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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disintegration and additionally the world ’s biodiversity. Nearly 50% of the world’s tropical forests reside in the Amazon forest‚ which is located in South America. Unfortunately‚ over 60% of the world’s deforestation is also occurring here. This does not only affect the millions of animals and plants in the rainforests but also the 400 indigenous groups that reside in the Amazon rainforest. The deforestation of the rainforest is the collective efforts of many countries such as Bolivia‚ Brazil‚ Colombia
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From the ground‚ they throw cool shadows over the Caribbean and cities like Port-au-Prince‚ a mirage of lushness. But from an airplane‚ the green gives way to deep‚ sand-colored gouges of erosion and a mediterranean sparseness unsuited to this tropical island. Less obvious are the dozens of environmental projects that have sprung up in recent years. Some‚ like a four-year‚ $30 million natural resource project sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development‚ are massive. Others
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larger than Europe caused by chemicals used daily. Such chemicals are being released more and more each day; faster than our trees and oceans can absorb. Having less and less trees each day could also be an important factor to take into account. The rainforest is disappearing due to deforestation‚
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feed the tree. In this process‚ as well as wood‚ trees create many chemicals‚ seeds and fruit of great utility to man. Trees also remove carbon dioxide‚ the main greenhouse gas‚ from the air. Trees are of continued importance to the environment. Tropical rain forests have of particular significance; although they now occupy less than 6 per cent of the land surface of the earth they probable sustain more than half of the biological species on the planet. Notwithstanding the debt we owe to trees‚
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Amazon River and rainforest are located in Brazil‚ a country with more than 800‚000 square miles of coastline‚ and a landmass so large that its borders touch all but two of its neighboring countries (Rich‚ 1999). The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest‚ and for purposes of comparison‚ "its size is equivalent to one-half of the entire United States" (Rich‚ 1999). Although the need to protect this unique and valuable environment might seems obvious‚ the rainforest and its river
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ICE Case Studies Deforestation in Haiti CASE NUMBER: 54 MNUMONIC: HAITIDEF NAME: DEFORESTATION IN HAITI AUTHOR: Kristen Picariello December 18‚ 1997 I. CASE BACKGROUND 1. Abstract Haiti is one of the many developing countries that has sought to increase its growth and end its cycle of poverty. One of the ways in which it has done this has been by cutting down the forests. Most of Haiti’s population live below the poverty line. Nearly 70 percent of all Haitians depend on the
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As society continues to progress‚ how sustainable we are is paramount. Sustainability is not over-exhausting available resources and maintaining a balance between them. The environment we live in is highly connected to sustainability. Climate change and other environmental factors can affect our sustainability in many ways. Rising temperatures lead to numerous climate-related effects‚ such as more frequent and intense heat waves‚ droughts‚ extreme weather events‚ changing weather patterns‚ and melting
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The worst impact deforestation has on the amazon rainforest is the loss of habitat for many important species. This has greatly impacted the habitats of species in the Amazon rainforest. There are about ten million species that have been discovered by man living on earth. More than half of these species live in tropical rainforests such as the Amazon. Many keystone species and apax predators have habitats in the Amazon. A keystone species is a species that has many important interactions within a
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Significance of the Study‚ Scope and Limitations of the Study and Definition of Terms. Background of the study Andiroba is a tall rainforest tree that grows up to 40m high. It is in the same family as mahogany‚ and it has been called Brazilian mahogany or bastard mahogany due to their similarity. It can be found growing wild throughout the Amazon rainforest‚ usually on rich soils‚ in swamps‚ and in the alluvial flats marshes and uplands of the Amazon basin. It can also bhe found wild or under
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