It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that cutting down trees adds to the carbon that’s put in our atmosphere. Almost 33 million acres of forest are cut down every year; foresters cutting down tropical forests contribute to 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon alone- some 20% of all green house gases put into the atmosphere. It’s said in the article that if it was to be cut in half it could save 500 million metric tons of carbon annually and contribute 12 percent of the total reductions in green house
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species could wipe out the other. Also Native peoples of the Amazon rainforest have used different plants for centuries as cures and potions for their health and survival. There are 3 types of industries that corrupt our rainforest. They are Deforestation‚ Mining and Farming. There are loads of different ways to clear the land for farming. One of them is ‘Slash and burn’ is the traditional method used by the Amerindians of the rainforest. . Poor farmers in many parts of the world rely on clearing
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DEFORESTATION AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN MALAYSIA Malaysia has a diverse number of animal and plant species in its rainforests. 20% of the world’s animal species are found here. These forests cover two-thirds of the Malaysian land. It has about 250 species of reptiles‚ 150 species of snakes and a thousand species of insects. There are around 14‚500 species of flowering plants and trees. Besides the rainforests‚ Malaysia has 1‚ 425 sq km of mangroves. However‚ with the current rate of deforestation
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Tropical Deforestation Medicine‚ homes‚ lives‚ and more demolished on a daily basis due to tropical deforestation. Unfortunately‚ tropical forests are being demolished everyday all over the world. “The clearing of tropical forests across the Earth has been occurring on a large scale basis for many centuries.” This once widely known issue has been quite in the North-Eastern United States. The issue was once broadcasted over the television‚ magazines‚ newspaper‚ and all sources of media
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that belongs to everyone. Truth is that the reason privatization of forests is gaining steam across the world‚ is because there is now enough evidence to sufficiently conclude that productive deforestation is not advancing at a fast enough pace. (Brown C‚ Valentine J. 1992) Deforestation (defined as “the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands for either productive or non-productive use”) by staying in most government entities (with a few exceptions such as New Zealand)
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The creation of these ranches that most likely are used to raise cattle ‘accounting for 80% of current deforestation rates’ according to (globalforestatlas.yale.edu/amazon). Manual labor triggers globalization which in this case is displayed by both the defraudation of workers and the eradication of nature.The previous article (projects.aljazeera.com/2015/07/slavery-brazil/)
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million acres in the 1980s. That is equivalent to about the size of Rhode Island. But 86 percent of original Amazon still stands. Experts estimates that we are losing 137 plant‚ animal and insect species every single day due to rainforest deforestation. That equates to 50‚000 species a year. As the rainforest species dissapear‚ so do many possible cures for life-threatening diseases. Currently‚ 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources. While 25% of Western pharmaceuticals
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Natural Vegetation Tropical Rainforests 10º North and South of the Equator High rainfall and temperatures (over 1500 mm yearly; about 27º) Typically located in the Amazon Basin in South America‚ Congo Basin in Africa and parts of Southeast Asia such as Indonesia and Malaysia. ~400 species per hectare 5 distinct layers: Emergent: 30m to 50m; tall thick straight trunks Canopy: 15m to 30m; wide‚ shallow‚ umbrella-shaped crowns form a continuous leaf cover‚ preventing sunlight from penetrating
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medicine‚ and shelter as well as breathable air. At the rate that forests are being cut down we are not able to replant them due to lack of funding and space. Many of the lands that were once forests are now homes to factories that encourage more deforestation. Although it may not seem relevant to some people of the United States‚ this country still benefits from rain forests around the world. The United State’s government does have some economic incentives for preserving forests in the U.S. and other
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unsustainable forest clearing‚ it threaten the life of Orangutans in Malaysia and Indonesia. Greenpeace quickly appealed Nestlé to end their business relationship with Sinar Mas‚ an Indonesian supplier that sourcing of palm oil that in consequence of deforestation. To stop Nestlé from purchasing palm oil Sinar Mar‚ Greenpeace launched a campaign by uploading a video clip to YouTube where the officer bites off a finger of Kit Kat turns out to be the bloody finger of Orangutan. The video clearly depicts
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