Deforestation and Peat Bogs
Humans are destroying vast areas of forest and peat bogs to provide land for cattle and crops.
Why is burning peat bogs particularly bad for the environment?
What is Deforestation and Peat Bogs?
"Deforestation is the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest; peat bogs are wetlands that accumulate peat as a carbon store."
What is biodiversity?
Why can high biodiversity help keep an ecosystem stable?
Which gas is a major greenhouse gas linked to global warming?
Select what is biodiversity?
Loss of Carbon Stores
Deforestation reduces the amount of CO2 taken in by photosynthesis.
Burning wood or peat releases large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Destruction of these habitats directly causes a massive loss in biodiversity.
Peat is a natural carbon store that takes thousands of years to form.
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