Population Growth and Affluence

What % of deforestation or forest loss today is as a result of agriculture.

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 80

in a scattergraph which is the independent variable?

• population desnity

• forest loss

is this a positive or negative relationship?

• positive

• negative

Much of the world’s rainforests are located in some of the ______areas on the earth

• poorest

• richest

The production of commodities such as soy, beef, paper and palm oil is thought to be responsible for _____of the world’s tropical forest loss.

• a quarter

• a half

• three quarters

what is the relationship between GDP/capita and deforestation rate?

• positive

• negative

Which country is an anomaly in this relationship

• Myanmar

• Fiji

• Australia

• Malaysia