IGCSE Geography / Fragile environments and climate change

The impacts of deforestation

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 7: Fragile environments and climate change, specification point 7.2b. Part of the full course.

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Deforestation has environmental impacts, including soil erosion, biodiversity loss, climate change and reduced rainfall. It can also bring economic gains, but these may come with costs for Indigenous people and may not last.

More lessons in Fragile environments and climate change

• Fragile environments
• What causes desertification
• Case study: desertification of the Sahel
• What causes deforestation
• Natural causes of climate change
• The enhanced greenhouse effect
• The impacts of desertification
• How climate change is damaging fragile environments
• How climate change is affecting people
• Technology and water in drylands
• Managing rainforests sustainably
• Case study: conserving Brazil's rainforest
• Responding to climate change
• Case study: the UK's response to climate change
• Case study: China's response to climate change
• Case study: the Solomon Islands and rising seas