Samantha Hass Cultural Snapshot Thursday May 3‚ 2012 Kayapo: Out of the Forest The documentary Kayapo: Out of the Forest is about Kayapo tribes in Brazil. These tribes come together to unite against an architectural project that may take place on the Xingu River. This architectural project is the building of a dam. The Kayapo are very much against the project because the dam will end up flooding their land. In order to protest the dam‚ the Kayapo come out of the forest and go to Altamira to protest
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Guava is a small tropical tree that grows up to 35 feet tall; it is widely grown for its fruit in tropics. It is a member of the Myrtaceae family‚ with about 133 genera and more than 3‚800 species. The leaves and bark of P. guajava tree have a long history of medicinal uses that are still employed today (Nwinyi et al.‚ 2008). In the view of the immense medicinal importance of P. guajava plant evidenced in the various studies mentioned above and also corroborated in a recent review article by Kamath
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Brazilwood trees and they started to call Brazil‚ Brazil. There are many interesting features in Brazil‚ like the Amazon river is the world’s largest river in volume. Also in brazil there are many climates‚ they have a tropical‚ warm‚ rainy‚ and humid climates. Brazil’s land is very pretty. Brazil has many different landforms that are really pretty. If you were in Brazil you would see the Amazon river. You would hear the noise of the river moving. If you were walking you could feel the grass on your
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needed a break from her work so he planned a surprise trip to the Amazon Rain Forest. The buy the tickets to first class on the Delta airline and they argued about how who got the window seat eventually Katelyn won because she’s a “women”. They arrive in a small town near Amazon Rain Forest‚ rest for a day in a house made of mud and water but with surprisingly memory foam beds. The tribe’s leader Adam drives them to the edge of the Amazon. They wanted to hike the rest of the way in to see the scenic
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past few years Brazil’s amazon is becoming smaller and smaller. Brazil is facing an enormous environmental issue called deforestation. Deforestation is when people burn or cut down a group of trees. It has many negative effects on environment such as climate change‚ clearing of habitats‚ and killing millions of species. The trees are used for fuel‚ to create commercial items such as paper‚ and highly prized items such as palm oil from palm trees. “Deforestation in Amazon Basin is destroying the habitat
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They had to master techniques for an effective water management. “The biggest threat we face doing fieldwork in the Mayan region is dying of thirst‚” experts explained. Even the rainforest experiences an annual dry season; the trees hang on by tapping groundwater. “The Maya couldn’t use groundwater because it was 500 feet below them‚ and they had no technology to reach it‚ so they depended on
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filtered through the thick forest canopy. We started our research with no clues‚ but as explorers‚ our natural instinct guided us through the monstrous overgrowth. It was as though something was calling out for us‚ from deep within the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Follow your intuition‚ as Jane‚ my partner had always said. So we pressed on‚ venturing into the unknown. It took an eternity before the both of us finally stumbled upon a muddy trail of footprints‚ signs of human activity. I was staring blankly
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to feed their families. They do this through a process often referred to as “slash and burn” agriculture. One country affected by deforestation is Brazil. Farmers often use the slash and burn agriculture method to clear away trees in the Amazon rain forest. After space is made‚ farmers are only able to settle for one to two years. This is because the rain forest’s soil does not have enough nutrients to keep the crops growing. When crops are no longer able to grow in the area‚ farmers move
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Colombia has beautiful mountains‚ oceans‚ jungles‚ and volcanoes. Some of the mountains in Colombia are Sierra Nevada Desanta Marta‚ and the Andes mountains. These mountains are the most popular mountains in Colombia. A forest in Colombia is the Amazon Basin. The Amazon Basin covers half of Colombia. There is two oceans around Colombia one of them is the Pacific Ocean and the other is the Caribbean
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the Amazon River basin. 2) Africa - Zaire basin‚ with a small area in West Africa; also eastern Madagascar. 3) Indo-Malaysia - west coast of India‚ Assam‚ Southeast Asia‚ New Guinea and Queensland‚ Australia. What are its abiotic factors? 1) Large amounts of rain during the rainy season‚ dense foliage‚ warm all year round. Also the rocks‚ soil‚ sunlight and temperature. What are the native plants and their adaptations to live there? 1) Many ’every day’ foods originated in rainforests‚ including
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