when they arrived‚ where they migrated from‚ and how settlers have affected the rain forest for the Amazonians. The different resources that are in the rain forest will also be discussed to give a better idea on why many people have come to the rainforest to settle and collect these resources. The way the Brazil Government has used the rain forest for their people and what they have done to the Amazon tribes to affect life for them in the rain forest will also be in this report. The Amazonian Tribes
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of Chico Mendez Chico Mendez was born in the Amazon Rainforest‚ December 15th‚ 1944. He became a rubber tapper at the age of 9‚ and was taught everything he knows by his father. In the 1970’s he became involved in a non-violent resistant movement to defend the forest and homes of forest people from deforestation. He believed in using the Amazons resources sustainably for the economic benefit of local people and protecting the rainforest from logging‚ cattle ranching‚ mining and agriculture (plantations)
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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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are a variety of animals in rainforests. This includes many types of monkeys‚ frogs‚ gorillas‚ wild cats‚ birds‚ snakes‚ and insects. The amount of wildlife here is amazing‚ and the diversity of rainforests can’t be topped by any other region. Since i’ve arrived here‚ i’ve tried
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The Amazon River is the largest river in South America by volume. The Amazon River contains many wildlife and plant species. The Amazon River is in a rainforest in Brazil. The Amazon River has a lot of rare and exotic fish. The Amazon River has a lot of animals that will attack humans off of self defense‚ hunger‚ or aggression. Britannica.com The Amazon River is more than 4‚000 miles long. Fish are very common in this river it is a good place to go fishing. There are fish like pirarucu different
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Terrestrial biomes are characterized by their prevailing vegetation‚ and are primarily classified by rainfall and temperature. Biomes all have certain characteristics such as microorganisms‚ fungi‚ and animals which have adapted to their particular environment. There are eight major terrestrial biomes; tropical forest‚ desert‚ savanna‚ chaparral‚ temperate grassland‚ coniferous forest‚ temperate broadleaf forest‚ and tundra. The tropical forest can be separated into two categories; tropical rainforest
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shelter‚ and more. If the forests of the Amazon continue to perish‚ all of Brazil will be impacted by the consequences‚ which will then transfer into catastrophic alterations. Place describes what an area‚ such as the Amazonian rainforest‚ is like. This particular rainforest is wet‚ humid‚ and full of trees and wildlife. This “place” will switch over to vast‚ hot‚ empty farmland with the continuation of cutting the Amazonian trees. Altering “place” will lead to the death of wildlife‚ or the adaption
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Dear President of Brazil I am writing to inform you of how worries i am about the rainforest. It is getting cut down at a rate which the rainforests hasn’t got enough time to grow back. This means they are going to be totally gone in future time. This is being cause by the following... .Miners .Tree loggers .illegal tree loggers .Farmers .Tourism and cultural interests Rates of deforestation What do the miners want? South America is rich in natural resources and mining and minerals
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development should be allowed in the Amazon rainforest and I am going to give you our reasons in this speech. Firstly we know that the tourism industry is one of the country’s biggest employers‚ involving one in every eleven workers. It contributes an estimated 8 percent to the country’s GDP. In the rainforest quite a substantial amount of developments will be to do with tourism therefore making the industry even greater. Also the tribes that live in the rainforest are self dependant but they sometimes
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Emerald Forest John Boorman’s 1985 film "The Emerald Forest" begins with the point of view of a white family out on a picnic. Bill Markham (Powers Boothe) is the supervisor of a dam construction site on the edge of the Amazon rainforest‚ which looms menacingly. He warns his children to stay out of the forest‚ since there are dangerous things inside it. By the end of the film‚ the point of view becomes entirely reversed. It is the forest that is the safe haven and it is the outside "civilized" world
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