Mapping changes in forests around the world
I can research the significance of forests to local communities.
Mapping changes in forests around the world
I can research the significance of forests to local communities.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Maps can give us information about the location and extent of forests globally.
- Some parts of the world, such as the Amazon, are experiencing deforestation.
- Satellite imagery can be used to identify how much deforestation has happened.
- Deforestation impacts on local and global communities in many different ways.
Common misconception
Trees are a renewable resource and can just be cut down then replanted without any negative impact.
It can take hundreds of years for some woodland to become established with the same benefits. It is important to protect the global forests that we currently have.
Keywords
Indigenous - Indigenous describes people who are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else
Hectare - A hectare is a measurement of land. Each hectare is 10,000 square metres
Satellite image - A satellite image is a photograph taken from high above using a satellite
Deforestation - Deforestation is the complete removal of trees
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
trees and shrubs that keep their leaves all year round
trees and shrubs that lose all their leaves in autumn and winter
those already growing in a place and not introduced there by humans
