Central Congo Basin Moist Forests “The Congo Basin makes up one of the most important wilderness areas left on Earth. At 500 million acres‚ it is larger than the state of Alaska and stands as the world’s second largest tropical forest” (Congo Basin). The Amazon is the only moist tropical forest that is bigger than the Congo Basin moist forest. The Congo Basin moist forest is four times the size of France and contains about one fourth of the closed canopy forest left on Earth (Managing Congo Basin Forests:
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achieved notable success in wildlife conservation. Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot‚ the park combines high species diversity and visibility. Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass‚ marshland‚ and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests‚ crisscrossed by four major rivers‚ including the Brahmaputra‚ and the park includes numerous small bodies of water. Kaziranga has been the theme of several books‚ songs‚ and documentaries. The park celebrated its centennial
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animal dung‚ and about 10% of the estimated 4‚000 species are economically significant as pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings‚ crops or plantation forests. Termites are major detritivores‚ particularly in the subtropical and tropical regions‚ and their recycling of wood and other plant matter is of considerable ecological importance. As eusocial insects‚ termites live in colonies that‚ at maturity‚ number from several hundred to several million individuals. Colonies use decentralised
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Thus‚ climate zone boundaries have been selected with vegetation distribution in mind. It combines average annual and monthly temperatures and precipitation‚ and the seasonality of precipitation.[2]:200–1 Contents [hide] 1 Scheme 1.1 GROUP A: Tropical/megathermal climates 1.2 GROUP B: Dry (arid and semiarid) climates 1.3 GROUP C: Mild Temperate/mesothermal climates 1.4 GROUP D: Continental/microthermal climate 1.5 GROUP E: Polar climates 2 Criticisms of the Köppen scheme 3 Trewartha climate
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of the rain forest in Brazil was lost. This is an area larger than the country of Greece. What is even more frightening is the fact that since 1970‚ over 232‚000 square miles of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed. The Amazon Rainforest is a tropical rainforest ecosystem. They are known to be found near the equator. What makes them known as “rain forests” refers to the moisture and humidity that they contain. These forests which are lush with trees and other amazing plant life have year-round
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! ! " # $ % FEBRUARY 2004 EIA of Ajaokuta – Obajana Gas Pipeline Project TABLE OF CONTENT Table of Contents List of Tables List of Maps List of Figures List of Plates List of Abbreviations and Acronyms EIA Report Preparers Acknowledgement Executive Summary - Pages i vi ix x xi xii xv xvi xvii CHAPTER ONE 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6.1 1.7 1.8 INTRODUCTION Background Terms of Reference Nigeria Applicant EIA Premises Administrative
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Catherine Romero Tropical Ecology PBA Mr. Mahrer (B-Band) THE BORNEO RAINFOREST The tropical rainforest is earth’s most complex biome in terms of both structure and species diversity. Tropical Rainforests can be found in South and Central America‚ Africa‚ Oceania (the islands around Australia)‚ and Asia (15).Tropical rainforests cover only about 7% of the Earth’s surface (13‚ )All Tropical Rainforests have similar characteristics including climate‚ precipitation‚ etc. They are located in a band
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face of the earth due to man’s folly‚ greed‚ and neglect. Rhinos once roamed many places throughout Eurasia and Africa and were known to early Europeans who depicted them in cave paintings. Long ago they were widespread across Africa’s savannas and Asia’s tropical forests‚ but today very few rhinos survive outside national parks and reserves. 52 years after the article we find that the diceros bicornis or the black rhino is indeed doomed. This rhino has been named critically endangered with a population
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Puerto Padre‚ Cuba Travel Guide Puerto Padre is a fantastic town and municipality found in the province known as Las Tunas in Cuba. The region has some of the best and beautiful villages in the country. The history of Puerto Padre dates back in the mid-16th century. The municipality is also referred as the City of Mills. Transformation of the town began in the mid-19th century. The region developed from a small township and transformed into an attractive industrial center. In the 1850s‚ there was
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are provided with a favourable‚ more suitable environment for their survival by human intervention. Ecosystems are constantly changing and developing in response to stress induced changes. In nature‚ change usually takes a long time to occur. The biome eventually adapts as animals and plants that have characteristics that aren’t suited to the occurring change eventually die out and those more suited to the change‚ remain alive and breed and pass their characteristics along to future generations.
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