Rainforest Destruction and Its Effect on the World By Jeremy Zahn Composition 1101-96 05/13/2008 Table of contents Introduction……………………………………………………………...…..2 Thesis: The demands of civilization have increased the need for more consumable commodities‚ even at the cost of destroying the very lungs of our planet. At the same time that our civilization prospers from these products‚ the local peoples of the rainforest suffer greatly. There is an even greater effect on the world as species
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Amazon Rainforest in Brazil Location The Amazon Rainforest is located in South America‚ south of the Equator It covers 2.1 million square miles of land. The longitude and latitude of the Amazon rainforest is longitude = 71 degrees‚ 45’ and 55”W and latitude = 15 degrees 31’ and 05”S. Biotic Components Animals -- boa constrictor -- toucan -- poison dart frog Plants -- ferns -- algae -- rattan palms Abiotic Components The Amazon Rainforest has a rainy and dry season. The annual rainfall
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Rainforest Case Study: The Amazonian Rainforest Habitat types of the forest: Over half of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil but it is also located in other South American countries including Peru‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Guyana‚ Bolivia‚ Suriname and French Guiana. The rainforest is made up of several different layers. These include: The emergent layer Most of these trees are broad-leaved‚ hardwood evergreens. There is a lot of sunlight here‚ these trees receive the most‚ and
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Deforestation of the Amazonian Rainforest Earth’s natural resources are what we are extracting from the earth. Industries‚ which excavate the earth’s resources‚ include forestry‚ oil extraction‚ and mining. Present-day society is based upon a vast consumption of non-replaceable minerals and fuels such as coal‚ oil and natural gasses. Other materials such as cotton‚ wool timber and produce‚ if utilized wisely can be replenished. Is the carbon dioxide level higher‚ due to massive
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Tropical Rain Forest and Tropical Grassland1 I. Objectives The following are the objectives of the study: 1. To describe the plant species composition of a tropical forest and tropical grassland found in Mt. Makiling; 2. To compare the diversity indices of the two sampling sites. 3. To identify the most dominant species and rarest species in each site. 4. To identify the disturbances acting on the two sampling sites. II. Methodology
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Rainforest; a luxuriant‚ dense forest rich in biodiversity‚ found typically in tropical areas with constantly heavy rainfall. Why would someone want to kill the Amazon rainforest? Its full out life and nature. Trees that are sky high and waterfalls that flow into the lakes and rivers. The Amazon metaphorically is the lungs of our earth and its about to be ripped to bare ground. For what? So people can have more land for stores to make money. How important is it to protect the rainforest? In the
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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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The tropical rainforest is a warm biome and ecosystem. An important tropical rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest. The latitude and longitude of the Amazon rainforest is 3.4653° S‚ 62.2159° W. The Amazon rainforest is very hot and moist. The average temperature of the tropical rainforest is 80°F. The average precipitation is 60 to 160 inches that is distributed evenly throughout the year. The tropical rainforest is suitable to many plant and animal life. It contains the most biodiversity
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Agriculture in the Amazon Rainforest Throughout a hundred centuries people have worked hard to sustain productive agriculture and dense human populations. Certain forms of agriculture are possible‚ and should be considered sustainable‚ for the economic development of tropical rainforests. For thousands of years humans have created a disturbance in the rainforests by creating areas of concentrated diversity of species within the landscape. The Indigenous people of the Amazon fostered palm forests
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The Borneo Rainforest is located in Borneo which is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java‚ Indonesia‚ at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. The Rainforest is 130 million years old‚ which makes it the oldest rainforest in the world. The Borneo rainforest is one of the only remaining natural habitats for the endangered Bornean Orangutan. It is an important refuge for many endemic forest species‚ including the Asian Elephant‚ the Sumatran Rhinoceros‚ the
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