Rainforests

... happening and maybe how we can stop it; Hence the title: What about the rainforest? (www.rain-tree.com) When you first think of the rainforests, you probably are thinking about heat, tall towering trees, and hundreds of plants and animals. One day those trees, plants, and animals will not ... the world come from plant-derived sources and 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 ...

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... among the richest inhabitants in the world. They contain several different species of animals and provide an essential home for wildlife. Many different rainforests that are located in Australia are found in the northern region. It is heavily populated between Townsville and Cook Town. These unspoiled creations ... activity. The influence of humankind has played a major factor in the role of deforestation. Modern machinery is another example for which our rainforests are being cut down. Millions of hectares every year of agriculture have previously been demolished, and every half an hour...

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... crops the trees are cut down. Even if crops are planted the soil is so poor they do not grow well. The soil washed away from cleared rainforests can be seen miles out at sea. Rainforests affect the world's weather. Trees release moisture into the air. If the rainfall levels drop the world climate changes. In this essay I shall explain the protection ... areas. More rainforest products are needed to support the population which means that this increases the destruction of the forests. There are many ways of protecting the rainforests. There is also growing pressure for the proper managem...

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... ranges of 3° F to 5° F; evenly distributed heavy precipitation; and high amount of cloud cover and humidity (Peterson, 231). Both the Amazon Rainforest and Congo Rainforest are identified as tropical rainforests because they share the characteristics previously mentioned. The Amazon rainforest covers a majority of the Amazon Basin in South America; the rainforest makes up 2,100,000 square miles of the 2,700 ... Brazil, it is also located in eight other nations; French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Guyana, and Suriname. The Amazon represents over half of the plan...

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... . Today we will be looking into this issue and discussing it. There are many advertisements and documentaries on TV about saving the rainforests from been cut down. Some show us maps of the Sumatra's rainforests, which decrease in size every year. Sumatra's rainforests aren't the only forests, which are in trouble. Already ninety percent of Nigeria's forests have been cut down. Cambodia's tropical ... issue. There is a tropical forestry action plan, which was developed in 1985.This plan aims to promote better use of forest lands, fuel wood for a growing population, conservation of the ra...

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... OF THE RAINFOREST We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Even though we may not be able to bring back the rainforest land ... yields $400 per acre. However, if these renewable and sustainable resources are harvested, the land owner will yield $2,400 per acre. A solution to this problem is that by leaving the rainforests intact and harvestin...

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... of all the species in the world, the Amazon has the greatest bio- diversity on Earth. Many of its species exist nowhere else. The National Academy of Science estimates that rainforests are being destroyed at the rate of 50 million acres (the size of England, Scotland and Wales combined) per year. Consequently, saving these precious areas has become an urgent environmental ... ...

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... its many inhabitants. Nearly 500 million people depend on the forests for their livelihood and there is a growing concern about the accelerated rate of destruction of the remaining rainforests. The Amazon rainforests in Brazil were cleared during the 1970's till early 1990's at an alarming rate due to changes in the structure of the national and international economy and the ... Brazil and Indonesia deliberately set up schemes that offer attractive tax incentives, other subsidies and leeway to encourage both local multinational timber, mining, and oil corporations to 'colonize' the rain...

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... . The Amazon Rainforest alone produces 20% of the oxygen we breathe. One-fifth of the world's fresh water is found in the Amazon Basin. Rainforests bio-diversity is awe-inspiring. According to scientific study, a single pond in Brazil can support a larger variety of fish than are found in all ... made into a country, it would be the 9th largest in the world. That's a lot of money. This concludes the advantages of razing the rainforests. Much can be done to save the forests. Though the land is worth $400 per acre in lumber, it would be worth a staggering $2,400 ... be developed through the...

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