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Lesson (Grades 9-12): Human Impacts in the African Rainforest—What Can We Do?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g912/fayhuman.html

High school students should be encouraged to think about possible solutions to the environmental degradation that humans can cause, and to the ways in which people can work together to protect the environment from further negative human impacts. They also need to think about the root causes of tropical rain forest degradation (i.e, poverty, population growth, exploitation, and debt) in addition to the more obvious, immediate causes (i.e., logging). This National Geographic Xpeditions lesson asks students to examine the human impacts that conservationist Michael Fay noticed on his Congo Trek, and Africa MegaFlyover projects as well as the areas that are so far free from human impacts. Students will write recommendations to the region's governments and businesses, explaining what should be done about human impacts and considering some of the underlying causes for environmental threats.

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Submitted March 15, 2006, by EdNet Manager

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