We are killing the rainforest!! Is this a fact or only a media hype? The rainforest and ecological role has been a controversial topic for decades. The ‘green people’ advocate that we are killing the world by reducing the rainforest. The capitalists on the other hand claim that it is an exaggeration and we are only utilizing the natural resources for our own benefits. Let us look at the location of the Amazon rainforest. Brazil has about 40% of the rainforest within its boundaries and the other
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What are the Consequences of Rainforest Destruction in Borneo? By: Jessica – 9B Introduction The forests of Borneo are one of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth and home to various rainforest species such as orangutans‚ clouded leopards and pygmy elephants. Nevertheless‚ many tropical areas around the world‚ similar to these treasured rainforests‚ are being cut and degraded for timber‚ palm oil‚ pulp‚ rubber‚ minerals‚ and other materials. The action of deforestation is prompt to endanger
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Ecological Succession in Tropical Rainforest and Tropical Grassland1 Rica Rafaela Y. Jarcia Group 2 Sec. W-4L September 12‚ 2013 1A scientific paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Bio 150 (Principles of Ecology) laboratory under Mr. Joseph G. Campang‚ 1st sem.‚ 2013-2014 ABSTRACT Ecological succession can be described as the change in the structure of a community. This succession is relative to the dominant species in the community
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biodiversity in the Amazon? Introduction The Amazon rainforest is the world’s greatest remaining natural resource‚ and the most powerful and bio actively diverse natural wonder on the planet. Its size is so great that if the Amazonian were to be a country‚ it would be the ninth largest in the world. It covers more than 1.2 billion acres of land‚ and has approximately 6.47 square kilometres of rainforest; making up 54% of the word’s rainforests. The Amazon rainforest is known as the Earth’s lungs‚ due to its
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Amazon Rainforest. This culture does not have any modern technology that many other cultures have. Waorani culture relies on the Amazon Rainforest for its survival. The Waorani have built their whole life around the utilization of the rainforest. They do not stay in one area of land for very long. Once any of their resources start to become low they pack up and get ready to move to a new area of land in the forest. One reason that they move around so frequently is due to the fact that rainforest soil
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How Does Losing the Tropical Rainforest Affect The World 1 How Does Losing the Tropical Rainforest Affect The World INTRODUCTION The rainforest is considered to be one of the most beautiful places on earth. Sadly it is being destroyed at rates that people can not truly comprehend. The battle to save the rainforest is a daunting task. It is a battle between many from political figures to indigenous who call this beautiful place home. It affects so many things including families‚ the economy‚ the
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conserved? Tropical rainforests are thought to posses more plants and animals than any other forests on earth. Most tropical rainforests are located around and near the equator‚ they have existed on earth for hundreds of millions of years. But they are among the most endangered ecosystems globally due to humans. They are an important part of human life and are know as the “lungs of the planet” they have many animals‚ and many natural medicines come from tropical rainforests. Because of there importance
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Richard Prices’ Rainforest Warriors is an ethnography that is incredibly interesting; its contents discuss the history‚ politics‚ and overall well being of the Saramaccan people of the South American nation of Suriname. Suriname‚ being first colonized by English and Dutch settlers‚ was a nation used for the establishment of sugar and timber plantations for direct export to Europe. The first three chapters are fascinating to say the least‚ as they detail the history of runaway African slaves who made
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them out of the forest‚ but even this is damaging because to get the trees out they need to bulldoze a path in and out and often destroy more trees than they are selling. In this essay I am going to express my views on deforestation. The Amazon rainforest is about the size of Europe and every day roughly 51.8 square kilometres are cut down. So that’s 18‚900 square km a year and that’s a lot. One of the main reasons for deforestation is the actions of Brazil‚ in the 1970 – 80’s Brazil borrowed a large
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My project was over the tropical rainforest biome. The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average of 50-260 inches (125-660) cm of rain falls yearly. A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100-300 species in one 2 ½ acre area in South America. Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees. There are a couple of topics that can be discussed within this biome such as
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