Video 1: Understanding the role of forests and deforestation on
local, regional and global precipitations
Video 2: Amazon Deforestation
Video 3: Climate in Crisis: Amazon Fires Are Leaving Global Consequences
Video 4: Staggering Number of Fires Ravaging Amazon Rainforest
Palm Oil Plantation Resources
WWF Palm Oil Industry (Links to an external site.)
How the world got hooked on palm oil – The Guardian (Links to an external site.)
Photos: Peatland fires rage through Indonesia’s Sumatra Island (Links to an external site.)
Discussion Question: How does the deforestation issue in the Amazon compare to the deforestation caused by the Palm Oil Plantation industry in Southeast Asia? Explain your answer.