Logging and Slash and Burn

Logging and slash and burn agriculture are two major contributors to deforestation. Three other major factors are? Cattle ranching The debt burden (where in order to reduce their debt, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are forcing developing countries to destroy their rainforests.) Shifted Cultivators (i.e. people who have moved into rainforest areas and taken up territory to farm in their ad hoc way).

List five major negative impacts of deforestation on forest ecosystems:__ Erosion____,__Climate Change (resulting in CO2 being released into the atmosphere and enhanced greenhouse effect),_ loss of plants that may provide potential treatments to diseases such as cancer, quality of land declines, and the old field is left for waste e laving country with less territory and further impoverishing them Question 3 What are two ways you could slow down the rate of forest deforestation considerably: Recycling paper (buying paper that has the FSC certification) and protesting about corporations that are responsible for destroying rainforests._.

Review the following newspaper article on deforestation. This is a news article without data: "Farming in the rainforest can preserve biodiversity, ecological services.," located at http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0305-sulawesi.html a. Name two types of data you would like to know regarding the situation in order to academically assess the situation. Be specific and academic.

Additionally, explain why these types of data are important "An analysis of Indonesian rainforests shows that farming cacao under the partial shade of high canopy trees can provide a way to balance economic gain with environmental considerations." I would like to know how many rainforests the researchers surveyed as well as all details connected with the research, such as what aspects they were looking for, details of the rainforests, the intensity and extent to their research.

I would also like to know the suggested length of the canopy trees and the measurements of this 'partial shade'. (a third variable that I would like to know is what type of cacao they experimented with since there are different kinds). These three aspects are important for the following reasons: 1. The researchers may have studied only 2 rainforests in which case their research is insignificant.

The rainforests may have had conditions that may have supported the researcher's conclusions -- we need a diversity of rainforests that contain different conditions in order to more reliably test hypothesis. The researchers may have conducted their research in an ad hoc manner or with certain shortfalls that would invalidate their conclusions. A scientific study.