Social Impacts
The groups most affected by this
Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon
What wood is used in cities for
How much of deforestation is illegal in Brazil
94%
The country that has the most deforestation per year
Brazil
In a positive way, wood used from construction could be used in cities for
Construction and improving infrastructure
The number of people that are effected by deforestation in poor rural areas
Over 250 Million
Acres of wood cut down every day
Over 80 000 acres
Percentage of greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation
Average number of species lost per day
137
When mining happens too often
This could weaken the soil structure and harming the roots of the trees
Impacts of deforestation of poor people living in rural areas
Poverty, lack of food and water, and natural resources
Amount of money to end deforestation shown by statistics (yearly)
Over $130 billion
When the sunlight shines onto the forest ground, it could lead to
The soil could dry out
Deforestation could be negative, but who makes money and income off of deforestation?
Lumberjacks and fallers
Indigenous people rely on
Wood used for construction, and animals that live in the forest as a source of food
Occurs when too much construction from deforestation happens
Global Warming
Major and general reason why trees are being cut down in South America (especially the Amazon)
One major reason these important forests are being destroyed in South America is that clearing space for agriculture has a positive short-term economic and political impact.
The difference between forest degredation and deforestation
Deforestation occurs when forests are converted to non-forest uses, such as agriculture and road construction. Forest degradation occurs when forest ecosystems lose their capacity to provide important goods and services to people and nature.
As deforestation happens, the wood is most of the time used in construction and fuel. This could lead to (positive and negative)
Deforestation can lead to industrial expansions, for example, in cities. But as wood is used as fuel, carbon dioxide is released into the air, therefore contributing to global warming.
Relationship of social impacts to economic impacts
A decline in crop productivity, inhibits agricultural sector growth and constantly impairs infrastructure such as roads and buildings from water runoffs.
Future increases of costs of deforestation
The global cost of adapting to climate changes is expected to increase to USD $140-$300 billion per year by 2030 and USD $280-$500 billion per year by 2050.
How are the factors and politics of deforestation connected and related to those of the climate change?
The space created by clearing away dense forest can be used for agriculture. But in doing so, less carbon dioxide is absorbed from the atmosphere and fixed in the forests.
Erosion can be caused by deforestation, and that could result in
Pollution in the water, therefore leading to loss of habitat for marine life
When the population of a type of species in a food chain start decreasing because of deforestation, what could potentially happen to all the other parts of the food chain?
The predators above these species could lose a source of food, and that could damage the animal's health, which means less food for the predators above those animals, most often the apex predator. This could potentially lead to a broken food chain, or even extinction or endangerment of a type of species.