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    Over time we see the things we did to help our civilization move forward was actually a step back or a step towards our end. Deforestation is one of those thing. In this essay I will talk about how deforestation was a big part in Brazil moving forward and how it also may have done great damage to the rest of us. Brazil is not the only one to blame. I am using their situation as an example. Deforestation is the removal of trees in a forest. Deforestation was protected for many reasons‚ but like most

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    A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem that occurs roughly within 28 degrees north or south of the equator (equatorial zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn). They are characterised by their humidity (average of 88% in the rainy season and 77% in the dry season)‚ hot temperature (average 27.9 °C during the dry season and 25.8 °C during the rainy season) but more importantly their extremely high rainfall (torrential rainfall - between 1‚500 mm and 3‚000 mm annually). Tropical rainforests

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    Amazon Deforestation

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    Danny Hernandez Dr. Katy Koch Writing 101: Research Paper 11 March 2010 Amazon Deforestation The Amazon rainforest the largest tropical area in the world‚ a vast and humid area where thousands of species of mammals‚ fish and insects have been unidentified by human; thus being the largest rainforest in the world‚ it is also the largest area of deforestation where football fields after fields are taken down a minute. The Amazon Deforestation being a growing issue amongst society in this generation

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    Deforestation

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    oxygen levels dramatically‚ which would increase  the global warming. Deforestation is mostly experienced between the  Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn especially in the  Brazilian part of the Amazon‚ which covers 33% of the world’s  rainforests.  "Save the greenery Enjoy the scenery Don’t cut our green friends Or it will be the end of all trends" PROBLEMS OF DEFORESTION First of all‚ many medicines come from plants. Most of the Amazon’s  plants have yet to be discovered and catalogued

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    21st Century Problems: Deforestation Senator Bill Brady stated‚ “Every time I have some moment on seashore‚ or in the mountains‚ or sometimes in a quiet forest‚ I think this is why the environment has to be preserved‚” but unfortunately in our vast society‚ the environment is having a hard time finding a place in our competitive resource era. Acres of forest are being mowed down by companies to feed their ever growing corporate empires and without being conscious about the problem that leads

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    The Lung of Our Earth

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    One and a half acres of the rain forest-“the Lung of the Earth”‚ are lost every second. In fact‚ they now cover only a mere 6% of the earth’s land surface compared with 14% when humankind first settled. Experts estimate that the last remaining rain forests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Obviously‚ deforestation has been becoming an alarming phenomenon for the whole world. Writing about this issue‚ Laura Lopen‚ John Maier and Dick Thompson express some quite strong opinions. In “Playing

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    In her article "Carving up the Amazon" (Nature 3/22/2014)‚ Barbara Fraser descripes the effects of road construction and deforestation in the Amazon and on a global scale. Fraser states that rainforest destruction began in the 1970s. Since then‚ the road network has extended year by year. The forest must be cut down and the roads offer a way to penetrate the forest and destroy large parts of it. This causes changes in the remaining forest. One of the consequences of the construction of roads is

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    for a large biomass of vegetation too‚ which means lots of species can grow and provide food for a large variety of animal species‚ further increasing biodiversity. Papua New Guinea (PNG) possesses one of the planet’s largest remaining tropical rainforest. At least seventy-five percent of its original forest cover is still standing‚ occupying vast‚ biologically rich tracts over 100‚000 square miles in all. Its forests provide the habitat

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    percent of the Earth’s land area. This percentage is falling drastically. Deforestation is the process of forests being cleared through logging and/or burning to use for timber or to use the area for other purposes. Many estimate that the Earth’s rainforests will be completely wiped out in 100 years. The World Wildlife Fund is the leading organization in the fight to prevent deforestation. Along with protesting‚ petitioning‚ and working with companies and governmental organizations to fight deforestation

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    Nathan Updike English 101 Unit Four Project: Deforestation in the Amazon The Amazon Jungle is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. It is nearly 6 million square kilometers in size and houses the widest variety of plant and animal life than any other place on the planet. It also is home to the second largest river on Earth‚ the Amazon River. The jungle is mostly in Brazil‚ but it also spreads to eight neighboring countries in South America; Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana

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