Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

A popular site for 'charity treks', Africa's most famous mountain is showing signs of 1) _________ and tear. The glaciers that have covered its top for 11,700 years have shrunk by more than 80 per cent and are predicted to disappear by 2010. Locals depend on water from the mountain in dry seasons. But man-made forest 2) __________ around Kilimanjaro for agriculture also have an effect on the climate; reducing 3) _________ causes less moisture in the atmosphere, with less cloud cover and rain.

4.2. Do you know any other geographical objects that need protection from pollution? Prepare a power point presentation about this object (e.g. the Aral Sea, the Black Sea, the Yellowstone National Park, the Carpathian Mountains, etc.)