There has been an ongoing debate on how the Amazon Rainforest should be exploited. The Forest is a vast 1.7 billion acre tropical rainforest located in South America. It covers 60% of Northwestern Brazil. Because of many resources the Rainforest possess‚ there are different views on how the forest should be harnessed. For example‚ some believe that the forest’s trees be used for rubber tapping or be extracted from tree sap to improve Brazil’s economy. Loggers believe that they should be able to continue
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After years of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest‚ Brazil is starting to open their eyes. Brazil in the passed has allowed for deforestation of the amazon. They are finally starting to see the effects of it and are trying to turn it around. Brazil allowed land clearing for use of cattle farms‚ soy bean crops‚ mining and logging. They allowed for this to increase income and decrease the amount of poverty in the country. The effects of doing so are detrimental to the environment. The increase
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Watershed Management and Soil Erosion Forests provide a buffer to filter water and to hold soil in place. They sustain water and soil resources through recycling nutrients. In watersheds where forests are degraded or destroyed‚ minimum flows decrease during the dry season‚ leading to drought‚ while peak floods and soil erosion increase during the wet season. Flooding along the Baram River in Sarawak has increased significantly since logging began‚ the major floods occurring in 1979 and 1981.168
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VALUE OF TREES Trees are an integral part of our environment. Both man and the animals cannot survive without trees. We get food‚ medicine‚ wood and shelter from trees. Trees beautify the environment. We get the most needed rain because of the trees. Trees have a great influence upon climate. Trees preserve moisture. The leaves of a tree are always giving off moisture and this constant evaporation cools the surrounding atmosphere. Trees on hill sides stop the soil erosion and prevent destructive
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West Fraser Timber further cutting capacity Hank Ketcham‚ CEO of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.‚ said that lumber producers will have to further reduce capacity because of low product prices. He said that to determine the right operating strategy‚ “we’re looking at our operations daily.” West Fraser’s output has already been cut “by 13 percent during the long recession in the forest industry.” Because of the collapse in the housing market‚ the industry has gone through “extensive suffering”‚ and has
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Illegal logging is the harvest‚ transportation‚ purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal‚ including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission or from a protected area; the cutting of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits (see Box 1). Illegalities may also occur during transport‚ such as illegal processing and export; fraudulent declaration to customs; and the avoidance of
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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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The Amazon Rainforest needs to be protected! If we do nothing to save the rainforest‚ our planet will be permanently damaged and there will be nothing we could do about it. The rainforest is basically the lungs of the earth. The carbon that will be released into the atmosphere will heat up the earth‚and possibly kill many plants‚ animals‚ etc. People are also doing things in the amazon that are killing many species of plants‚ animals‚ etc. Also‚ do do what is threatening these animals‚ developers
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Many people around the world do not see that their wants and needs for natural resources are destroying the world and the environment. Although you hear about it all over the news‚ people do not realize that the littlest need can turn into a huge need‚ causing the resources to become slim to none. The need/want of natural resources by the society‚ is not only hurting the society‚ but also the biodiversity and the environment‚ which is shown in “The Lorax” and Easter’s End. The use of natural resources
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In this set of materials‚ the reading passage describes the benefits of salvage logging‚ while the listening passage describes the harmful effects of it. The reading passage describes that due to the damage that occurs in forests as a result of fires and storms through the northwestern of the United States‚ a technique known as salvage logging is developed. It has beneficial effects on both forests and economy. First‚ fire cause the death of trees that if they are not removed‚ there will be no vacant
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