Research Essay on Greenpeace Fernando Cisneroz Greenpeace English 101 November 26‚ 2012 APA style Greenpeace Greenpeace was born in the early seventies‚ 1971. They were a group of Individuals who had a dream of making Earth a better place to live‚ Changing the way people think on how the environment is treated which affects us all. A group of People had rallied together to “Bear witness” to Nuclear testing being conducted underground on an Island secluded to endangered wildlife. On the
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Natural Resources and Energy in the Rainforests The beauty‚ majesty‚ and timelessness of a primary rainforest is indescribable. It is impossible to capture on film‚ to describe in words‚ or to explain to those who have never had the awe-inspiring experience of standing in the heart of a primary rainforest. Rainforests have evolved over millions of years to turn into the incredibly complex environments they are today. Rainforests represent a store of living and breathing renewable natural resources
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What is illegal logging ***Illegal logging is not always a clearly defined term‚ but can be described as forestry practices or 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
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The tropical rain forests once blanketed the Earth like a wide green belt around the equator. Just a few thousand years ago forests covered 14 percent of the Earth ’s land surface‚ or 5 billion acres. Humans already have destroyed half of this rain forest area‚ with most damage occurring in the last 200 years. Many of the main causes of the rainforest destruction include: logging‚ agriculture-shifted‚ cultivators‚ agricultures-cash‚ crops and cattle‚ ranching‚ fuelwood‚ large dams‚ mining and
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Deforestation has been taking places in every part of the world. Many forests have been cleared out without considering the effect to the world. Deforestation was‚ is and is going to be done with the reason to fulfill human’s need. Forest was used to cover around 50% of the total land in the earth‚ but sadly forest only cover around 30% of the total land. Can we still call earth the green planet if deforestation keeps on happening? I strongly believe that we need to stop deforestation before it is
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CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION Deforestation is the product of the interaction of the many environmental‚ social‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and political forces at work in any given region. The mix of these forces varies from decade to decade‚ and from country to country. As a consequence‚ generalizations are dangerous. In most cases‚ deforestation is a process that involves a competition amongst different land users for scarce resources‚ a process exacerbated by counter-productive policies and weak institutions
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The massive and consistent rate of destroying rainforests has created devastating shifts in the weather and climate in those immediate areas and on a global scale‚ so the stability of Earth’s climate relies heavily on banning rainforest deforestation. One role that rainforests play in regulating climate is stimulating precipitation through evapotranspiration and keeping the forest floor cool‚ so the climate becomes significantly drier and warmer when the land is converted to pastures. Evapotranspiration
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224E Natural Wonders of the World Term paper The Tropical Rainforest of Malaysia – Sarawak Introduction As we all know that deforestation sharply accelerated in these decades‚ more and more forests disappeared. Environmentally‚ it causes global warming‚ soil erosion‚ decline in biodiversity‚ degraded ecosystem and water- cycle.[1] Economically and ethically‚ the deforestation caused by logging and commercial agriculture by the developed countries‚ like the U.S. The people in developing countries lose
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trees without paying any attention to the destruction he is causing to his own life and future. Hillsides have been stripped off its vegetation cover in the Himalayas‚ which has become a major cause for the earthquakes‚ avalanches‚ and landslides. Deforestation not only diminishes the natural beauty of any place but also upsets the ecological balance of that place. It is believed that the Thar Desert is a man-made desert. Yes! Emperor Akbar went for hunting there. Wildlife is at the brink of destruction
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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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