Every second‚ 1.5 acres of trees are cut down in a rainforest. That’s equivalent to two football pitches per second. At this rate‚ the Amazon rainforest will become devoid of life by 2030. Cutting down trees not only damages large habitual areas of the estimated 30 million people who live in the rainforest along with the animals they solely depend on‚ but affects the environment in many harmful ways. This can be through rapid and violent changes in the climate‚ an unbalanced ratio of carbon dioxide
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* Located in South America‚ the Amazon Rainforest spans over the Amazon basin of South America‚ stretching over 2.1 million square miles. * The Amazon Rainforest spans over nine countries‚ including Brazil‚ Peru‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Bolivia‚ Guyana‚ Suriname and French Guiana. * 60% of the Amazon Rainforest is contained within the borders of Brazil. * The map coordinates of the Amazon Rainforest center is 3° 9′ 36″ S‚ 60° 1′ 48″ W. * The region has an average temperature
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Introduction In Dunedin there are many different plants and trees scattered across different areas. This can be a forest‚ flower fields‚ grasslands‚ or a mix up. How did they get there and how long will they survive there? The aim of todays study is to look at the mix of habitats down by the Water of Leith‚ and see if the riverside environment resembles the theory about plant strategies and vegetation. The theory roughly states that if conditions allow it‚ trees will dominate a plant community‚ and
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Saving the Rainforest If someone or something was in danger‚ would you do anything to help? Well the world’s rainforest are currently disappearing at a rate of 6‚000 acres every hour which is equivalent to almost 3‚500 football fields. If you have been unaware‚ rainforests are well on their way to extinction. Rainforest once covered 14% of the earth’s surface; now they cover about 6% and experts say the remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Commercial logging is the
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The Amazon Rainforest needs to be protected! If we do nothing to save the rainforest‚ our planet will be permanently damaged and there will be nothing we could do about it. The rainforest is basically the lungs of the earth. The carbon that will be released into the atmosphere will heat up the earth‚and possibly kill many plants‚ animals‚ etc. People are also doing things in the amazon that are killing many species of plants‚ animals‚ etc. Also‚ do do what is threatening these animals‚ developers
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What is happening to the Amazon Region? The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world which covers over five and half a million square kilometers. Over half of the Amazon is located in Brazil but also in South American countries; Peru‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Guyana‚ Bolivia and Suriname. (Science Kids‚ 2013). During the past 40 years‚ 20% of the Amazon rainforest has been cut down‚ this percentage could be higher but was not put in account due to logging.this causes
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The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. The majority of the rainforest is sited in Brazil with 60% of the rainforest contained there. It is also spread throughout other nations in South America such as Peru‚ Columbia‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Bolivia‚ Guyana‚ Suriname‚ and French Guiana. (See Figure 1) Land clearing has become a major contributing factor in the destruction of Amazon Forest and the development of its land. This is predominantly due to human activities which
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The Rainforest of Atsinanana By: Hope Rosselot The Rainforest of Atsinanana is 4‚ 769 km2 long. It was inscribed in 2007. There are six national parks which make up this rainforest. They are: Marojejy‚ Masaola‚ Zahamena‚ Ranomafana‚ Andringitra and Andohahel. It is located on the eastern end of Madagascar. There are many different species of plants and animals located here. The national parks found here are very strict about the wildlife‚ fish‚ and plant species. The diversity of life forms
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without the Amazon rainforest? The Amazon covers forty percent of South America and produces twenty percent of the Earth’s oxygen. It holds over ten million species of animals and over forty thousand different types of plants. This is the most biodiverse rainforest on the planet. It hold everything from the Brazilin Wandering Spider to the Green Anaconda. The Amazon Rainforest holds more than just animals and plants‚ it also holds ancient Indian tribes that call the rainforest their home. These tribes
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My biome is terrestrial. It is found in South America‚Africa‚and Asia.The thing that is unique about my biome is that there are certain features common to all tropical rainforest. Some producers and consumers are a plant and the butterfly eats the leaves off the trees and plants which makes the butterfly a primary consumer. Next the frog eats the butterfly which makes the frog a secondary consumer.After that the snake eats the frog which makes the snake a tertiary consumer.Finally when the snake
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