and 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. There are many reasons for this process; most of the clearing is done for agricultural purposes such as cattle farming‚ which often replace the rain forest to grow beef for the world market. Farming is another reason for deforestation‚ this happens
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forests that have been affected is the Amazon Rainforest in South America. The main causes of deforestation in the Amazon are cattle ranching‚ subsistence and commercial agriculture‚ infrastructure‚ illegal and legal logging‚ and other minor factors such as fires‚ road construction‚ mining‚ and dams. Deforestation plays a negative toll on the world by killing millions of animals‚ plants‚ and insects each day and releasing greenhouse gases. Rainforests cover thirty percent of the world and each year
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Geography 3.6 | Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue | A contemporary geographic issue refers to a topic‚ concern‚ problem‚ debate‚ or controversy related to a natural and/or cultural environment‚ which includes a spatial dimension‚ and is currently unresolved. The deforestation that is currently occurring in Africa is a contemporary geographic issue‚ as it is a concern for the African environment‚ covering the region of sub-Saharan Africa‚ and is still on-going in the present
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included in these categories‚ many of which live in the Southeast region of Asia. The Southeast Asian rainforests are considered the oldest rainforests on Earth‚ dating back 70 million years. Although many areas on Earth have gone through warming and cooling periods‚ the Asian rainforest have remained more or less the same and is considered the most biologically rich and diverse rainforest in the world. Hundreds of plant and animal species are threatened with extinction in Southeast Asia
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TUNDRA The Tundra is the coldest of all the Biomes and being situated in the extreme north of the planet has desert like conditions. It has extremely low temperatures‚ poor nutrients‚ and short growing seasons. There is a very low precipitation of less than five inches a year which is coupled with strong‚ dry winds. There is a very large annual amount of snowfall in the region which surprisingly is advantageous to plant and animal life as the snow provides and insulation layer on the surface of
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our planet. The rapid rate of deforestation is reaching disastrous limits as the demands for resources far exceed supplies. Rainforests provide a home to many species of plants‚ both known and unknown. Our dependencies on tropical plants are vast ranging from the daily essentials of food and shelter‚ to cures for cancer and possibly AIDS. As destruction of the rainforest continues‚ the effects on plants are immense through the loss of genetic diversity and the disappearance of species. Plant species
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environment. Rainforests have evolved over millions of years to turn into the incredibly complex environments they are today. They represent a store of living and breathing renewable natural resources that for millions of years have contributed a wealth of resources for the survivaland well being of humans. Rainforests have given us basic foodsupplies‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ fuel‚ spices‚ industrial raw materials‚ and medicine to all those who have lived there. Everything in the rainforest is extremely
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Biomes Tropical Rain Forest & Boreal Forest Locations Tropical Rain Forest • Tropic of Capricorn- 23.5° S latitude • Amazon Rainforest – Latitude above 15°N Boreal Forest • Boreal Taiga- 50° N latitude • Boreal Siberia- 34°N Latitude Abiotic Factors Tropical Rain Forest • Weather‚ climate‚ rain‚ sunlight‚ clouds‚ and soil is very poor in these areas. The Amazon river rises a lot its water is absorbed in plants for nutrients. Boreal Forest • Weather‚ Climate‚ and soil
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The Jewels of the Rainforests Many people refer to the poison frog as the “jewels of the Rainforest‚” because of their peculiar colors‚ but beware these frogs can be very deadly. Their main habitat is the bottom of tropical rainforests‚ yet the some live high in the canopy and never come down. They have amazingly bright colors and fantastic patterns to warn other rainforest animals that they are poisonous‚ but occasionally they are swallowed‚ and the consumer might die depending on the type of poison
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BUSINESS ETHICS ASSIGNMENT – TASK 3 CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…Pg 3 Background on Asia Pulp and Paper Co’…….………………………………………………….……..Pg 4 Question of Ethics – Deforestation and Illegal logging……………………………………….…Pg 5 Wildlife Extinction…………………………………………………………………………….……………………Pg 6 APP becoming sustainable…………………………………………………………………….……………….Pg 8 Recommendations to live and operate sustainably ……………………….…………………….Pg 9 Ethical code for APP……………………………………….……………………………
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