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= Our Questions Answered: =

=Our 3 comprehension questions are:=

Q. Describe the process of forestry?
A. The process of forestry includes....
 * 1) Firstly an area of forest is chosen and little seedlings are planted
 * 2) Secondly the seedlings grow into trees
 * 3) Thirdly the trees are cut down and loaded on to logging trucks
 * 4) Next the trees are taken to mills and the trees are turned in to loge of wood
 * 5) Lastly they are taken to shops for people to sell and for people to buy

Retrieved from the world wide web on the 1st September 2009 from [] Q. What is the impact of deforestation on our environment ?** A. Deforestation is one of the causes of many problems facing the world such as extiction of plant and animal species and the increase of atmospheric carbon dioaide, deforestation also contributes to the decresing oxygen. Deforestation is the clearence of naturally occuring forets by the process of naturally occuring forests by the process of logging and/or burnning of the trees. Deforestation is an ongoing issue that also contributes climate change conditions, desertification and displacement of indigenous people. 5% of deforestation is due to the growing sector of palm oil plantations,and 54% due to the slash and burn method. Tropical deforestation is responsible for about 20% of the worlds total greenhouse gas emissions so if deforestation continues the green house effect will take over.
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Q. **What does the slash and burn method entail.**
A. The burn and slash method is basically when someone cuts down trees and then burns them while they are still lying on the ground. The Slash and burn method has been used in farming for thousands of years and has been used in many remote and well known regions of the world such as Finland. The slash and burn method is also known as Swidden or Shifting agriculture.

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=Our 5 knowledge questions are:=

Q. What is deforestation?
A. Deforestation is described as the destruction of forests and it is a huge problem all over the world. The common cause of deforestation is mainly from logging, agricultural expansion, wars, and mining. Deforestation is causing some of the problems such as extinction of plant and animal species, and increasing release of carbon dioxide in to the atmosphere.

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**Q. Where and when did deforestation originate?** A. Deforestation did not in one place it has been happening all over the world in places remote and well known places such as Mexico.

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Q. Which countries have the biggest impact on deforestation?
A. The countries that have the biggest impact on deforestation are South America (Brazil), Central Africa (Congo), Southeast Asia (indonesia) and Eastern Eurpe.

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Q. How much of NZ land is forestry?
A. NZ has 6.4 million hectares of native forests which is 24% of land in mountains, country hills and on the west coast of the South Island. Approximately 77% of New Zealand's native forests is in national parks and reserves, 18.2% of the area is covered. New Zealand's land is covered with 6.6% of trees or forests.

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Retrieved from the world wide web on the 1st september 2009 from: [|http://www.maf.govt.nv/mafnet/rural-nz/overview/overview015.htm]

Q. what parts of the world are largely affected by deforestation? ( Describe a graph showing the information)
A. (These percentages of forests lost in 1990 from 2005.) The most forests lost are in Africa (Comoros)Which lost about 60%, the least amount of forests lost is in Oceania (Cambodia) which lost about 18% of forests. Central and South America has the second least forests lost which was about 21% of its forest land. Southeast Asia has the second most loss of forests which lost 31.5% of it's forests.

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=Our synthesis question is:=

Q. Why do you think people are not replanting trees?
**Reference:** We do not have a referance as these are thinking questions.
 * A.**People are not replanting trees because we do not have enough money,people do not have enough time,people might not be bothered and we might need the land for soomething else.

Q. Illustrate what the world would look like if deforestation was not stopped?
**Reference:** We do not have a referance as these are thinking questions.
 * A.**If deforestation is not stopped the world would be brown,dusty,empty and with no trees there would be no people because the trees provide oxygen for humans.

=Our analysis question:=

Q. How is deforestation similar to other uses of resources?
cars are like machienes and we use machienes to cut down trees in the process of deforestation and deforestation is also simallar to transport because they both release toxic gasses. **Reference:** We do not have a referance as these are thinking questions.
 * A.**deforestation is similar to other issues because...

=Our evaluation question:=

Q. Rank deforestation against other environmental issues (give thoughtful reasons) natural use of resources.1=most usstustainable, 5=most sustainable.
**Reference:** Retrieved from the world wide web on 2nd of sepetember 2009 at www.answers.yahoo.com, en.wikipeedia,org, [|sciptoria.co.uk], earthwatch.unep.net
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 * **(Enviromantal issue)** || **(Reasons)** || **Number.** ||
 * **Deforestation** || Deforestation includes energy and extinction of animals. || 2 ||
 * **Coral bleaching** || Coral bleaching is under pressure from a virity on human actions. || 5 ||
 * **Farming** || farming releses green gas emisions and creates erosion. || 3 ||
 * **Energy** || There are many types of energy but coal is a carbon polluting and unrenewable form og energy. || 4 ||
 * **Rising sea levles** || Rising sea level results show the water leavles have rose around 20 CM in the last centry. || 1 ||