How to Save Our Jungles: Restoration and Smart Land Use

• This video and article highlight the global importance of jungles and forests, the many unexpected consequences of deforestation, and the solutions available to save them.
• Students will learn about the role that farmers and governments have to play in saving jungles and why smart land use and a gentle, restorative approach to jungles is imperative.

Positives

• This video includes riveting footage of jungles and the animals that live within them.
• Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this video is entertaining and also easy to follow.

Additional Prerequisites

• It may be helpful to show students maps and identify where jungles are located across the planet.
• Teachers should preview the 10 other links embedded within this resource to consider which ones may be appropriate for their classes.

Differentiation

• Create a simple note-taking guide for students to use while watching the video to help them track the importance of jungles, the consequences of deforestation, and steps that can be taken to protect jungles.
• Have students research examples of "deforestration-free products" and write letters to the companies and certification organizations thanking them for the important role they are playing.
• Language arts classes could write essays addressing the question, "Why would we want to save our jungles?" being sure to include specific evidence from this video.
• Put students in groups to discuss examples of how natural resources within jungles can still be utilized without destroying the jungle and why this is important.
• Science classes can connect this video to lessons about land-use changes, clear-cutting, erosion, water pollution, biodiversity hotspots, species extinctions, habitat fragmentation, or ecosystem services.
  

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