Ashley Dush ENGL 1301 34126 September 16‚ 2013 Evaluation Essay “In less than one hundred years over half of the forest has now been cut and burned‚ leaving whole areas of the earth bare and unprotected‚ rendering entire regions lifeless. Over fifty million acres of tropical rain forest are destroyed every year‚ enough trees to fill all of England and Scotland combined‚” stated Cedar.int. Forests have many beneficial qualities that are essential to human life‚ and each and every day humans are participating
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Columbia Did you know Colombians speak spanish! Colombia also makes up 90% of the world’s emerald mining. Even in 2011‚ 1.6 million people visited Colombia making it a hot topic spot! Tourists might come for the blue lizards‚ or even pink dolphins! Columbia has all of these things to offer‚ but that’s just barely anything this amazing country has to offer. The great Andes mountains pass through Colombia. Which has been home to many unique‚ and ancient civilizations. Although the Andes are cool to
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Sustainable Architecture? 4.0 Integration of Material- Reinforced Concrete Contribute in Belum Rainforest Resort to achieve Sustainable Architecture 5.0 Other Contribution of Reinforced Concrete shown in the Belum Rainforest Resort 6.0 Conclusion 7.0 References Abstract The study of the integration of the material‚ reinforced concrete‚ in the architectural design of Belum Rainforest
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Every year an approximate 32 million acres of forest are destroyed which is equivalent to about 50‚000 square miles (Kremen 1). These forests that are being torn down provide communities and wildlife with resources such as food‚ water‚ medicine‚ and shelter as well as breathable air. At the rate that forests are being cut down we are not able to replant them due to lack of funding and space. Many of the lands that were once forests are now homes to factories that encourage more deforestation. Although
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laws were enacted to protect forests. Today‚ 121 prescription drugs that are sold all over the world come from plant derived sources and 25 percent of Western medicine comes from rain forest ingredients. There may be cures for many diseases in the rainforest plants that we will never be able to discover. The U.S. National Cancer Institute states that there are 3‚000 plants that work against cancer cells and 70 percent of them are in the rain forest. Approximately 50‚000 species of
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Rainforests of the Atsinanana‚ Madagascar Christy Haakenson SCI230 Introduction to Life Science Paula Roberts March 27‚ 2011 The Rainforests of the Atsinanana is a place like no other. The continent of Madagascar can be found 200 miles off the east coast of Africa and completed full separation from all other land masses more than 60 million years ago (Staff W.‚ 2001). The island of Madagascar has lived in isolation and with isolation gives the Rainforests of Atsinanana an abundance of plants
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Peru extends for nearly 1‚500 mi along the Pacific Ocean‚ in western South America. To the North is Colombia and Ecuador‚ to the East is Brazil and Bolivia‚ and the south is Chile. Five-sixths the size of Alaska‚ Peru is divided by the Andes Mountains by three separate zones (Peru‚ Infoplease). The sacred city of Caral-supe‚ a few hours north of Lima‚ is speculated to be the oldest site engaged by humans discovered in the Americas. Its 1‚546-acre site dates back 5‚000 years‚ and is now considered
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Besides being an activity‚ it helps children develop their mental‚ physical‚ and social functions. “Rainforest Melodies and Lights Deluxe Gym” by Fisher Price is used for infants between birth and 12 months. It encourages learning about the magical world of the rainforest with music‚ lights‚ nature sounds‚ and tons of other activities and textures to stimulate the growing infant. The Rainforest Melodies and Lights Deluxe Gym’s comfortable mat has a soft silky margin and colorful arches supported
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Tropical rain forest is very important for our nature such as for ecosystem balance‚ earth temperature and flora and fauna habitat. In our country Malaysia‚ most of the forest are announced as a forest reserve to preserve our forest from destroyed. Not only important to flora and fauna but also to people. For some people‚ their lives depends on forest. However‚ deforestation activity by irresponsible people has led to imbalanced ecosystem. First of all‚ the effect of deforestation is pollution
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Indonesia is the world ’s fourth most populous country and a specialist agricultural economy. Since the sixties Indonesia is a country on the up with exports being an engine of growth in recent years experiencing a personal best‚ as recent as August 2011. In all it is a country populated by more than 230 Mio people and a economy supported mainly by agriculture. How does this effect the forest of Sumatra? Sumatra is the biggest island of Indonesia‚ nearly twice the size of Britain. It was a island
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