Rainforests of the Atsinanana‚ Madagascar Christy Haakenson SCI230 Introduction to Life Science Paula Roberts March 27‚ 2011 The Rainforests of the Atsinanana is a place like no other. The continent of Madagascar can be found 200 miles off the east coast of Africa and completed full separation from all other land masses more than 60 million years ago (Staff W.‚ 2001). The island of Madagascar has lived in isolation and with isolation gives the Rainforests of Atsinanana an abundance of plants
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conserved? Tropical rainforests are thought to posses more plants and animals than any other forests on earth. Most tropical rainforests are located around and near the equator‚ they have existed on earth for hundreds of millions of years. But they are among the most endangered ecosystems globally due to humans. They are an important part of human life and are know as the “lungs of the planet” they have many animals‚ and many natural medicines come from tropical rainforests. Because of there importance
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them out of the forest‚ but even this is damaging because to get the trees out they need to bulldoze a path in and out and often destroy more trees than they are selling. In this essay I am going to express my views on deforestation. The Amazon rainforest is about the size of Europe and every day roughly 51.8 square kilometres are cut down. So that’s 18‚900 square km a year and that’s a lot. One of the main reasons for deforestation is the actions of Brazil‚ in the 1970 – 80’s Brazil borrowed a large
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Besides being an activity‚ it helps children develop their mental‚ physical‚ and social functions. “Rainforest Melodies and Lights Deluxe Gym” by Fisher Price is used for infants between birth and 12 months. It encourages learning about the magical world of the rainforest with music‚ lights‚ nature sounds‚ and tons of other activities and textures to stimulate the growing infant. The Rainforest Melodies and Lights Deluxe Gym’s comfortable mat has a soft silky margin and colorful arches supported
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My project was over the tropical rainforest biome. The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average of 50-260 inches (125-660) cm of rain falls yearly. A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100-300 species in one 2 ½ acre area in South America. Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees. There are a couple of topics that can be discussed within this biome such as
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Cutting down the Brazilian rainforest is not a morally just thing to do. Not only does leave the soil sterile and cut the land used for crops ’ life in half‚ but it also eliminates the opportunity for new medicines to be found‚ new plants to use for treatment in the medical field‚ and petroleum substitutes to be collected and used‚ just to name a few. In addition‚ the presence of the rainforest helps protect us from global warming and keeps some of the rarest and beneficial animals and their homes
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There are many ways in which the rainforest is exploited. Many of these ways are damaging to the environment. Rubber tapping causes almost no damage to the rainforest. Rubber tapping takes the natural latex from the tree by scraping grooves into the surface of the tree. The natural latex then falls into a cup‚ and is removed and processed to make the rubber. Rubber trees are quite rare - in a thirty square kilometre area‚ with 20‚000 trees‚ there may be just sixty rubber trees. Timber logging causes
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The rainforest has many species of animals and plants of almost every family besides marine life. The rainforest can provide jobs food and water. Rain is very common in the rainforest because of its high humidity rate. Rainforests have a humidity rate of 77% to 88% all year long. The rain forest is an environment that is rainy and humid. The rain forest only has one season because it’s weather and temperature never change. The temperature never changes because of the high humidity rate and
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The Yasuni National Park is a nature preserve in the country of Ecuador that houses a section of the Amazon rainforest (Cite). It is about 3‚793 square miles large and is one of the most biodiverse locations in the world. It is home to hundreds of different species of birds‚ reptiles‚ amphibians‚ and many other types of animals‚ hundreds of thousands of diverse plant species‚ and multiple tribes living in voluntary isolation. It is also estimated that there are more tree‚ shrub and liana species
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TMA 04 Rainforests have been declining rapidly over the last few decades. There are various factors responsible for this decline‚ resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation refers to the destruction of large areas of natural forests resulting in serious irreversible damage. Forests are crucial factors to our existence and because of the time it takes to replace harvested trees‚ they must
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