National Greening Program: a program for both progress and destruction of the environment A Library Research Paper for English 2: College Writing in English by 2012-20363 English 2 C – 5R ________________‚ Instructor March 22‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION For a long time‚ forests have offered a great assistance to our country in many aspects: social‚ economic‚ and ecological. People gain benefits from the forests‚ as forests also gain from them. Years have passed and the
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It is a vast and widespread phenomenon. Throughout the forests of virtually every continent‚ people are destroying valuable forests either for purposes of living or trade. Housing and urbanization‚ conversion to cropland and pasture‚ and illegal logging are causing rapid deforestation. As a result of deforestation‚ the ecosystem has been loss‚ precipitation also occurs and it increasing the global warming. To overcome deforestation issue‚ many solutions that have been taken such as use of recycle
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They are home to millions of animals and are located all over the world. They contain vital medicines and supply the majority of oxygen that is found in the atmosphere. Rainforests are one of the natural wonders of the world. However‚ they are enticing as they produce lucrative materials‚ as well as containing large amounts of unclaimed spaces. Many of these temptations are too much for people as about 18 million acres of forest are cut down every year (Rinkesh). Recently‚ rainforests have encountered
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can do at home to protect endangered species‚ viewed 30 June 2013‚ <http://www.stopextinction.org/10athome.html>. Endangered Species Statistics‚ viewed 30 June 2013 <http://www.statisticbrain.com/endangered-species-statistics/>. Illegal Logging‚ viewed 30 June 2013 <http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_forests/deforestation/forest_illegal_logging/>. Lauren Kurpis‚ 2013‚ Why Save the Endangered Species?‚ viewed 18 June 2013 <http://www.endangeredspecie.com/Why_Save_.htm>
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FORESTS; A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with a high density of trees. Forests cover approximately over 9.4% of the earth’s surface * USES OF FORESTS; Forests are important to the survival of human beings mainly because we are dependent on a significant degree of vast areas of forests. The following states the various uses of forests; * Habitat for wildlife. * Home for plants. * Flora and fauna. * Forest plants can be used for medicinal purposes
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Other laws protected trees in a 2‚000-acre circle around the birds. Listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act‚ the Northern Spotted Owl has inadvertently landed in the in middle of the complicated debate over logging in the Pacific Northwest. Under the Act‚ logging of many old-growth forests has been suspended to protect the bird and its remaining habitat. Survival of the Northern Spotted Owl The Northern Spotted Owl can only live in old growth environment‚ it is considered an
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and travel as a group to collect and hunt food. Life is changing very rapidly for rainforest people. As the rainforests are destroyed‚ how are their homes and their life? Roads are often built through the rainforest for oil and gas exploration‚ logging‚ and mining. These roads and development often chop up the traditional homelands of the local cultures. Outside people also bring diseases like colds‚ pneumonia‚ and measles. All these things are endangering the culture and life of the rainforest
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support its natural flora and fauna (Thomson‚ www.dmc.engr.wisc.edu). I think that the four main causes of deforestation which interrelate with each other are logging‚ agriculture‚ ranching and population growth. There is an argument called the tragedy of the commons theory which will be discussed. One cause of deforestation is logging. Logging is the practice of cutting down trees‚ then cutting out their central boles. This is for the demand of wood for fuel‚ paper and furniture. It is a form of income
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Washington saw the great wheat belt or all the other signs of great agriculture so they would start their own farm and harvest wheat or fruit or any other food (Artifact C). Logging was also common and this brought deforestation of forests. There was many logging companies that all cut down trees so the outcome of all these logging companies was a huge loss of trees in Washington. A Scandinavian article says that Washington has more fertile land‚ better forests‚ rich mines‚ and great fruit harvesting
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the Department of the Interior to reconsider this decision. The reasoning behind the Department of the Interior’s failure to list the NSO was that it’s listing would interfere with a lucrative logging industry that already had several future projects approved by the DOI. Environmental groups felt that he logging projects in Washington State were being prioritized over the responsibility that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has to protect endangered species under the provisions of the Endangered Species
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