solved. Deforestation is the permanent devastation of forests. Deforestation happens in many ways: when trees are cut down to grow crops‚ logging so wood can be used for building things like houses‚ for roads and neighborhoods‚ and forest fires. Deforestation is affecting our country. At least eighty percent of our forests have been destroyed. Although there may be a need to cut down trees at some point‚ humans need to protect the forests and woodlands. Trees provide good things for humans and
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paper. The economic value of this income is invaluable to an industrialising country‚ as it is usually needed to pay off interest on debts from irresponsible lending in the 1970’s. Electrical power can be created by burning wood‚ thus large tracts of forests are destroyed to feed a growing demand for power by industry and people. To solve this power problem there have been many hydroelectric dams built to harvest the Amazon rivers power‚ for example the Tucurui hydroelectric dam built on the Tocantins
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(2001). Colonization of old-forest lichens in a young and an old boreal< i> Picea abies forest: an experimental approach. Biological Conservation‚ 102 (3)‚ 251-259. Chapin III‚ F. S.‚ Costanza‚ R.‚ Ehrlich‚ P. R.‚ Golley‚ F. B.‚ Hooper‚ D. U.‚ Lawton‚ J. H.‚ ... & Tilman‚ D. (1999). Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: maintaining natural life support processes. Washington‚ DC: Ecological Society of America. Hazelbaker‚ J. (2008). Logging on national forests national forest management zero cut – no
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Animals found in the reserves are elephants‚ lions‚ cheetahs‚ leopards‚ giraffes‚ zebras‚ crocodiles‚ rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses. Kenya is a mega - biodiversity nation with both globally and nationally significant biodiversity in the wildlife‚ forest‚ fresh water and marine ecosystems. Wildlife plays a significant role in the socio-economic development of the country that it forms the basis for tourism‚ which is Kenya’s largest foreign exchange earner. Kenya’s wildlife consisting of large variety
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Wildfires can be very dangerous fires that are likely to burn down an entire forest. They spread very quickly‚ and they are very damaging and can throw an ecosystem off balance. These roaring fires are very destructive and can cause all lot of harm so it’s important that you take caution. Some of the extreme damage it can cause is not only burn down a forest‚ but destroy acres of land‚ that could be someone’s property and home. The highest number of Wildfires that have ever occurred in the U.S
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not a limiting factor in biome distribution if areas have the same annual temperature and precipitation means. C) Not only is the average climate important in determining biome distribution‚ but so is the pattern of climatic variation. D) Temperate forests and grasslands are different biomes because they receive a different quality and quantity of sunlight‚ even though they have essentially the same annual temperature and precipitation. E) Correlation of climate with biome distribution is sufficient
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research included to back up the numbers that are provided. Several sources even state that the rainforests do not provide any of the Earth’s oxygen because it is absorbed by the organisms that are consuming the decaying plant and animal life on the forest floor. While the rainforest’s contribution to the oxygen supply is up for debate‚ there have been studies on how much carbon the rainforests consume helping to lessen the amount of buildup in the atmosphere. Carbon is assimilated by the biosphere
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species are found here. These forests cover two-thirds of the Malaysian land. It has about 250 species of reptiles‚ 150 species of snakes and a thousand species of insects. There are around 14‚500 species of flowering plants and trees. Besides the rainforests‚ Malaysia has 1‚ 425 sq km of mangroves. However‚ with the current rate of deforestation‚ it is believed that these forests will disappear by 2020. Deforestation can be defined as the cutting down of trees and forests through different methods
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cultivated‚ managed agricultural systems & ’new’ plants -naturally Biome - climatically/geographically defined areas with similar conditions -similar communities of plants‚ animals‚ and micro organisms 7 major biomes Tundra‚ Taiga‚ Temperate Forest‚ Tropical Rainforest‚ Grassland‚ Desert‚ Ocean Tundra Biome not so many plants‚ lots of diverse bacteria tree growth is restricted by low temps/ short growing seasons Vegetation - dwarf shrubs‚ grass‚ moss‚ lichens 2 Types of Tundra
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Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement Grantham University Written by: Christopher Jay Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement has made tremendous changes for Kenya and surrounding areas. Her historical movement has developed and recreated a new life to the people as they stepped forward with such motivation and determination as challenges and poverty stood in her way. She was was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize‚ gained much love and respect from the people as she set forth to put an end to environmental
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