Rainforest layers and deforestation in Gabon: slide deck

Section role: supports the 'Mapping the Layers and the Loss' section while the teacher formalizes student findings and introduces the Gabon case study. Slides: (1) Title — 'Mapping the Layers and Deforestation'; (2) The Four Layers Formalized — bullets: definitions for Emergents, Canopy, Understorey, and Forest floor; (3) The Wet Tropics Climate — bullets: climate graph analysis showing hot and wet conditions in places like Singapore and Minna; (4) Plant and Animal Adaptations — bullets: Lianas reaching for sunlight, Poison dart frogs staying moist; (5) The Threat of Deforestation — bullets: definition of clearing forest land; (6) The Gabon Case Study — bullets: logging providing local jobs versus the destruction of wildlife habitats; (7) Permanent Impact — bullets: how logging changes the forest permanently; (8) Closing slide — 'How can a country balance the need for logging jobs with protecting its rainforest wildlife?' — sets up the review and fact sheet activities that follow.

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