413221097 More than half of North America's coastal temperate rainforests have been destroyed. ]]> 2021-04-13 17:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413221097 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413229710 Deforestation is responsible for 11% of the greenhouse gases caused by human activity.]]> 2021-04-13 17:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413229710 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413235820 Fires in California have destroyed 4.2 million acres of forest, and 90% of wildfires are caused by humans.]]> 2021-04-13 17:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413235820 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413248990 It is estimated that within 100 years, there will be no rainforests. ]]> 2021-04-13 17:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413248990 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413252804 The main cause of deforestation is agriculture, with 80% of global deforestation attributed to it. ]]> 2021-04-13 17:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413252804 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413263566 Around 25% of the world's medicine comes from rainforest plants.]]> 2021-04-13 17:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413263566 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413267097 Around 36 football fields of forest are destroyed every minute.]]> 2021-04-13 17:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413267097 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413272625 up to 28,000 species are projected to be extinct by 2050 as a result of deforestation. ]]> 2021-04-13 17:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413272625 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413311666 A huge cause of deforestation is overpopulation, because with more people you need more agriculture space and more living space. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413311666 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413328263 Almost 50% of the world's timber is used by Europe, the U.S. and Japan. About 70% of the world's paper is used by these 3 countries. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413328263 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413339128 The United States has less than 5% of the world's population but consumes over 30% of the world's paper]]> 2021-04-13 18:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413339128 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413349021 With no trees, there's nothing to absorb the water that comes in the form of rain, which can lead to flooding. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413349021 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413353506 Deforestation can cause soil erosion because trees put nutrients back in the soil, but without it, there's no nutrients in the soil. This can turn entire landscapes into deserts which cannot be used for agriculture or much of anything. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413353506 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413364990 Though they only cover 6-7% of the Earth's surface, tropical rainforests contain over half of the plant and animal species in the entire world. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413364990 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413377681 Forests store 283 billion tons of carbon, and 43 billion tons of carbon are released into the atmosphere from human activities. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413377681 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413399847 The average American uses over 700 pounds of paper every year. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413399847 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413412152 The country with the highest rate of deforestation is India, with 15 million acres of forest destroyed from 2000-2012. This is probably because of their large popultion.]]> 2021-04-13 18:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413412152 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413422246 Over 90% of people in poverty depend on forests for their livelihood. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413422246 32alexstac1 https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413430979 According to the World Economic Forum, about 31% of new diseases emerging in recent times are a result of deforestation.]]> 2021-04-13 18:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/32alexstac1/clwuqvgj1wdlj7ip/wish/1413430979