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Thursday, 18 June 2020

Elephant dung paper

This week the book choices were about the environment,  I chose one about turning Elephant dung into paper because one of my friends suggested the book because she loves Elephants.
Here's the final product of my work.

Elephant Dung Paper
 By Heidi   


The main problem that was solved was that to many trees were getting cut down to make paper, so people in Thailand and countries around that use Elephant Dung Paper as an alternative that also stops deforestation


Question 1. How did the problem occur?     
It occurred because of trees getting cut down 
  
Question 2. Is this an easy problem to solve?     
For me, I wouldn't be able to solve it but it seemed simple in the book 
  
Question 3. How can you solve the situation?     
You can try to use less paper, recycle more and plant trees and other plants 

Effects of deforestation:
The nutrients in the soil is exposed to heat meaning ( Soil erosion destruction)  .
When forests are destroyed water bodies and the water table are affected  .
Climate change 
A loss of biodiversity  (  Plant and animal life in the  same habitat, and is usually considered to be important and desirable. )
There's no natural way to change carbon dioxide into oxygen in the atmosphere 
Floods become more common
Soil erosion 
Top soil gets blown away 
Plagues and pestilence are more common because predators get removed from the environment 
Droughts get more common 
Native people get displaced from their environment and can no longer hunt and gather medicine and food 
Loss or culture and tradition  
Animals lose homes 

The main causes of deforestation: 
Natural causes like hurricanes, fires and floods

Humanoid reasons like making paper, collecting wood and creating space
Agricultural Activities


How to slow down the rate of deforestation:
Plant trees when you possibly can 
Use less paper
Don't buy products containing palm oil 
Buy certified wood products 
Buy recycled products
Don't burn firewood excessively 
Consume less meat                       

1 comment:

  1. Wow Heidi. What a fantastic create task. You have an introduction explaining what we have been doing this week, you have answered all the create task and you have have also added extra to help the reader understand what some terms in the book mean. Brilliant :)

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