● To grow other tree plantations, which can produce food or be used as fuel or timber ● Roads in forests making illegal logging easier ● Corruption allowing companies to get around environmental regulations.
Share of tropical deforestation from agricultural products This is measured as the average over the period from 2010 to 2014.
Cattle Oilseeds Forestry logging
Other cereals (excl. rice & wheat) Vegetables, fruit & nuts Paddy rice
Other crops Sugar cane/beet Wheat
Plant-based fibers 0% 8.6% 7.3% 5.6% 3.6%
1.1% 1%
0.5% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
Working in pairs, look at the causes of deforestation and the chart above and answer the questions. How does this cause deforestation?
Natural causes
Individual farmers
Ranches/ plantations Mining
Commercial timber (logging)
Population growth
How could the industries in the graph be successful without cutting down forests? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________