2A-Logging

Logging in the Rainforest

How does Logging cause Deforestation?
 * Logging companies, cut down countless trees each year in order to provide the world's wood and paper products. Loggers,also build roads to access more and more remote forests—which leads to further deforestation.
 * Much of the logging done in the rainforest is illegal, and makes up of 65% of the worlds timber supply.
 * A lot of the wood that Europe and the United States receive is from illegal logging in the rainforest
 * Only large trees were removed from the rainforest, but with new methods of logging smaller trees are being cut down to.

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Animals



Toucan's need to live an undisturbed forest and don't like to fly in open spaces. Logging companies cause loud sounds and destroy the toucan's food.



= =  Samling Plywood This logging company located in Malaysia. They currently have a lawsuit filed against them by the Penan Community of Ba Jawi because they attempted to cut down 15,000 acres of protected rainforest.

RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK (RAN)

Indonesia and China's biggest pulp and paper company, Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). Is rapidly cutting and draining huge areas of Indonesia's rainforest and peatlands. RAN's rainforest free paper campaign is pushing corporations and the Indonesian government to declare a moratorium on converting forests and peatlands to paper plantations.

How can Deforestation be prevented? 1. We can all recycle used paper. If everybody recycles than new trees will not need to be cut down in order to get paper, and wood. 2. Instead of using wood to warm your house in the winter. Use coal instead.