from the Sahel to the rainforest? Places where their used to be lush landscape‚ water‚ and food‚ there is now desert. People are starving‚ because resources they need and used to have are gone. Also they cannot plant anything there to get food from. Plus there is no water so they get dehydrated and cannot maintain sanitary lifestyles. In this way desertification has a bad impact on the environment of the Sahel to the rainforest. 4. How do the Sahara‚ Sahel‚ savanna‚ and tropical rain forest influence
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Student Name (type here) sam Extreme Wet Year 8 Geography Assessment Design and carry out an investigation into rainforest deforestation. According to the United Nations‚ at least 37.5 million acres of rainforest are lost each year – an area the size of Portugal. Tropical rainforest deforestation is now widely recognized as one of the most critical environmental problems facing the world today‚ with serious long-term consequences. In this task you will ask one question about
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Two types of palms in the Daintree rainforest are the Fan palm and the Wait-a-While palm. The fan palm grows very well in the wet season and loves flooded muddy areas. This type of palm can grow up to six metres tall and have a length of four metres. The wait-a-while palm is a climbing palm that has spiky vines that can catch onto your clothes. In this palm‚ drinkable water can be found in its stems. Layers Of the Rainforest The layers of the rainforest include the Emergent layer‚ The Canopy
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Almost all of this deforestation occurs in the moist forests and open woodlands of the tropics. At this rate all moist tropical forest could be lost by the year 2050‚ except for isolated areas in Amazonia‚ the Zaire basin‚ as well as a few protected areas within reserves and parks. Some countries such as Ivory Coast‚ Nigeria‚ Costa Rica‚ and Sri Lanka are likely to lose all their tropical forests by the year 2010 if no conservation steps are taken. Deforestation occurs because of: Conversion
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Philippine islands of Southeast Asia. These areas are covered in tropical rainforests and also allow the tarsier’s home‚ the balete tree to thrive. A large portion of these rainforests have been destroyed due to increased need for farming making the tarsier even more elusive. However‚ the tropical rainforest that remains
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AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN MALAYSIA Malaysia has a diverse number of animal and plant species in its rainforests. 20% of the world’s animal species are found here. These forests cover two-thirds of the Malaysian land. It has about 250 species of reptiles‚ 150 species of snakes and a thousand species of insects. There are around 14‚500 species of flowering plants and trees. Besides the rainforests‚ Malaysia has 1‚ 425 sq km of mangroves. However‚ with the current rate of deforestation‚ it is believed
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Dexter Patrick S. Baltazar NASC 10/ Planet Earth-Jungles Last meeting‚ we viewed a documentary entitled Jungles (Planet Earth Diaries episode) that focused mainly on the ecosystem and different factors involved in tropical rainforests. The emphasis mainly developed around the idea of biodiversity. It is quite interesting that these environments only consist three percent of the total land in the entirety of the world but is a standing habitat to most of living organisms (50%) of different kingdoms
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To what extent can preparedness mitigate the impacts of tropical revolving storms? (40 marks) Tropical revolving storms can be referred to as Hurricanes‚ cyclones and Typhoons these occur in the Atlantic‚ Indian and pacific oceans. Nobody is quite sure how they form but certain factors do need to be met for one to form. One of these is the temperature of the sea which has to be above 28degrees‚ the water also has to be deep beneath the storm‚ this is how the storm gathers its energy. These storms
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Deforestation Deforestation is the process whereby natural forests are cleared through logging and/or burning‚ either to use the timber or to replace the area for alternative uses. Deforestation occurs around the world‚ though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted. Countries with significant deforestation currently or in the recent past include Brazil‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand‚ the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa‚ and parts of Eastern Europe‚ according to UNEP collaborating
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a rain forest rarely gets above 34°C or drops below 20 °C; average humidity is between 77 and 88%; precipitation is commonly more than a 254cm. there’s sometimes a short season of less rain. The majority rain forests lie close to the equator. All tropical rain forests agree each other in some ways that. several of the trees have straight trunks that do not branch out for 30m or more. There’s no sense in growing branches below the canopy wherever there’s very little light. the majority of the trees
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