Land and Water Managment

Land and Water Management

GO TO: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/

Then a. go to ‘Photos audio and video’, then ‘slideshows’ then scroll down to ‘Amazon runs dry.’ Answer the following in your books for your BOOKMARK

(you may put your answers with questions on a word document to be stuck in your book):

1. Why would the Amazon be called the lungs of the planet?
2. What 2 things have led to the worst drought in the Amazon in the last 40 years?
3. Go to www.google.com and click on images. Describe where exactly the Amazon is , what countries it covers, and how large it is.
4. How do the people rely on the Amazon?
5. What is happening to the fish and who is effected by this?
6. How biodiverse are the fish species in the Amazon? Which rare species have been killed?
7. What are the 3 contributing factors to the demise of the Boto (River Dolphin? P5)
8. Why cant locals sell their crops? ( p 6)
9. Which communities are effected the most and why?
10. What effects have fires had? P8
11. Why does deforestation make the drought worse? P9
12. What can we expect in a warming world? And what are we still ‘blithely’ doing? P 10.