Location and Destruction of the Rainforests
- Deforestation
- To make space for living and agriculture
- To make space for industries
- To make paper and other things like furniture
- To use wood as burning resource (combustion)
- 7% of the world
- Tropical rainforests
- Are located near the equator
- 1/3 is in Brazil
- 57% of all rainforests are in Latin America
- Others in Southeast Asia and the pacific islands (25%), and west Africa
(18%)
- Temperate Rainforests
- Along coasts in temperate zones
- Largest on the pacific cast of North America (from Oregon to Alaska for
1,200 miles)
- Others on the southeast coast of Chile in South America
- Small areas => United Kingdom, Norway, Japan, New Zealand and southern
Australia
Location and Destruction of the Rainforests
