interesting to see a place where they cared about the environment in a country where there is a vast amount of deforestation. It was cool to see all the large trees in the reservation area that had been there for hundreds of years. From the owner of the forest reservation I learned that their goal is to think to the future and teach the kids what the issues can result from deforestation. Their hope is that the kids tell their parents in hope that the cutting down of trees
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Holiday Gifts for Good -Silicon Valley Parents Develop GigatonGifts Website 1888 Press Release - GigatonGifts was launched in December by a group of Silicon Valley parents concerned about deforestation. Volunteer parents developed the GigatonGifts website (www.GigatonGifts.org)‚ where people can purchase trees and solar stoves in Africa and Haiti as gifts. San Francisco‚ CA - GigatonGifts was launched in December of 2013 by a group of Silicon Valley parents concerned about the planet
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Communicating climate change‚ REDD and political ecology: A global land question and prospects for agroecology Abstract: Approaches to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) occupy a prime place among political proposals for mitigating climate change. This paper maps interconnections among four crucial dynamics associated with forestry and climate change that interface with REDD proposals: changes in agricultural needs‚ energy transitions‚ dynamics of communicating
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Suzuki‚ the Choco Rainforest is a stable cosmos of complexity that mustn’t be destroyed in order to sustain communities and ecosystems indefinitely. Although deforestation can be positively utilized in the society‚ it has undeniable flaws. In our modern-day societies‚ profit is the main objective‚ desire and ambition; through the deforestation of such magnificent terrains‚ profit is easily gained. Suzuki stated‚ “…one can’t help but wonder why magnificent forests like this are being traded for squalid
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The environmental documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a film about the most destructive industry facing the planet today. The film’s maker Kip Anderson discusses how “animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation‚ water consumption and pollution‚ is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry‚ and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction‚ species extinction‚ habitat loss‚ topsoil erosion‚ ocean “dead zones‚” and virtually every other environmental
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non-environmentally safe products‚ and the on of them most important - deforestation. Firstly‚ the increase of population has a major affect on Global warming. Population growth causes using of more cars‚ boats‚ planes... All these cause more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. In every day million tons of carbon dioxide enters in the air‚ which increases temperature of our planet. If we don’t change our this‚ it could change our lives forever. Deforestation had and still continues to have a big affect on global
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than all natural processes combined. As a result‚ humans play a vital role through utilizing and abusing of natural resources. Soil is exposed to erosion by two specific human activities: over-cultivation and deforestation. Also‚ another major source for soil erosion is overgrazing. Deforestation is the process of removing trees from an area of land. When forests are cut down‚ the now exposed topsoil becomes saturated with water over time. This topsoil layer eventually slides off into the waterway
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The profound economic change that occurred in the early 1900’s was largely influenced and formed by the industrial revolution‚ in particular the second wave that occurred in the late 1800’s. The revolution as a whole resulted in the change from economies based on agriculture and farming‚ to industry based profits. This second wave of the revolution not only refined and improved the prior inventions of iron and coal‚ but brought with it new highly developed technologies such as steel‚ electricity
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Diamond explores the natural climatic conditions conducive to Easter Island’s dramatic deforestation‚ among them a very high latitude‚ minimal precipitation‚ low volcanic ash fallout‚ no makatea rock‚ and physical isolation from other islands. Diamond’s explanation is strengthened by his description of people’s contributions to this process of environmental degradation. What Diamond concludes is that the deforestation responsible for the collapse of the Easter Island society was mostly self-induced.
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Large quantities of mercury are being used in gold mining to pace the work‚ so many problems occur in the atmosphere‚ sediments‚ and waterways. Loss of the biodiversity and deforestation are two significant mercury impacts toward the environment. “It is estimated globally‚ that artisanal mining since 1998 produces 20–30% of global gold production and is responsible for one third (average of 1000 t/y) of all mercury released in
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