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Grades 9-12

Deforestation: The Unkindest Cut

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SUBJECTS: Science

TOPICS: Biodiversity/Habitat, Forests, Land Use

Resource Overview

Forests background reading: The world’s forests are important ecosystems in regulating climate and nurturing wildlife. This reading provides an overview of trends affecting the world’s tropical forests and temperate forests here in North America.

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

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This reading must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.

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