Transcript Science - Sky Rainforest Rescue

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What’s the number?
Look at the following
numbers and decide which
statistic they are linked to on
your worksheet…
What’s the number?
3 million
6.7 million
40,000
10
80
3
1.38 million
1 billion
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• One of the most serious
problems facing the Amazon
rainforest is the destruction
of its trees.
• This is called deforestation
and it can add to climate
change.
• It also destroys the homes
of many animals so can lead
to them becoming extinct.
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We are going to tell
each other about
some of the
problems which
people in the
Amazon face and
match them to the
solutions which Sky
and WWF are trying
to find to these
problems.
© Simon Rawles / WWF-UK
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If you have a card look at
it and see if the left hand
side sounds like a
solution to this problem.
If it does, then read out
the solution….
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The Amazon’s trees and
plants hold lots of nutrients.
And farmers clear and burn
forest to grow crops. But,
once the trees are gone,
the soil in the Amazon
quickly becomes poor in
nutrients and many farmers
burn down more forest so
that they have fresh, fertile
land to farm.
© Simon Rawles / WWF-UK
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We are going to look
at some statements
about the Amazon
rainforest and I want
you all to use your
thumbs to show
whether you agree or
disagree…
© Greg Armfield / WWF-UK
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Thumbs up if you agree
Thumbs down if you disagree
In the middle if you aren’t sure
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The Amazon is an amazing place.
© Zig Koch / WWF
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There are so many different species in the Amazon that
it doesn’t matter if one or two become extinct.
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It is important to give people alternatives to clearing
more rainforest.
© Per Anders Pettersson
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The only people who can make a difference to how the
Amazon rainforest is used are the people that live there.
© Simon Rawles / WWF-UK
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The people that live in the Amazon do not own the land so
the government should be able to take it off them whenever
they want.
© R.Isotti, A.Cambone - Homo Ambiens - WWF-Canon
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It is more important to grow cheap food for people and
farm animals than it is to preserve the trees in the
Amazon rainforest.
(c) Simon Rawles / WWF-UK
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It is important that we protect the homes of indigenous
tribes who have lived in the Amazon for thousands of
years.
(c) Zig Koch / WWF
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Preventing climate change in the future by keeping trees
standing is more important than making money by cutting
them down now.
(c) Greg Armfield / WWF-UK