IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS Introduction Trees are mankind lifeline. If they are destroyed‚ there is no way that human beings can survive. From the oxygen that we breathe in‚ the food that we eat‚ to the clothes we wear‚ we owe it all to the trees. Not only this‚ trees act as purifiers of air and receptacles of our waste products. Trees have great economic value too. We get fuel‚ fodder‚ timber‚ medicines and numerous other valuable products from the trees. It is‚ therefore‚ not surprising that trees
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Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystem La Monica Austin University of Phoenix Science/256 Elena Gallagher June 2‚ 2011 Humans confiscate most of all the freshwater in the world. Increasing demands from agriculture‚ industry‚ and an expanding population have resulted in important habitats across the world left to deteriorate. “On March 20‚ 2000‚ a crowd of monkeys‚ driven mad from thirst‚ came into conflict with desperate villagers over drinking water in a small station located in a sparse population
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1. The cost of utilizing the ecosystem services is extremely a lot‚ its estimated to be about $44 trillion annually. Although it may seem that there’s too much money getting spent in those services‚ studies have shown that the combined benefits of nature to people at over $100 trillion per year. The benefits do outdo the cons by a mile‚ typically because people gain more from nature than anything else in this world. 2. The National Park Services and the U.S Forest Services might seem very similar
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The Great Bear Rain Forest consists of 64‚ 000 square kilometres of pure nature‚ in the coast of British Columbia. It is one of the rarest forest ecosystems on the plants‚ where trees grow to be over 1000 years old and partakes in being a home to a healthy population of grizzly bears and black bears rare white “Spirit” bears and wild salmon. In the Great Bear Rainforest the towering trees‚ fjords‚ islands‚ mountain slopes and estuaries support a rich diversity of plants and wildlife. Bears‚ wolves
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the survival of mankind. Today ‚ a major threat to survival of these organisms is deforestation. We know that deforestation means clearing forests and using the land for other purposes. Trees in the forestare cut for procuring land for cultivation‚building houses and factories and making furniture or using wood as fuel.Some natural causesof deforestation are forest fires and severe droughts. We know that deforestation disturbs the balance in nature.If cutting
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The Impact of Global warming and Desertification on the Nigerian Ecosystem SEN 406 Technical Report Writing Submitted By:- Tabansi Anthony Uchenna A00011635. Prepared For:- Dr. Arthur
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projected continuation. It has affected many parts of our world‚ most known and some unknown. One area of Earth that has been affected in particular is the rainforests. Although the effects of global warming can seem immeasurable‚ because humans and forests alike have been blamed for current conditions‚ global warming is causing plants and vegetation to grow at alarming rates‚ animals in the rainforest to go extinct‚ and ultimately it will cause changes in human life. “There is no doubt that the tropical
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→IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS •Forests play a role indispensable for life on earth by absorbing carbon dioxide and fixing carbon while releasing oxygen into air through Photosynthesis‚ particularly‚ tropical forests absorb almost 2-3 times as much carbon dioxide as temperate forests and have thus been called ‘the lungs of our planet’ •Conservation of water resources •Prevention of disasters •Supplying forest products •Sheltering Rich Ecosystems Wholesome influence of forest on environment:
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Forests School The forest school approach embraces the outdoors as a learning environment for children to explore. It first originated in Denmark and was introduced to the UK in the 1950’s. This approach is important as it helps to raise a child’s self-esteem‚ confidence and also enable problem solving. Forest school provides a challenging environment for children as it allows children to take risks and accomplish various tasks using their own inactive and problem solving skills. Whereas the natural
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Payments for Ecosystem Services Ecosystems purify our air and water‚ help to control our climate and provide goods and services that are often impossible to replace. However‚ many ecosystems are under threat. As the world’s population continues to grow‚ consumption of food‚ water‚ and other materials increases and the ecosystems that provide for these needs are being over-burdened and in some cases destroyed. The concept of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) - also refered to as Payments for
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