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Helpful Sites:

. // Deforestation in rome //. N.p., 2004. Web. 31 Jan 2012. __.__

. "Deforestation during the Roman Period." // Wikipedia //. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Feb 2012. __[].__

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Articles on deforestation: [|http://www.naturalnews.com/023673_Amazon_rainforest.html#ixzz1lF2Kcaxp]

Helpful sites about stopping deforestation:

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Professor in Cincinnati: 810 Rieveschl Hall 513-556-9740 guy.cameron@uc.edu

Timber Companies in Cincinnnati:

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Facts about World Deforestation:
 * 1) Reduced plant [|biomass]
 * 2) Reduced biological diversity
 * 3) Loss of valuable species of economic/ medicinal value
 * 4) Reduced ecosystem stability
 * 5) Their habitats are disturbed.
 * 6) Broken food chain
 * 7) Species extinction

Facts about Roman Deforestation:

Wood was a primarily source of heating used in the industry. Wood was essential fuel in industries like mining, smelting, and the making of ceramics. Wood and charcoal were the primary ancient fuels in public facilities. Forest areas around mining centers were deforested first, consuming all the natural resources around the area of work. Once all the natural resources around that area of production were consumed, wood was then shipped and carried in to supply the furnaces and smelters for the mining centers. Eventually, these centers would shut down and move to areas within the roman territory to repeat the same cycle of deforestation. roman territory to repeat the same cycle of deforestation.

Questions: How is our supply of timber?? Is it drying up?? How can we cut down trees without clear cutting?? Due to deforestation our ecosystems stability is reduced. How can we raise it?? How can we stop species extinction, due to deforestation, so that our resources are available??

**__Script: __** Julianna: The Ancient Roman’s are being very irresponsible with their resources. If they keep heading down this road that they’re on they will run out of natural resources entirely. Andy: Yeah, I know. Did you know that <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Romans at one point, clear cut an abnormally huge region, just so they could build more houses, and they ended up needing those trees that they chopped down shortly afterwards? <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: No I didn’t, did you know that <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">wood was a primary source of heating used in the industry? Wood was essential fuel in industries like mining, smelting, and the making of ceramics. Wood and charcoal were the primary ancient fuels in public facilities. <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: Wow! And they’re still deforesting like that? It surprises’ me that even though resources are so precious to them, they’re still sucking their land dry. <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: I know. Forest areas around mining centers are deforested first, consuming all the natural resources around the area of work. Once all the natural resources around that area of production were consumed, wood was then shipped and carried in to supply the furnaces and smelters for the mining centers. Eventually, these centers would shut down and move to areas within the roman territory to repeat the same cycle of deforestation again. <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: Yikes! That’s bad! Did you know that <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">with expansion ending, and huge monuments being built all the time, Rome is getting a bit cramped, because space for living and housing are running out. <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Due to pollution of the Tiber River, basic necessities such as clean water are even running out! <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: Wow! Even the aqueducts aren’t working anymore? <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: Yep. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: That’s terrible, no wonder Rome is going to fall. Rome is trying desperately to ration their resources, but they are cutting down on necessities, and not extremities. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: Yeah, if the Romans come to a standstill, and do not build any more, they will accumulate resources through trade, and in about two years, they would be set for over a decade, resource-wise. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: Oh my gosh! Also small farms are gradually being replaced by latifundias, bought for booty and the gap between the rich and the poor is increasing. At the same time victorious leaders have new opportunities of political careers. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: Yeah, and small farms are being destroyed so they can’t grow crops.Animals and overgrazing are also causing the decline. Consumption in the empire consists of about 90% wood fuel. That’s causing deforestation. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: I didn’t know that, but I did know that <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">there is deforestation in Ancient Rome because of roads and houses being built, so trees are being cut down. Wood is the primarily used structure to build houses. Heating is done by wood products. Almost all of the roman industries require wood. <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rome is slowly but surely, turning to an unreliable, unhelpful economy, and because of this, some other countries are noticing the decline. Trade is starting to die out in Rome, leaving them with little at all. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: Since we’re from the future, and things like <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">reduced plant <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|biomass] <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">, reduced biological diversity, loss of valuable species of economic/medicinal value,reduced <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ecosystem stability, disturbed habitats, broken food chainsand species extinction are going on, we know better than anyone what you should do to put an end to all of this.

<span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: Yes, not to mention <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">the USA only has 3% of the world’s oil reserves, but we use 25% of all the oil in the whole world! Only 60% of our oil is imported, even though theoretically it should be in the 90%’s. This shows that we are one of the countries that consume the most oil, if not number one! <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Also, in the USA, 25 barrels of oil are consumed per person each year. In Japan, 14.5 per person are consumed. Spain is 13.8. Mexico is only six. In India, less than a barrel per person!

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: Wow! Well we //are// trying to make solar panels to replace oil, but the material in solar panels that allows energy to be absorbed is pretty much as rare as fossil fuels, and is just as non-renewable. There is literally, over five million companies looking into this as you hear this right now, and none of them are making as much money as oil producers or drillers. People are coming up with many solutions, such as fuel cells, hydro-electric dams, and solar panels, but none of them are making any progress, as they are expensive, energy consuming, and difficult to make.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: Did you know that pollution from burning fuel is the leading contributor to global warming? Well, anyway overall, America is one of the top oil consumers, and one of the top producers of “green” technology, but as fossil fuels run out, so do our chances of going green. If we want to make a difference, we have to make something set in stone and reliable, that can produce energy just as well as burning oil. <span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: So to sum it all up, the best solution to Rome’s deforestation problem is for every tree you chop down, you must plant 3 trees. Also limit the amount of trees you chop down, so the smaller trees have time to grow. If a company does not follow these guidelines consumers aren’t able to purchase their products.

<span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: That’s great. Now it seems the best solution for Rome’s over mining problem would be to set up a system where every 3 months you cannot create more than one temple that is made of something other than timber. If you are mining, you can’t mine more than half of the resources in the cave in under two months. Also prices of mined resources must be increased by125% to control consumption.

<span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Julianna: Well I think that would work out just fine. We hope that you take this to mind, Numerianus.

<span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andy: And remember, Rome doesn’t have to come to an end.

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