... species and their biology in these forests. Four percent of the dry land surface of the planet may have half the species on the planet." For most people they do not realize the causes of deforestation. They only want what the forest can give to them and not to the real ... which it receives. With this rain, the forest is able to produce oxygen and nutrients that the species need in order to survive. The fight for survival revolves around a cycle that the species are having difficulty defending due to the continuous depletion. The burning, cutting, and clearing are producing overwhelming ...

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... taking steps towards the preservation of our lands and waterways. First, for every car bought there has to be enough trees planted to make up for the amount of pollution that is produced by that car. Second, for every acre of land that is cut down to build homes or businesses, two acres of land must be protected from meeting their destruction. And thirdly ... then New York City (BMC). You ask 214,000 acres of what per day. That is 214,000 acres of rainforest demolished per day. Now, if we were to implement my plan to save two acres of land for every acre of land destroyed with 214,000 a...

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... line which extends from Belem to Braganca there were, in addition to groups of small farmers raising food crops for the supply of Belem, Japanese colonists. A Japanese land company owns more than 2,500,000 acres in Para, although the company has been able to settle no more than 2,000 Japanese at the most. ... and event of great importance took place in the North of Brazil. The Companhia Ford Industrial do Brasil purchased a tract of land, including some 2,500,000 acres, along the right bank of the Rio Tapajoz about 135 miles upstream from the Amazon . The area was known as Fordlandia. At ...

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... big business and the governments that stand behind them in their efforts. The Brazilian government has decided to allow big business to cut millions of acres of trees in the Amazon River basin (Ghitis). Although perhaps only 15 to 20 % has been removed so far, the rate of cutting ... has been accelerating so that now more than twenty thousand square kilometers are cleared each year (Place XVI). In Brazil alone 5.4 million acres are lost every year. Ecuador a country of 270,000 square kilometers, formerly had 132,000 square kilometers of Amazonian rainforest and now with a deforestation ...

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... less than 1% of tropical forest species have been thoroughly examined for their beneficial chemical compounds. Further studies can, potentially, provide people with new products and medicines. For example these studies can provide clues for manufacturing chemical substitutes for gasoline or medicines for cancer cures. The rain forest is being destroyed very rapidly. Roughly 2.4 acres are destroyed per second, this is equivalent to 2 football fields ... or 214,000 acres per day. That amount is larger than New York City. An ... estimated 50-78 million acres of rain forests are destroyed e...

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... are for commercial logging for raw materials, land clearance for grazing and colonization. However, the causes run much deeper than this as will be shown throughout this report. Although we may not directly see the impact of such deforestation, we will all be affected during our lifetime. "We are losing our rainforest at the average rate of; 75 acres every minute; 108,000 acres each ... day; and over 39 million acres per year- (Rainforest Preservation Foundation). This rapid depletion will lead to such environmental issues as the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, flora and f...

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... of the Amazon only after large areas of forest is torn down for human "needs" The Brazilian government is aiming for 25 percent of dense forests to come under sustainable forest management, a total of nearly 12 million acres (4 million hectares) of an state called Acre The state will use ... will make Acre's products more appealing to consumers in national and international markets, providing an edge over neighbouring states. And certification is beneficial for Acre's native tribes people. The Antimari Forest supports many communities of indigenous people whose livelihood depends on the ...

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... for possible life saving medicines. About seventy percent of plants used in anti-cancer drugs come from the rain forest. We are slowly destroying ourselves and the environment. Whether we realize it or not, the world could quickly come to an ecological halt. Every day 144,000 acres ... species are disappearing at a rate that could conceivably reach as high as 150 species day by the year 2020" (Landry, 5). Those responsible for the devastation of the rainforests is the ruthless logging companies along with the complete ignorance of the local peasants and governments that aid in the ... ...

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... and writing paper, paper bags, toilet paper, and newsprint (85). To better illustrate these statistics, approximately one hundred and forty acres of pulpwood timber are required for one edition of a one hundred and twenty-eight page Sunday edition newspaper. Since every species depends on every other species, ... rectify their destruction, the spot will remain worthless for quite some time. According to Farb, it takes five to ten years after one area is cleared before it can be a habituate for one animal, because one animal needs on the average, 12.5 acres of land to stay alive (143). Wi...

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... and writing paper, paper bags, toilet paper, and newsprint (85). To better illustrate these statistics, approximately one hundred and forty acres of pulpwood timber are required for one edition of a one hundred and twenty-eight page Sunday edition newspaper. Since every species depends on every other species, ... rectify their destruction, the spot will remain worthless for quite some time. According to Farb, it takes five to ten years after one area is cleared before it can be a habituate for one animal, because one animal needs on the average, 12.5 acres of land to stay alive (143). Wi...

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... and writing paper, paper bags, toilet paper, and newsprint (85). To better illustrate these statistics, approximately one hundred and forty acres of pulpwood timber are required for one edition of a one hundred and twenty-eight page Sunday edition newspaper. Since every species depends on every other species, ... rectify their destruction, the spot will remain worthless for quite some time. According to Farb, it takes five to ten years after one area is cleared before it can be a habituate for one animal, because one animal needs on the average, 12.5 acres of land to stay alive (143). Wi...

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... the globe. At one time, rainforests covered 14% of the earth's land surfaces. They now account for only 6% of the earth's land surface. Rainforests are being harvested at a rate of one and one-half acres per second. At this rate, scientists believe rainforests could be completely wiped out in a mere 40 ... of ants than are found on all of the British Isles. Less than 1% of the millions of plants species in rainforests have been studied for medical use. Though rainforests cover only an estimated 6% of Earth's surface, they are home to over one-half of its wild plant-life ... National Ca...

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... any other regin. Between 1981 and 1990, Asia experienced and annual deforestation rate of nearly ten million acres or approximately 1.3 percent of the reign's total forest. The estimate rate for 1990-1995 is lower at 1.1 percent. The rate of deforestation is highest in nearly five million acres a year in Asia. Why is there a Problem? Logging has devastated many Asia's rainforest and is ... the primary cause of rainforest destruction. Other causes include clearing for agriculture, fuelwood harvesting, mining, irrigation, and hydroelectric projects, and urban expansion. Illegal logging is...

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... effort to attain these few types of trees, the loggers do more damage than needed. "Amazonian timbering typically extracts one tree per hectare [2.4 acres], but it does so with enormous damage. As logger move in with roads and skidders, they kill or damage more than 52% of those ... Miners come in after the loggers to further strip the land of valuable resources. Mining also carries with it it's own ecological problems. For example, while mining, many of the deposits are returned to the river, which normally don't go there, like mercury. These rivers have ... up the rainforest to devel...

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... twenty-five percent of these prescription drugs are sold in Western pharmaceuticals. These prescription's are derived of rainforests plants from the Amazon Rainforest. For every ten acres of the Amazon that we cut down, many of the plants and trees that have not yet been tested go with it. Experts ... studies show that less then one percent of all the plants and trees in the Amazon Rainforest alone have been tested for any medicinal use. This means that we could be destroying any possible cure or medication for ... were to use some of these different alternatives then we would be able to...

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... hear that? (Dramatic pause) It's the sound of a tree falling. Actually it's the sound of millions of trees falling. It's the sound of thousands of acres a day of tropical and lush rainforest the world over, falling to their bitter stumps, and we can't here them, because we're not there. (Pause) ... correctly, Earth Day seemed to be a mandatory holiday in our nations' public schools, with each student enthusiastically doing his or her part to save the world for our children, (subtle laugh) Today, we don't wear save the rainforest shirts, we've somewhat lost our steam on the global warming...

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... Rain forests are disappearing at a drastic rate. Industry is usually at the root of this destruction of one of natures resources. Land is needed for highways, agriculture, livestock, or to expand a city. Other times the trees themselves are needed by lumber companies of countries that themselves lack to ... sake of progress. Simple farmers have always cleared the land for their crops. This damage is only minute compared to that of what happens when large plantations are planted. Such companies as Coca-Cola clear hundreds of acres to grow orange crops. These oranges are then sent back t...

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... own 81% of the countries farmland and 70% of the world=s households are landless= (Anderson 1990).. Landless peasants are forced to search for land in the untouched forests. The building of new commercial logging roads into the interior rainforests assists the farmers in their search. Often, ... by commercial forestry. The global markets= demand for wood and wood products fuels the scale of logging activities. As consumption of wood, paper and other forest products increases so does the rate of deforestation. Eleven million acres a year are cut for commercial paper. AMcDonald=s J needs ...

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... humid. It is humid in rainforests because of all the rainfall. The approximate amount of annual rainfall is ninety-eight feet per year with room for decrease and increase. This is a lot of annual rain compared to regular forests. Hence the name "rainforest- Two of many plants that grow ... reduces soil erosion. This helps especially because rainforests are disappearing at the rate of 80 acres a minute. The Bengal bamboo is not on the endangered species list; therefore, it may help rainforests out for many years to come. Deserts and the Plants Within Deserts are areas where rainfall is .....

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... rainforest carry these pollutants far and wide. 3. Animal Farming More and more rainforest is destroyed to provide grazing land for animals to meet the world demand for meat. It is estimated that to graze one steer in the Amazon area, it takes two full acres. The surprising thing is that most of the ranchers in the Amazon operate at a loss, yielding only paper ... profits purely as tax shelters. 4. Subsistence Farming The exploding populations in the third world countries of South America and the Far East results in more destruction of the rainforest for "subsistence farming."" The trage...

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... rainforest carry these pollutants far and wide. 3. Animal Farming More and more rainforest is destroyed to provide grazing land for animals to meet the world demand for meat. It is estimated that to graze one steer in the Amazon area, it takes two full acres. The surprising thing is that most of the ranchers in the Amazon operate at a loss, yielding only paper ... profits purely as tax shelters. 4. Subsistence Farming The exploding populations in the third world countries of South America and the Far East results in more destruction of the rainforest for "subsistence farming."" The trage...

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... world. -If certain forms of deforestation are executed properly they can be beneficial, or at least not harmful to the environment. -Deforestation is also used for cattle ranching, which is a large part of the diet. Con -It is often not executed in a productive way, which means it harms the ... animals living in the Amazon. Mining: Extracting rocks and minerals from the rainforest. Pro -Extracts valuable rocks and minerals out of the rainforest, which sell for money and benefit the economy. -Gives lots of people jobs. -Iron, Brazil's main mineral is wanted around the world. Con -Mines of...

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... economic interest of the country concerned. When environmentalists show their concern over the loss of the rainforest, Brazilians get annoyed. They believe the arguments for preserving the forests are a "rich man's luxury." They are mainly concerned with the country's need to improve its people's living standards ... Howard Facklam states, "It was estimated at one point in the 1980s that such forest lands were being cleared at the rate of 50 acres a minute; another estimate put the rate at more than 200,000 sq km (more than 78,000 sq mi) a year. In ... that can have many striking effec...

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... economic interest of the country concerned. When environmentalists show their concern over the loss of the rainforest, Brazilians get annoyed. They believe the arguments for preserving the forests are a "rich man's luxury." They are mainly concerned with the country's need to improve its people's living standards ... Howard Facklam states, "It was estimated at one point in the 1980s that such forest lands were being cleared at the rate of 50 acres a minute; another estimate put the rate at more than 200,000 sq km (more than 78,000 sq mi) a year. In ... that can have many striking effec...

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