Refer students back to the CNN Student News video on deforestation to review the most notorious example of deforestation, which is happening in the Amazon Basin. Ask students: How do you think ...

Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains hit West Sumatra in ...

Government officials blamed the floods on heavy rainfall, but environmental groups have cited the disaster as the latest example of deforestation and environmental degradationintensifying the ...