STATUS OF FOREST INVASIVE SPECIES IN SRILANKA N.D.R. Weerawardane Forest Department‚ Sri Lanka Country Background Introduction Sri Lanka is a tropical island with a land area of About 6.5 million hectares. This country lies between 50 52’ North and 79o 41’ and 81o 54’ east. The country has a tropical climate with monsoon dominated rainfall. Total land area is about 65‚610 sq km. The island consists of a mountainous area in the southcentral parts and a vast coastal plain‚ which surrounds it.
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tropical rain forests by the hands of man in the name of progress. The only way to remedy this ominous hazard is to get people to view tropical rain forests as more than mere varieties of vegetation and wild animals. The key to solidifying the necessity of tropical rain forests lies deep within the intricate layers of biodiversity that culminates into life sustaining resources for human life. In general‚ in order to obtain a basic understanding of the importance of tropical rain forests‚ one needs
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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 to everyone‚ not just to the plants and animals living there. Nowadays
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Tropical rain forest is very important for our nature such as for ecosystem balance‚ earth temperature and flora and fauna habitat. In our country Malaysia‚ most of the forest 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
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activities connected with wood harvesting‚ processing and trade that do not conform to law. Illegalities occur right through the chain from source to consumer‚ the harvesting procedure itself may be illegal‚ including corrupt means to gain access to forests‚ extraction without permission or from a protected area‚ cutting of protected species or extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits. Illegalities may also occur during transport‚ including illegal processing and export as well as misdeclaration
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know it is at stake. Forests‚ in particular‚ can be found all over the world and are a vitally important part of our planet because they cover much of its surface and are abundant with both animals and natural resources. From tropical forests to temperate forests‚ these habitats are all important. Humans exploit many of the products of these forests‚ particularly timber. Unfortunately‚ some do not harvest timber in a responsible‚ sustainable manner. Because of this‚ forests are shrinking‚ habitats
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"lungs of our planet?" The reason is because the plants and tress there are a lot and the carry in carbon ioxide abd we breathe in oxygen. Which would be a good place to live. 5. Identify and discuss three causes of deforestation. Wipping out a forest and turning it into a cleared land. Whichs mean when making new bulding or new neighborhood. 6. What efforts are being made to address deforestation as a serious environmental issue? List at least one example of a group or organization that is
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with the Tropical Rain Forest climate and biome. This climate and its associated biome is mostly located near the equator and between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Some specific places this biome and climate exist is in Central America‚ South America‚ Africa and the Indonesian archipelago. The two largest rain forests are The Amazon in South America and in central Africa centered on the drainage basin of the Congo River. Although‚ surprisingly the Tropical Rain Forest climate is limited in
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capturing the forests and making big buildings. Deforestation not only involves the tree destruction but also manages the wild animals. They as much block the natural circle and this ultimately results into race destruction. This action has long-lasting effect on the survival of human race. Deforestation involves the cutting down‚ burning‚ and damaging of forests. Deforestation can be defined as the change of forest with depletion of tree crown cover more than 90%. However‚ depletion of forest tree crown
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from the forest forms clouds above the area and later falls as rain. When rain forests are cut down‚ much of the moisture in the ecosystem is lost‚ leading to droughts and further devastation of species. More than half of the world ’s estimated 10 million species of plants‚ animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests and one fifth of the world ’s fresh water is in the Amazon Basin (Rainforest Facts‚ 1996). To understand why deforestation is such a pressing and urgent issue‚ forests must first
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