Sumatra RainforestSumatra Rainforest By Paul Drakos 602By Paul Drakos 602

LocationLocation

Located on island of Sumatra, along equator in Southeast Asia

Part of group of forests known as lungs of the world

Third largest rainforest, 2.5 million hectares (4 671 000 football fields)

Three national parks Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinici Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

One of most biodiverse places on earth, one of the only places where there are many different types of plant life and animals living in one place

Only area in the world where tigers, rhinos, orangutans and elephants live together

Reasons for Reasons for DeforestationDeforestation

2 main reasons

Pulp and paper mills to produce toilet paper and paper towels

Palm oil plantations, palm oil is used in many products like soap, margarine and ice cream

Effects of Deforestation Effects of Deforestation A result of forest fires, Sumatra rainforest is responsible for over one

third of total global carbon emissions

Loss of rainforest impacts animals as their area to roam is shrinking, and food they feed on is being destroyed

Scientists warn many of the animals living in the Sumatran rainforest could be extinct in the next 20-30 years

World Wildlife Federation states that every minute, 5 football fields of rainforest are being cleared and replaced with pulp and paper mills and palm oil plantations

 

VideoVideo

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/forests/solutions-to-deforestation/

OrganizationsOrganizations

World Wildlife Federation and Greenpeace work to save the animals living in the rainforest from becoming extinct

Raise awareness around the world and educate people on the importance to save the rainforest and the animals that live there

AVVAZ.org is a website that collects signatures to petition the government of Sumatra to stop allowing the rainforest to be destroyed

Let’s Save the Sumatran Let’s Save the Sumatran TigerTiger

Sumatran Tiger is smallest tiger in tiger family

Was found all across Sumatra rainforest but due to deforestation and poaching are now only found in swampy areas

Sumatran Tiger is listed as critically endangered by World Wildlife Federation as less then 400 tigers live in the wild

ResourcesResources

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/26/sumatra-borneo-deforestation-tigers-palm-oil

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1167

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/forests/solutions-to-deforestation/

http://www.freeworldmaps.net/asia/indonesia/map.html

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/indonesia-palm-oil-plantation-expansion-emit-more-greenhouse-gases-canada-2020.html

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/01/environment/ecological-disaster-looms-for-rain-forests-of-sumatra/#.Uj2kAhbQlSV

http://worldwildlife.org/places/borneo-and-sumatra

ResourcesResources

http://worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_Sumatras_Rainforest/

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http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/08/rescuers-save-five-men-trapped-in-trees-by-sumatran-tigers-after-animals-maul-sixth-person-to-death/

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/feb/05/paper-firm-indonesian-deforestation

http://sumatranrainforest.blogspot.ca/2012/11/human-impact-on-sumatran-rainforest.html

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