Multimedia Resource List

Websites:

http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/deforestation.htm

This article from the University of Michigan provides the role trees play throughout the world and the effects deforestation has on the world. It has a lot of background information and even more information of effects deforestation has, including soil erosion, climate changes and losses. It is very useful to get a broad sense of the topic.

http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/deforest/deforest.html

This article is useful for charts and illustrations that show deforestation through the years and in specific countries as well. It also shows historical trends, tropical deforestation, and forest managment as of January, 2010.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/deforestation.htm

This article, along with many other articles, includes information about the reasons for deforestation along with key facts showing specific incidents of deforestation. It also contains information on the effects of deforestation along with methods and reasons for deforestation. It is useful for finding general facts and information for the causes of deforestation.

http://www.earlham.edu/~pols/17Fall96/inneske/effects.HTM

This source is reliable for the environmental effects, especially the effects on bio-diversity. It also provides information on the social effects in Brazil, and specific incidents, like a flood in 1990, and other incidents resulting from deforestation.

http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/envfacts/facts/deforestation.htm

With this article, you can get a broad sense of how deforestation works, along with the consequences of deforestation. It was useful but not entirely helpful in getting a comfortable feel about deforestation.

http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/our_projects/category/Project_Selection/

This article is a great source that provides local solutions and companies contributing to reforesting forests. It includes the ACR, American Carbon Regisrty, along with many other companies that give local solutions, and ways to improve and reforest deforested areas.

http://www.bugwood.org/reforest/reforest.html

This is a great source that really specifies the variety of methods used for deforestation. It also includes background information and the objectives to reforestation. I used this site for mainly the methods and objectives of reforestation.

http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html

This is a great source to gather information on deforestation in Brazil. Brazil is one of the largest contributors to deforestation and its own economy relies heavily on the amount deforested that year. It also provides information on ways to help deforestation.

Videos:

Short: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzK2XITThZM

This video is a quick overview of deforestation in general and the aftermath it has on the surrounding areas. It is very useful for understanding a broad view of the cycle of deforestation. It trys to get a message across saying is deforestation really worth it?

Medium: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2994710669122421339#

This video is a very good documentary that shows deforestation in Brazil. It covers the topics of the increase of soy, because there is more farm land, and the three major countries that contribute to it, USA, Brazil, and Argentina. It is extremely informative and helpful for understanding first hand effects of deforestation.

Long: http://www.mayomo.com/19202-amazon-deforestation-rises-dramatically

This video is a segment of a documentary on deforestation in Brazil. It follows around a Brazilian Logger who had to flee his village because of illegal logging. It also informs you on how the people who live in the forests that get deforested are becoming angered and say that the "government" owns the land.