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 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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Disease‚ Hunger‚ Poverty‚ etc. Most people do not think of the Amazon rainforest as a global issue‚ but it is swiftly becoming a large problem. The Amazon rainforest is covers a vast area of South America‚ housing some of the most magnificent plant species and animals‚ some found nowhere else in the world. Loggers‚ a group of people that use the rainforest to cut down the trees for wood‚ are a huge problem in the rainforest. Deforestation is killing acres and acres of land‚ cause at least 35 species
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Tropical Rainforest of Malaysia – Sarawak Introduction As we all know that deforestation sharply accelerated in these decades‚ more and more forests disappeared. Environmentally‚ it causes global warming‚ soil erosion‚ decline in biodiversity‚ degraded ecosystem and water- cycle.[1] Economically and ethically‚ the deforestation caused by logging and commercial agriculture by the developed countries‚ like the U.S. The people in developing countries lose their long term profits when the rainforests disappear
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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS - WHERE AND WHAT ARE THEY? _______________________________________________ Tropical rainforests are found across the world between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer‚ 22.5° North and 22.5° South of the Equator. Almost half of the remaining tropical rainforest is found in tropical America‚ a bit more than a third in Asia and Oceania‚ and fifteen percent in Africa. Tropical rainforests cover approximately 8% of the world’s land surface - an area of approximately
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The last insect that lives in the tropical rainforest is an army ant. Ants that live in the tropical rainforest will eat The second insect is the Goliath Spider. The Goliath Spider eats things that are larger than them. Such as frogs‚ rodents‚ bats‚ lizards and small snakes. They may eat a bird whenever they feel like it but it’s not a high chance that they will be eaten the most. The Goliath Spider doesn’t have any predators because of how much damage they can do to any type of species. The
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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‚ the truth is every one of us has touched a rainforest today
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