-habitat of the animals and plants are taken away

-reduces the space for the indigenous people who lived there

-way of life has died out with contact from incomers

-native group suffered from diseases which they had no resistance to

-social problems

Effects on the Fauna and Flora
-loss of thousands of species of plants, insects and animals

-important chemicals used for medical purposes have not been found and will be lost

Effects on the Soil
-exposes the soil to erosion and leaching

-without the branches and leaves to break its fall, heavy tropical storms can quickly wash the soil from even a gentle slope

-roots which help to bind the soil together will be taken away

-soil can quickly silt up rivers and lakes

-nutrients may be leached out as the rainfall seeps down through the soil

-soils lose their fertility after only a few years, and this causes problems for commercial arable farmers

Effects on the climate
-trees slow the onslaught of tropical downpours, use and store vast quantities of water

-decrease in rainforest cause water level to rise and cause floods

-increase in temperatures

-the burning down of trees and their reduced number increases the concentration of carbon dioxide

-result in global warming and the rise in sea level

C-3s
♥Sharon Pow
♥Tan Chew Huan
♥Samantha Sim
♥Chua Su Ying

A Group of teachers who cherish the beauty of nature telling you about the hot topic:
Tropical Rainforest

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♥Nature is beauty.Appreciate Nature
♥Stop killing trees.Stop destroying Nature

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♥Together in hand, help to build up the beauty of nature
♥Make the colourful earth back to life

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|March 2008

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