example of deforestation. But‚ not only did the inhabitants destroy many trees‚ they also had the bad luck to be living on one of the islands with the highest risk for deforestation. In the book‚ nine environmental causes for deforestation are mentioned‚ and the Easter Islands had to deal with all of these 9 factors. The variations in rainfall and latitude‚ the fact that it is a dry island and that it is a cooler island farther from the equator contributed mostly to the deforestation. Another contributing
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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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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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References: Amazon Rainforest. n.d. . Deforestation. n.d. . Docksai‚ Rick. "Disappearing Forests? Actions to Save the World ’s Trees." n.d. https://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&sid=543d1c02-cfd5-4584-bb38-84c1e9052ea3%40sessionmgr114&hid=117. Graf‚ Christine. "The Vanishing
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out they need to bulldoze a path in and out and often destroy more trees than they are selling. In this essay I am going to express my views on deforestation. The Amazon rainforest is about the size of Europe and every day roughly 51.8 square kilometres are cut down. So that’s 18‚900 square km a year and that’s a lot. One of the main reasons for deforestation is the actions of Brazil‚ in the 1970 – 80’s Brazil borrowed a large sum of money from MEDCs to develop their country they now owe these MEDCs
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efficient way of farming: slash and burn. The Aztec civilization’s slash and burn agriculture is more productive than any other farming systems because of the following reasons: farming system; dirt; benefits; world-wide; failures; industrial deforestation. The farming systems of the Aztecs had cool characteristics. Slash and burn farming is a method of cutting down the trees and burning the trees to make lands for farming in the forest. “Slash” I allowed to dry until the rainiest part of the year
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The North Cascade Mountains are a vital part of Washington’s environmental function and beauty. They are being threatened by deforestation and mining. The clear-cutting of the forest would result in loss of wildlife and biodiversity due to loss of habitat and environmental “disruption”. Mining is potentially dangerous to water supplies which in turn affect the animals that live in and drink from them. Washingtonians are attempting to preserve two hundred thousand acres of land surrounding the North
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excessive deforestation‚ over-exploitation of forests with significant biodiversity and water pollution resulting from lumbering. From the social perspective‚ potential CSR issues include the impact of forestry activities on indigenous population‚ workers’ safety and human rights associated with the workers employed in this industry. Due to high demand of forest products around the world‚ companies that have businesses in timber plantations often face issues related to excessive deforestation. According
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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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are announced as a forest reserve to preserve our forest from destroyed. Not only important to flora and fauna but also to people. For some people‚ their lives depends on forest. However‚ deforestation activity by irresponsible people has led to imbalanced ecosystem. First of all‚ the effect of deforestation is pollution especially water pollution. This problem occurred when people often cut down the trees illegally. So‚ there are no roots to hold and prevent the soil from fall down. The soil that
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