WORLD POPULATION:

Forest Land in the World

7.3 Billion

31%
By 2050
9.8 BILLION
POPULATION LIVING IN FORESTS

300 MILLION PEOPLE

Depend on FORESTS
for FOOD, SHELTER,
MEDICINES

Animals in

DANGER
Giant
Panda

Leopard
Jaguar

8 out of 10

Chimpanzee
Bonobo
Gorilla
Orangutan

Jaguar in the
Brazil Rainforest
DIES because has no shelter

Elephant

OUT OF THOSE 31% OF FORESTS

IN THE WORLD

SPECIES live

Forests Left

in forests

56%

We LOSE forests at a

44%

rate equivalent to

48 football fields
per MINUTE

Forests
Losts

Agriculture

Human
population
INCREASE
means MORE
food production

Road Building
Build roads for
faster

TRAVELING,
make buildings for

Logging

COMPANIES
or HOUSING

Used for paper

products, pencils,
and provides us

wood to use
COMMUNITY
CASTNER RANGE

RIO BOSQUE WETLAND PARK

It was one of the most
productive natural habitats
in the region.
For 13 years there was no
vegetation or animals in
that region, but today that
is slowly changing
It was part of MEXICO

Land close to

transmountain
wants to be used
for a military range
The poppy field
will be DESTROYED
Animals will be
moved from their
habitat

Plant
Trees

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

RESOURCES

Protect the
ENVIRONMENT

http://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/stop-deforestation/palm-oil-infographic.html#.Vql7a9xBTIU
http://forests.org/
http://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives/forests
Designed by:
http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2015/2015-world-population-data-sheet.aspx
Marina
http://research.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=67252
Rodriguez
http://fronteralandalliance.org/castner/documents