global

• the amazon rainforest is very important to the whole world, the tree canopy absorbs carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which helps maintain a steady climate
• deforestation means there are less trees to absorb the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, therefore causing earths temperature to increase
• this is having a knock on effect on things like melting the polar ice caps which is causing an increase of the worlds sea levels
• fire is one of the main methods of clearing areas of rainforest which means the carbon dioxide stored in the wood is released into the earths atmosphere
• deforestation is the main contributor to the greenhouse effect, which is a cause of global warming, which is a threat to the whole population
• the trees in the amazon rainforest provide us with 20% of our oxygen and the more trees that are cut the less oxygen there is for us to breathe
• another global impact of deforestation is the loss of biodiversity, this means that some individual species will become endangered and possible extinct
• it is estimated that 137 plant and animal species are lost every day (50,000) every year due to the reduction of habitat and other contributing factors
• due to the fact that many medicines are derived from rainforest plants, deforestation also means we are losing possible cures to many life-threatening diseases
• new scientific research has shown that sections of the amazon could lose between 30 and 45% of their main species by 2030