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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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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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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The rain forest is possibly the most diverse environment in the world it contains 90% of the world animal and plant life and has weather that changes rapidly. But every minute acres of this forest are being cut down. Loggers are mainly after the trees like mahogany‚ which sell for more money‚ but in this process they cut down and destroy masses of other plant life. They have tried to make logging more economic by using selective logging which is searching the forest for these good trees then cutting
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The rainforest has many species of animals and plants of almost every family besides marine life. The rainforest can provide jobs food and water. Rain is very common in the rainforest because of its high humidity rate. Rainforests have a humidity rate of 77% to 88% all year long. The rain forest is an environment that is rainy and humid. The rain forest only has one season because it’s weather and temperature never change. The temperature never changes because of the high humidity rate and
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Discussion Based on the data at Tables 4c.2 and 4c.3‚ it is evident that the tropical rainforest has higher species richness than the tropical grassland ecosystem. However‚ when based in the indices on Diversity‚ Similarity and Dominance in the tropical grassland and tropical rainforest data‚ the Simpson Indices favor the data for the tropical rainforest as more diverse than the tropical grassland. The Simpson Indices‚ as defined in Cuevas et. al (2012)‚ is based on dominance and as the number of
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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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How does deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest affect the environment? The Amazon Rainforest‚ located in the northern part of South America‚ is the largest rainforest on Earth‚ containing more than 60% of Earth’s fresh water‚ over 20% of oxygen on Earth‚ and huge amounts of carbon dioxide (ACEER). However‚ the Amazon Rainforest has been deforested principally in order to provide land for the locals who were homeless due to poverty‚ overpopulation‚ and government policies. Also‚ economic reasons
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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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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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