Covering only 2% of the Earth’s land area they still provide 40% of the oxygen.. It has an average humidity of 77 to 88% The rainforest has carpet of green rot leaves on the floor. This is called the humus layer. Rainforests are in danger of deforestation because lumber industries are cutting down the trees for profit. Plants and animals One type of plant in the rain forest does not even need soil‚and these plants are called epiphytes‚ or air plants. Another kind of air plant is a flower called
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Soil erosion is a major concern in the southeastern region of Nigeria due to high population densities and farming techniques‚ which has resulted in the presence of numerous gullies. While gullies are found all around the world‚ the existence of gullies in Nigeria is regarded as one of the worst environment disasters‚ having negative implications on the environment and the quality of life for humans and other species (Adetona & Ezezika‚ 2011; Ajaegwu & al‚ 2010). Large quantities of soil in Nigeria
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Environmental Sustainability Paper GLG/101 Danita LaSage Rachelle Ann Franko September 10‚ 2011 In today’s world it’s our responsibility as the population to create Sustainability with the earth’s resources. There are only so many resources on earth like timber‚ food‚ petroleum etc. to go around. The more that we use and take in the less it becomes available for us to consume. The world’s budget cannot indeterminately increase on a limited world. As a result the economy develops and the population
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Rainforest Case Study: The Amazonian Rainforest Habitat types of the forest: Over half of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil but it is also located in other South American countries including Peru‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Guyana‚ Bolivia‚ Suriname and French Guiana. The rainforest is made up of several different layers. These include: The emergent layer Most of these trees are broad-leaved‚ hardwood evergreens. There is a lot of sunlight here‚ these trees receive the most‚ and
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the revenue the bigger also the tax that they industry has to pay. Conclusion: The government should to intervention on the industry that doing the cutting trees and deforestation which can lead Indonesia to a bigger problem‚ the government should make a regulation about forestation for the industry that involve in the deforestation‚ they should plant trees as much as what they took. The regulation also has to be more specific and the regulation about monitoring the action has to be increase so the
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HONG BANG UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL YEAR 2012-2013‚ TERM 7 Foreign Laguage Faculty Name: TRAN THI THUY Campus: 28-30 Ngo Quyen‚ District 5 Student Code: 09072836 Module: US CULTURE Class: NN09-AV MID-TERM TEST Date 11/29/2012 TOPIC: Research both sides of the issue: the environmental value of the rain forests and the need of the people who are cutting them down. Also looking for what experts are recommending should be done. TROPICAL RAINFORESTS Tropical rainforests are important
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Ancient forests around the world are in peril‚ but we can still save them. Governments and the timber industry need to understand what a crucial role they play in maintaining global biodiversity‚ not to mention how vital they are in regulating the climate‚ so they need to act now. And as consumers‚ we can all help to save the forests. Making sure that the wood and paper we buy has come from well-managed sources (or‚ even better‚ is 100 per cent recycled) is something we can all easily do. We have
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regions are large and complex environments which allow for separation of groups within a species. This geographical separation can cause groups of a species to diverge and become a separate species. In Africa’s rainforest‚ factors such as deforestation‚ building roads‚ Illegal wildlife trade‚ and slash and burn agriculture has had an enormous impact on the diversity of the forest‚ and has already wiped out ninety percent of West Africa’s forest. (“pbs.org”‚ n.d.). Illegal poaching remains
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The massive and consistent rate of destroying rainforests has created devastating shifts in the weather and climate in those immediate areas and on a global scale‚ so the stability of Earth’s climate relies heavily on banning rainforest deforestation. One role that rainforests play in regulating climate is stimulating precipitation through evapotranspiration and keeping the forest floor cool‚ so the climate becomes significantly drier and warmer when the land is converted to pastures. Evapotranspiration
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The weather includes constant rain and winds that can lead to tree fall. Current Human Impacts Deforestation is the main human impact on the Amazon rainforest. -- It is estimated that 20% of the rainforest has been cut down in the last 40 years. -- the rainforest use to cover 14% of the Earth’s surface and now it covers only 6%. Future Human Impacts Experts believe that if the deforestation is not reduced now‚ within the next 40 years there will be little to no remains of the rainforest
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