it was gaining through the supporting finances. Therefore‚ the author wants to stress that Chiquita in its accomplice role is nothing less blameworthy than the AUC for the mass killings of Colombian civilians. The plaintiffs are survivors of the by AUC targeted groups claiming their rights under the ATCA. The reason why the US Court is dealing with this international case is founded on the fact that Chiquita is based in the US‚ because crimes against humanity (alike genocide) is an atrocity crime
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tropical rainforest is a hot‚ moist biome found near Earth’s equator. The World’s largest tropical rainforests are in South America‚ Africa‚ and Southeast Asia. Tropical rainforests receive from 60 to 160 inches of precipitation that is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. Tropical Rainforest: Animals Tropical rainforests support a greater number and variety of animals than any other biome. One of the reasons for this great variety of animals is the constant warmth. Tropical rainforests also
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The tropical rainforest is a warm biome and ecosystem. An important tropical rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest. The latitude and longitude of the Amazon rainforest is 3.4653° S‚ 62.2159° W. The Amazon rainforest is very hot and moist. The average temperature of the tropical rainforest is 80°F. The average precipitation is 60 to 160 inches that is distributed evenly throughout the year. The tropical rainforest is suitable to many plant and animal life. It contains the most biodiversity
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of the rainforest are important and what they use the rainforest for. Loggers wants to make a living. They rely on the Amazon Rainforest to support their way of life. Logging bring jobs to the poor. Without people being able to log‚ poverty would have grown throughout Latin America. Loggers creates more lands for agriculture and roads. When having more land for agriculture‚ there are more and better abundant production of food and materials. To begin‚ the logger has been in the rainforest since
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Ecosystem Composition of the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest One of the world’s largest temperate rainforests is the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest (Wade et al. 2008). The Valdivian Temperate Rainforest ranges along the Pacific coasts of southern Chile and Argentina in South America‚ between 36 and 47° S latitude. This forest occurs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome (Perry et al. 2008). The broadleaf evergreen flowering trees that dominate the Valdivian are believed to have evolved
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Tropical Rain Forest The Tropical Rainforest is a very diverse Biome. Being diverse means that many different types of animals‚ plants and climates. It is in my personal opinion the greatest biome that exists in today’s world. This biome is home to 50% of the plants and animals on the Earth. The Tropical Rainforest is present on just 2% of the world. The Rainforest is home to many different species of animals. Some of them include butterflies‚ beetles‚ spiders‚ ticks‚ worms‚ snakes‚ lizards‚ jaguars
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Morgan L. Richard Bio 100 The Rainforests of Atsinanana is located on the eastern side of the island of Madagascar. There are six different national parks that are not connected to one another that make up the “Rainforests of Atsinanana”. These rainforests are said to be possibly the most diverse ecosystems in the world. They consist of 2‚598 species of animals (from 166 families) and 1‚039 plants (from 119 different groups). These national parks also contain more than 1/3 of all mammals
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to the rainforests. Have you noticed‚ or are you too caught up in your day? Have you ignored your actions and there impacts because you don’t want to face the truth? I hope you feel ashamed‚ for not realizing how beautiful this Earth is and can be‚ like a garden bursting with life. Instead you treat rainforest’s like rubbish on the side of the street. My name is Charley Hill‚ and I stand here before you today to express the threats and consequences of deforestation in The Amazon Rainforest. I fight
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Tropical rainforests are important to man as they have many valuable resources. Most of the perfumes‚ soaps‚ cough drops and cosmetics we purchase have natural oils from the rainforests such as bay oil‚ coconut oil‚ eucalyptus oil‚ palm oil‚ rosewood oil‚ camphor oil and star-anise oil. Tropical rainforest also produces other products; latex and rubber products are made from the latex sap that are found in rubber trees and red dye is created from annatto. Tropical rainforests provide natural fibres
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The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. It covers over 1.4 billion acres of land. About two and half million different insects and 40000 plant species live in the Amazon. Location • South of the equator • 3.1600° S and 60.0300° W • Stretches across 9 different countries in South America The abiotic factors in the Amazon Rainforest are important because they affect the plants and animals that live there. Without these factors trees and plants would not be able to
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