The Fynbos Biome makes up the largest part of the Cape Floral Kingdom‚ which is the smallest of the world’s six floral kingdoms. The Fynbos Biome in particular is noted for its high levels of biodiversity (the highest in world) and endemism‚ which in turn results in a high number of threatened and endangered species. The Cape Floral Kingdom was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2004. 2 Discussion Fynbos is found predominantly in the the South Western Cape in an area extending from just
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of the rainforest are important and what they use the rainforest for. Loggers wants to make a living. They rely on the Amazon Rainforest to support their way of life. Logging bring jobs to the poor. Without people being able to log‚ poverty would have grown throughout Latin America. Loggers creates more lands for agriculture and roads. When having more land for agriculture‚ there are more and better abundant production of food and materials. To begin‚ the logger has been in the rainforest since
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The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. It covers over 1.4 billion acres of land. About two and half million different insects and 40000 plant species live in the Amazon. Location • South of the equator • 3.1600° S and 60.0300° W • Stretches across 9 different countries in South America The abiotic factors in the Amazon Rainforest are important because they affect the plants and animals that live there. Without these factors trees and plants would not be able to
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Scene #1 is from Ep. I: The Phantom Menace. Name this real-world biome. Temperate Deciduous Forest Please explain briefly this biome’s major identifying characteristics. In the Woodlands of Naboo‚ there are many kinds of trees‚ plants and shrubs‚ Trees within the forests grow between 24m and a 35m tall and are usually broad-leaved trees. Different plants include ferns‚ vines‚ mosses‚ palms and orchids. There are also many different kinds of species‚ around 2 - 5 million different species. Dense growing
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Why are Tropical Rainforests so Important? Tropical rainforests occupy only 7.5% of the worlds surface and is 1.2 billion hectares‚ yet over half of all plants and animal species live or grow here. The largest rainforest in the world is Amazon which is 600 million hectares and covers nine nations- Brazil‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Guiana‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana and Suriname. Tropical rainforests are home to many rare plant and animals‚ they contain 80% of all insects and 90% of all primates
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Natural Resources and Energy in the Rainforests The beauty‚ majesty‚ and timelessness of a primary rainforest is indescribable. It is impossible to capture on film‚ to describe in words‚ or to explain to those who have never had the awe-inspiring experience of standing in the heart of a primary rainforest. Rainforests have evolved over millions of years to turn into the incredibly complex environments they are today. Rainforests represent a store of living and breathing renewable natural resources
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the Xingu River’s flow – Will devastate an area of 1500 square KM of Brazillian rainforest‚ displace 40‚000 people Deforestation occurring to increase standard of living – More timber needed‚ more space needed for houses and roads. Location – Brazil‚ Southern Hemisphere. Near to the equator to the south of Tropic of Capricorn Biodiversity: The variety of plant and animal life an area Tropical rainforest biomes contain the greatest
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Savannas are located in many parts of the world‚ especially in Africa. Nearly half of Africa is considered to be a Savanna‚ it is the largest of them all. The African Savanna biome is located between latitudes of 15 degrees North and 30 degrees South. Here‚ the ecosystem includes warm temperatures year-round with high seasonal rain in the summer. Dry seasons bring about four inches of rain and occur about seven months in the year. In the months of October to March this dry period happens in the southern
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There has been an ongoing debate on how the Amazon Rainforest should be exploited. The Forest is a vast 1.7 billion acre tropical rainforest located in South America. It covers 60% of Northwestern Brazil. Because of many resources the Rainforest possess‚ there are different views on how the forest should be harnessed. For example‚ some believe that the forest’s trees be used for rubber tapping or be extracted from tree sap to improve Brazil’s economy. Loggers believe that they should be able to continue
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Bio. 100 Laboratory Why worry about distant habitats like tropical rainforests? OBSERVATION: Tropical rain forests are so far from Arizona they are almost mythical. We think of flocks of colorful birds‚ steaming undergrowth‚ bouquets of orchids‚ man-eating fish‚ leaping monkeys‚ and native people‚ some of whom may be headhunters. These impressions are great to watch on Animal Planet‚ but most of us in the developed world feel little direct connection with these strange and distant forests. However
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