An issue in the world today that is extremely troubling is the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest. The world’s largest remaining natural resource is at risk of total destruction. This beautiful South American forest represents 40% of the continent and 54% of the total remaining rain forests that are left. It covers nine of the countries in South America which include Brazil‚ Colombia‚ Peru‚ Venezuela‚ Bolivia‚ Guyana‚ French Guiana and Suriname. From May 2000 to August 2006‚ approximately 150
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biodiversity is the day and age for the measure of the kind of unique species that do exist in any case on our plant. These species can assortment from the most straightforward smaller scale life form to the exceptionally troublesome primates. Biodiversity can relate locally or all inclusive. Case in point the Southern New England woodland incorporates 20 or 30 tree species while in the rainforest of Peru there are colossal amounts of types of trees (Patrick 15). There are likewise extra approaches
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Rainforest Animals Many people love animals. I can’t necessarily teach you about all of the animals in the world‚ so I’ll just teach you about the animals from my favorite place‚ the Rainforest! Frogs [pic] We will start our journey with The Poison Dart Frog. Before I tell you any information about it. I will tell you about its classification. • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Ampidibia • Order: Anura • Family: Dendrodatide
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The Borneo Rainforest is located in Borneo which is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java‚ Indonesia‚ at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. The Rainforest is 130 million years old‚ which makes it the oldest rainforest in the world. The Borneo rainforest is one of the only remaining natural habitats for the endangered Bornean Orangutan. It is an important refuge for many endemic forest species‚ including the Asian Elephant‚ the Sumatran Rhinoceros‚ the
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Today we will be in the Amazon rainforest. Which is located near the equator. This will tell the story of jack being lost in the Amazon rainforest. Jack the explorer: NOt again why did I have to get lost. Well I know what to do. Narrator:He looks at the canopy trees. Jack the explorer: It’s so unique that trees want the sun so much they grow taller to get just like people who worked for what they have. Jack the explorer: Now begins the climb I start at the rainforest floor and I go to a tree that
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The rainforests of the world all have one thing in common: they are all based around the equator and the tropics. Without them‚ many of our household products such as wooden furniture and basic necessities like coal and even air would not exist. We are losing all of our raw materials up just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth’s land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and scientists estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be drained
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The Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil‚ South America. In the middle of the Equator and the Tropic Of Capricorn. I used this photo to show the delicacy of the food web. Plant and animal ecosystem would be affected if you took out one of the species of the food web. The Amazon rainforest consists of four layers or communities. Each layer has unique ecosystems‚ plants‚ and animals adapted to that system. Many of the species in the rainforest are vulnerable to extinction because they depend
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In the Amazon Rainforest‚ new research is being done that has completely changed the way that we now see the Amazon. European accounts from centuries ago‚ tell of large Amazonian cities all up and down its banks. This idea was thought to be untrue due to finding that the Amazon soils were not actually fertile at all. But‚ that idea is now being challenged‚ with the finding of‚ terra preta. The reason that I decided to choose this topic is because I think it needs much more attention than it is given
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Temperatures usually average 27.9 °C during the dry season‚ and 25.8 °C during the rainy season. Relative humidity is quite high at an average of 88% in the rainy season and 77% in the dry season. Every year‚ the Amazon rainforest receives torrential rainfall - between 1‚500 mm and 3‚000 mm. Where does all that water come from? Eastern trade winds that blow from the Atlantic Ocean account for about half of the rainfall‚ with the other half due to evapotranspiration - the
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1. What is? Chiquita is a banana production company established in United States‚ grows their Banana in Colombia. The main ethical issue is that‚ Chiquita involvement in payment to terrorist organization in Colombia. Stakeholder analysis Top level management – that is CEO of the company who owns the power‚ Pays money to the terrorist organization for the protection of company’s employees working in outsource country. Employees / families of employees –due to urgency‚ employees are working in those
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