Research Questions

Central Question: How does deforestation affect our climate and biodiversity?

1. What is deforestation?

2. What effects have we experienced due to deforestation?

3. How much does deforestation contribute to our global emissions?

4. How does removing forests affect our climate?

5. Why does the process of deforestation occur?

6. What predictions of future effects of deforestation have been made?

7. What areas are most affected by deforestation?

8. What can we do to limit deforestation?

9. What are the leading causes of deforestation?

10. What is the greatest need for deforestation?

11. How can we preserve our forests?

12. Are the natural causes of deforestation greater than the industrial causes?

13. How has the rate of deforestation changed over recent history?

14. Why do we need forests?

15. What benefits do forests have to the world?

16. Why is protecting our forests so important?

17. Why should we be concerned about habitat loss?