Deforestation Assignment | Online Assignment

For the 12 credible sources, it’s best if you can use 9 sources that are academic/peer reviewed. I do have the general outline, you can just base on it to right. But you can change it as you write

Topic: Deforestation

1. Introduction

1. Attention Getter: Tell the story about the fires in Australia and Amazon forests.

1. Relevance: This topic is important because the forests play a major role in our environment. If we keep destroying it, Global Warming will keep getting worse and our life will be affected.

1. Credibility: I am very passionate about this topic, and I did a lot of research about it.

1. Research Question: Why is deforestation one of the biggest problems that we have to face today and what can we do to fix it?

1. Propositional Statement: A. Problem, B. Effect, C. Solution

Overexploitation of trees and land conversion contribute to a faster rate of global deforestation and the loss of biodiversity. Therefore the government should pass laws that protect forests from disappearing. Media could also play a major role in raising awareness among people, especially the younger generation. And we the people should limit our consumption of paper products and go paperless if possible, to protect our “green heart” alive and healthy.

Transition: First, let’s examine how overexploitation and land conversion can contribute to a faster rate of global deforestation and the loss of biodiversity. ( Tell small story to get attention)

1. Body

1. Internal preview: Problems
2. Overexploitation- people use tree resources faster than the earth can naturally sustain this harvesting

Overpopulation means we need more trees to build more houses and produce more paper goods for people to use.

2. Land conversion- clearing forests to plant cash crop

Overpopulation increases the demand for food which means we have to cut down trees to plant more crops so they can have enough food to eat.

Transition: Now that we look at the problems, let’s look at how it can have a big impact on the environment and climate change. ( Tell a story)

1. Internal preview: Environmental and Climate Effects
2. Faster rate of global deforestation and worsen climate change- According to NASA, all rain forests will vanish within a century if people keep cutting them down at the current rate.
3. Loss of biodiversity- Loss of trees contributes to mass extinction

Half of the living organisms are living in forests. If we keep cutting trees down, the majority of Earth’s animal and plant species will disappear.

Transition: Deforestation is not an easy problem that can be solved completely with just one or two people. It involves everyone from the government to the organizations or us, the ordinary people. Now let’s look at some of the solutions that we can do to help the forest. ( A small story)

1. Internal preview: Solutions
2. The government should pass laws to protect the forests from illegal exploitation and give funding for reforestation to return the forest to its original state before it was cleared.

2. We can use social media to raise awareness among people.

3. Encouraging people to use less paper and go paperless whenever possible.

4. 4. Join an organization that helps deforestation

III. Conclusion

1. Transition to Conclusion: Tell the story about 3 months ago, a popular YouTuber named Mr. Beast and his friends started their biggest project- planting 20 million trees.

1. Answer the research question: People overly exploit the forests and use the empty lands to solve the problem about overpopulation.

1. Final Summary: Deforestation is a big problem that we have to face globally. It happens because of overexploitation and land conversion and it causes a faster rate of deforestation and global warming, and also the loss of biodiversity that lives in those forests. The government should step in and stop the forests from disappearing and people should limit their use of paper and help to plant more trees in any way possible.

1. Suggestions for future research: Research about how we can develop a new type of material that does not need paper to make.

1. Call to Action: Recycle your paper and use less paper so we do not need to cut down more trees to make paper. Donate to or volunteer at your local organizations to help reforestation. Find out more and join an organization that helps deforestation.

1. Memorable Closing: We need to come together and fix this problem now if we don’t want to see more fires to come and more animals losing their home. And our future generations will have to have to suffer from the consequences we have caused.