The rainforest is a beautiful place filled with fauna and flora. Is the rainforest being destroyed? In a matter of fact it is. It is caused by many reasons. The three most popular ones are logging‚ construction and especially furniture. This essay will discuss how we are destroying the rainforest. The most significant danger to the rainforest of the three that will be outlined in this essay is logging. Logging can be used for many things. People mostly take up logging for the cold hard cash. But
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as you use them. To me this is a very significant advertisement it is for an important animal foundation which helps save animals endangered and not in jeopardy of being endangered across the planet‚ this one is specifically directed toward the rainforest and animals in Africa. The World Wildlife Foundations does many things from helping the progressing restrains on cutting down the precious rain forests for the world’s pleasure and never thinking of the possible repercussions of this seemingly simple
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and cons of allowing a foreign pharmaceutical company‚ Colney & Pitts located in California‚ to be able to harvest the rainforests tree’s bark‚ and build a manufacturing plant in the Kenyan highlands‚ to help in finding medication or herbal remedies for patients‚ by using the harvested bark to create synthetic medication. This particular simulation was going to affect the rainforest in the Kenya highlands where Kikuyu tribe inhabits the land. The Kikuyu tribe is one of the largest tribes in Kenya;
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tigers in the world. We lost about 96‚800 of them by cutting down the forests. Tigers are now an endangered species‚ preserved at zoos. Golden Lion Tamarins are usually very small‚ and are only 14 inches‚ and are less than 2 pounds and live in rainforests. Without the trees of the forest‚ the Tamarin will become extinct easily. When an animal’s home is destroyed they have two choices: die or leave. When the animals leave‚ they usually just go to the closest area that they can find. This means that
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today. The film’s maker Kip Anderson discusses how “animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation‚ water consumption and pollution‚ is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry‚ and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction‚ species extinction‚ habitat loss‚ topsoil erosion‚ ocean “dead zones‚” and virtually every other environmental ill”. Anderson discusses these issues with different leaders that are a part of the environmental movement. Cowspiracy:
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2007 assessment by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) predicts that orangutans will be virtually eliminated in the wild within two decades if current deforestation trends continue. The great reddish-brown apes are native to the tropical rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia‚ which are being cut down rapidly (and in many cases‚ illegally) to make way for agriculture and other development. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the Bornean sub-species of orangutan
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to the restriction in the availability of nutrients and water. - Other interesting facts: - Most tropical dry forests have been burned to make way for farmland. Also‚ there are more tropical dry-forests then tropical rainforests. - Tropical dry forests‚ in contrast to rainforest‚ have to survive a long dry season each year‚ so the predominantly deciduous trees shed their leaves to cope with it. -There are almost 2‚000 scorpion species‚ but only 30 or 40 have strong enough poison to kill a
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Equatorial climate Is a type of climate that is hot and wet throughout the year. Rainfall is heavy and falls during most afternoons. There are no winters or summers(seasons). One day is similar to the next. Biome A very large ecosystem such as rainforests. Erosion Process of transportation Conditions in which the earth’s surface is worn away by the action of water and wind Desert An environment or region that receives very little precipitation (rain). Defined as areas that receive an annual precipitation
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References: Mandarich‚ T. (2008‚ February). Tropical rainforests- 4 ways to stop deforestation. Retrieved from EZine Magazines: http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Tropical-Rainforests---4-ways-to-stop-deforestation&id=1491669 Rayburn‚ E. (2000‚ November). Overgrazing can hurt the environment‚ your pocket. Retrieved from West Virginia University.edu: http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/forglvst/overgraz
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BIRD WATCHING There are so many species of birds at Lake Kenyir. There are some of 230 species of birds such as hornbills‚ Crested Serpent Eagle‚ Bat Hawk‚ Changeable Hawk Eagle‚ Lesser Fish Eagle‚ Magpie Robin‚ Pigeon‚ Dove‚ Mina‚ Woodpecker‚ Bulbul‚ Yellow Vented‚ Yellow Headed‚ Kingfisher‚ Raptors‚ Sunbird and many others. Lake Kenyir has the biggest number of hornbills species such as Rhinoceros Hornbills‚ Great Hornbills‚ Oriental Pied Hornbills‚ Black Hornbills‚ White Crown Hornbills‚ Wreathe
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