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Name: Bibi Khan

 "Deforestation"

Thesis Statement:
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To investigate the impacts of deforestation on Guyana’s
climate and Eco-system.
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What is Deforestation ??
According to
environmental.nationalgeographic.com
"Deforestation is the act of
removing(cutting/clearing) the rainforest or
related ecosystems resulting in a less bio-
diverse ecosystems such as pasture,
cropland, or plantations"
(Kricher 1997)
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Types of Deforestation:

▪ NATURAL ▪ HUMAN-INDUCED
This is when deforestation occur This is when deforestation results
naturally . It is self explainatory from man's actions. It may be
accidentally.
Types of forest
 Dry ever-
green forest
 Marsh Forest

Swamps and mangroves

 Findings
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The pie Chart shows

Guyana total land
area.

* Source- FAO
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Forest
Ownership
and
Management
Rights

Source: FAO
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The graph shows

Trends in Forest
Carbon Stock
Source: FAO
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Causes of Deforestation:

Direct Causes Indirect Causes

▪ Agricultural Expansion ▪ Economical Factors

▪ Wood logging ▪ Political Factors
▪ Infrastructure Development ▪ Cultural Factors
▪ Demographic Factors
▪ Technological Factors
Unsustainable Wood
Extraction
▪ Poor logging practises in “legal”
concession
▪ Illegal logging
▪ Debris left behind fuel forest fires.
Infrastructure
Development
▪ Road Construction
▪ Provides access for timber extraction,
conversion, and settlement
Political
:Governance
Failures
▪ Unclear property right
▪ Overlapping Juridictions
▪ Weak law enforcements
and judicial systems
Technological:
Misguided Policies
▪ World demand on pulp and paper
▪ Insufficient fibre supply from plantations
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Consequences/Effects of Deforestation:
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Control Strategy/ Soultion of Deforestation:
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Reference
▪ FAO. (Food and Agricultural Organization) 2010. Global Forest Resource
Assessment.

▪ GUYANA BUREAU OF STATISTICS. 2012. Imports and Exports 2012.

▪ GUYANA BUREAU OF STATISTICS 2013, Guyana Rebased Gross

Domestic Product Series

▪ GUYANA FORESTRY COMMISSION (GFC) 2012, Guyana Forestry

Commission Guyana REDD + Monitoring Reporting & Verification System (
MRVS )
01 October 2010 – 31 December 2011 Version 3

▪ INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION. 2005.

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Conclusion

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every
man's greed.”
By: Mahatma Ghandi