Overview
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.
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Video 1: Understanding the role of forests and deforestation on
local, regional and global precipitations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_R4Sp_-Kfg
Video 2: Amazon Deforestation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlnoxgqEWo
Video 3: Climate in Crisis: Amazon Fires Are Leaving Global Consequences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K86z5td3BC8
Video 4: Staggering Number of Fires Ravaging Amazon Rainforest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPHWBKzqXc4
Palm Oil Plantation Resources
https://www.worldwildlife.org/industries/palm-oil
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/19/palm-oil-ingredient-biscuits-shampoo-environmental
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/peat-forest-fires-indonesia-sumatra-photos/