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    exploited is the Amazon rainforest which has already lost 20% of its area forever. Deforestation is the single biggest threat to the rainforest; the prime cause of it is cattle ranching. This is when land is cleared to provide space for cattle ranchers to herd their livestock to help increase beef production. This activity accounts for 60% of deforestation in Brazil‚ which is having a major effect on the biodiversity of the ecosystem. The impacts of deforestation are wide. In the Amazon there have been

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    Chevron fined for Amazon pollution by Ecuador court A court in Ecuador has fined US oil giant Chevron $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting a large part of the country’s Amazon region. The oil firm Texaco‚ which merged with Chevron in 2001‚ was accused of dumping billions of gallons of toxic materials into unlined pits and Amazon rivers. Campaigners say crops were damaged and farm animals killed‚ and that local cancer rates increased. Condemning the ruling as fraudulent‚ Chevron said it would appeal

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    competitive risk in Amazon.com’s environment as Wal-Mart‚ Barnes and Noble‚ and other retailers strengthen their online offerings? As long as Amazon continues to focus on increasing selection of products‚ availability of the products‚ lowering prices‚ and providing a great product and/or service are prime foundations of its long-term growth strategy. 3. Amazon is continuously looking for new markets to exploit. As CEO Bezos addresses the strategic opportunity of delivering streaming video‚ he calls

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    Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and its Causes Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non rural use. Examples of deforestation consist of conversion of forestland to farms‚ ranches‚ or urban use. Between May 2000 and August 2006‚ Brazil lost nearly 150‚000 square kilometres of forest—an area bigger than Greece—and since 1970‚ more than 600‚000 square kilometres of the Amazon rainforest has been ruined. In quite a lot of tropical

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    1.)Which statement correctly describes the conditions that most likely encouraged the biodiversity that exists today in the tropical forest? a tropical rain forest represents a closed system using insect or animal pollination in which species evolve independently of other ecosystems 2.) An examination of biodiversity in tropical rain forest indicates that this habitat occupies ____ of the earth’s surface and contains ______ of all plants and animals on earth. 7% 50% 3.) Tropical rain forests

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    According to the article satellite images reflect that the Amazon rainforest is diminishing at an enormous rate. About 10‚000 square miles of this beautiful forest is being lost to pastures for grazing‚ soybean plantations‚ and illegal logging. Since the year before there has been a forty percent increase in the deforestation of the Amazon forest. The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. They expect this horrible trend to only become worse. Some conclude that if the forest is not

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    Rates of deforestation What do the miners want? South America is rich in natural resources and mining and minerals make up a large part of the region’s economy. Mining in the Amazon Rainforest has become more prevalent in the last two decades as mountain mineral deposits in the region have depleted. The Amazon holds vast mineral deposits and South American leaders‚ eager to set their countries on the path of development‚ have granted mining rights to thousands of acres of rainforest. What

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    Rainforests February 18th‚ 2013 Mr. Zanardo AJ D’Orazio CGF 3M Grade 11 Rainforests are the oldest living ecosystems on earth. They only cover about 6% of the Earth surface but they contain more than half of the world’s animal and plant species. Rainforests are described as a tall but dense jungle. It is called a “rain” forest because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. There are two different types of rainforests Tropical and Temperate. A tropical rainforest is located

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    Rainforest Destruction and Its Effect on the World By Jeremy Zahn Composition 1101-96 05/13/2008 Table of contents Introduction……………………………………………………………...…..2 Thesis: The demands of civilization have increased the need for more consumable commodities‚ even at the cost of destroying the very lungs of our planet. At the same time that our civilization prospers from these products‚ the local peoples of the rainforest suffer greatly. There is an even greater effect on the world as species

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    fifteen percent in Africa. Tropical rainforests cover approximately 8% of the world’s land surface - an area of approximately 1.2 billion hectares - and yet contain over half of the earth’s species of animals and plants. The largest rainforest‚ the Amazon‚ is found in South America and spans nine nations (Brazil‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana and Suriname‚

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