Deforestation of the Amazon: Causes‚ Effects and Possible Solutions NAME Geography 101‚ Section 040 PROFESSOR 6 December 2012 Abstract This paper explores the causes‚ effects and possible solutions of the deforestation of the Amazon Forest. It is important to understand why more than 580‚000 square kilometers of Amazon forest has been destroyed in Brazil since 1980 (Rhett Butler 2012). The main topics of this paper‚ in order to fully explore the issue at hand‚ will include:
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larger than Europe caused by chemicals used daily. Such chemicals are being released more and more each day; faster than our trees and oceans can absorb. Having less and less trees each day could also be an important factor to take into account. The rainforest is disappearing due to deforestation‚
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demand for the resource. This is not helped by the increasing global population‚ causing many more problems and magnifying existing issues‚ e.g. global warming. The tribes living in Borneo and the Amazon rainforests are being disturbed due to people coming in and destroying the rainforest as different parts are demanded for different uses‚ e.g. some plants are extracted for medicinal use; mahogany trees are deforested and cut down as the wood can be made into expensive and luxurious furniture
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Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area. Indigenous forests now cover 21% of the earth’s land surface. In a forest the crowns of individual trees touch to form a single canopy. In a woodland‚ trees grow far apart‚ so that the canopy is open.
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factors? 1) Large amounts of rain during the rainy season‚ dense foliage‚ warm all year round. Also the rocks‚ soil‚ sunlight and temperature. What are the native plants and their adaptations to live there? 1) Many ’every day’ foods originated in rainforests‚ including tomatoes‚ peppers‚ corn‚ rice‚ coconut‚ banana‚ coffee‚ cocoa‚ cassava (tapioca)‚ beans and sweet potatoes. 2) Many large trees have huge ridges called buttresses near the base. They may be 10-12 meters high where they join into the
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Deforestation Good morning to lecturer and fellow classmates‚ today I would like to talk about deforestation. Deforestation is elimination of forest and woodland areas on the large scale. Nowadays‚ deforestation has risen to dangerous levels. Deforestation is a common problem among developing and develops countries. Most of the land was used for building and agricultural expansion. Commercial logging causes deforestation. Trees provide timber for building construction‚ furniture manufacture
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Ask a Question about Deforestation and its causes and effects In today’s world millions of people are drained in the culture of urbanization and pushed into cities‚ as a result towns are turning into cities‚ big cities turn into bigger cities and metro-cities are turning into mega-metro cities‚ to the extent that they have to be considered into a state and further subdivide it. Even the profusely increasing population proves to be a major cause for this. But due to all of these things one thing
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Questions - History of Reverence/symbolism for Forests (4/2/13) Q2. In the past‚ human attitudes toward forests could be broadly broken up into 3 attitudes. List these attitudes and give an example of each? Which attitude expresses your value for forests? •Reverence – Humans have been venerating forests as representation of spiritual‚ cultural‚ and mythological values. Forests have their links from the earth to sky or creation to underworld. Ex) According to the lecture slides‚ ancient Egyptians
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ufeffName: Georgina Ximena Padilla Date: Thursday‚ September 26th 2013 English Composition Essay #2 Word Count: 504 words. El Salvador is on the most deforested countries in the region. Explain how and why this problem should be solved. Deforestation is the permanent devastation of forests. Deforestation happens in many ways: when trees are cut down to grow crops‚ logging so wood can be used for building things like houses‚ for roads and neighborhoods‚ and forest fires. Deforestation is
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The importance of trees Trees are the largest and longest living organisms on earth. To grow tall the tree has become a miracle of engineering and a complex chemical factory. It is able to take water and salts out of the earth and lift them up to the leaves‚ sometimes over 400 ft above. By means of photosynthesis the leaves combine the water and salts with carbon dioxide from the air to produce the nutrients which feed the tree. In this process‚ as well as wood‚ trees create many chemicals‚ seeds
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