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Seeing the Forests for the Trees

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Students explore changing logging practices in the Congo Republic and research the many roles of tropical forests as a natural resource. To synthesize their understanding, students write letters to loggers in Africa, urging them to adopt responsible logging practices.

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2002, august 21, learning to live with logging and (gasp!) even lik, science
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6th - 12th
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Science
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