Essay on Guajilote Case Study

Most of the area of Honduras is tropical and sunny, while its mountains are more of a temperate climate. Honduras has many rainforests and some “cloud forests” which are called that because they reach almost 3,000 feet over the sea level. Honduras has environmental issues including pollution of its natural sources of fresh water and deforestation causing an erosion of the soil and the land eventually stripping it of nutrients. Honduras is known for its rich natural resources, including minerals, coffee, tropical fruit, and sugar cane, as well as for its growing textiles industry, which serves the international market. Despite attempts to improve the transportation system, the system fails to meet the needs of the

Livestock and farms may not be nearly as profitable as a living, considering the thriving forests on a planetary scale.That is saying that regardless to the benefits of deforestation they aren't helping because the are using the trees for profits the trees are going away since no additional trees are planted. In the text Good bye rain forest it states “that One reason is that tropical rain forests contain valuable timber-such as walnut, mahogany, rosewood, balsa, sandalwood, and teak. Tropical woods are used for flooring, furniture, railroad ties, boatbuilding, bowls, drawing boards, and even toys. One tree can be Worth hundreds of dollars. This is saying that one main reason that they are cutting down the trees are because of what type of wood it is and they are also cutting it down for what the wood can make”. In the text Goodbye rain forest it states “As more and more trees are cut, fewer remain and the price of timber rises. In the text Rainforest Resources it states that “Many kinds of hardwoods are found in the Amazon Rainforest. Hardwoods are used to make furniture, musical instruments, boats, and even coffins. Some of these hardwoods include teak, rosewood, and mahogany.

However, due to more people searching for plots there is greater pressure on the amount of available land. The logging industry is responsible for a relatively small level of deforestation, accounting for 3% in Brazil. Consequently, all these activity contribute together to the rapid loss of what is left of the rainforest and a large proportion of the world’s biodiversity. All of the resources that the rainforest provides could be lost in the next 40 years.

Deforestation is defined as: “the clearing of virgin forests, or intentional destruction or removal of trees and other vegetation for agricultural, commercial, housing, or firewood use without replanting and without allowing time for the forest to regenerate itself” (SCRIBD). Deforestation has been a problem in Latin America since the early 1900s and the severity of the dilemma is increasing rapidly. Deforestation not only has consequences for the environment, but also, the indigenous people and the national economy. The logging industry in Latin America is often exploited by multinational companies that are not properly regulated. The land that has provided a home and cultivated indigenous development for centuries is being dissipated rapidly. Due to an exponentially growing global population, there is an increased demand for low priced goods--like timber, crops, and meat. Many Latin American countries value revenue from selling these goods over the health of their local ecosystems. The crisis of deforestation and habitat loss is shifting from a local to global problem. As deforestation continues, global warming escalates worldwide, impacting every country and person. About 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from tropical deforestation, which is more than from all the world’s cars, trucks and buses combined (Schwartzman). Puerto Rico and Brazil provide contrasting examples of the impact of deforestation. Puerto Rico had an economic and environmental shift

Recently, they have experienced an influx of waste from a die-off of cottonwood trees in the bosque, which in Spanish means forest. In modern times, the building of dams upstream from the Rio Grande have affected the flow of water which has in turn affected the plants alongside the river. Cottonwood trees which, are found throughout New Mexico in wet areas along the Rio Grande are dying (Smith, 2009). This die-off has created an excess of wood waste that the pueblo has chosen to see as an opportunity rather than a problem. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Santa Ana is interested in the exploring the potential for creating a composting operation with the excess wood in order to offset costs of other community projects. The economical goal for the sale of the compost is to create revenue streams for these projects. In order for compost to be a profitable product, an optimal mixture of materials needs to be obtained. There are a variety of resources that would need to be utilized in order to create a high-quality compost and these resources would need to be located and brought to the composting site from a number of different businesses and organizations, such as restaurants supplying food

The tropical rainforest is home to a great variety of plants, trees, flowers, animals, birds, insects, and reptiles. Due to the great variety, there are groups that are interested in the tropical rainforest like rubber tapers, farmers, cattle ranchers, and loggers. the issue is that there are so many different things that each group want to do with the Amazon rainforest and no one knows who should have the rainforest. The rubber tappers have lived in the Amazon rainforest for many generations and they collect the sap from rubber trees that grow in the Amazon rainforest. Cattle ranchers already own a small part of the Amazon rainforest. The loggers want the wood from the trees to make buildings such as hospitals and important office buildings.

Deforestation, pollution, poaching, and soil abuse are just four of the innumerable factors that lead to deleterious effects on the environment. With more and more trees falling under the determined chainsaws and axe blows of illegal loggers and soil loss from tenuous irrigation methods, South American governments have a rising concern to protect its ecosystem. But an unusual, and equally controversial, solution came not within the restraining bounds of the country borders, but from the efforts of the American multi-millionaire and philanthropic conservationist, Douglas Tompkins. Concerned about the ecology of South America, Tompkins purchased sumptuous strips of forest land to shield it from the venomous ways of poachers and illegal loggers.

Most of the trees cut down will be used especially for furniture like tables, chairs, or desks, but also for expensive guitars like Gibsons. The amount of wood timbered illegally is both impressive and terribly sad. The saddest part is that without even realizing it we are complicit in this situation since most guitars and furniture are sold in the United States, Europe or even China as mentioned in the documentary. These objects sell for a lot of money to wealthy people and this contributes to the development and growth of illegal deforestation. I find unbelievable the amount of wood taken down and at the same time there is no action made by the government to stop the trade. It seems that foreign countries do more the conservation of the forest and the specie than the country of Madagascar or at least this is how it is depicted in the documentary.

Stewardship and economical asset use and how they apply to the Amazon Rainforest: Maybe the most perfect way to deal with location deforestation in the Amazon is by building up another insurance course of action in light of the principle of supportable usage and change of rainforests. Sensible change is an expression that has been used every now and again over the earlier decade, however savants will quickly tell you that assembling natural items, latex, and nuts from the rainforests is inadequate make a living also reinforce a creating economy. "Financial Improvement" should consider a shrouded thinking to be joined through technique to distinctive experts and business undertakings included in the usage and progression of rainforest grounds and resources. Under Brazilian law, a critical piece of the Amazon is fundamentally an open access resource, so there negligible catalyst for squatters, farmers, or originators to use timberland grounds or resources in a conservative way.

This study will examine Wilmott Dixon Group, a construction company and conduct a case study on how the company began, its growth, market, life cycle and will conduct a SWOT and Pestel Analysis. This work will further state a five-year development plan for the company to move forward in a sustainable and fair trade market.

At first there was concern only among foresters about deforestation but now the public has created organizations such as Green Peace to facilitate increased awareness and reduce deforestation. The Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O.) has worked mainly within the forestry community to find new and better ways to manage the forests. In 1985 there was the introduction of the Tropical Forestry Action Plan or T.F.A.P. This plan involved the F.A.O, United Nations, World Bank, other developmental agencies, and several other multi-national government organizations; together they developed a new strategy. More than sixty countries have decided to prepare national forestry action plans to manage their forests (Gallant, 381).

Rainforests have been declining rapidly over the last few decades. There are various factors responsible for this decline, resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it.

To begin, forest based industrialization is based on forest resources that are used to stimulate economic growth and development. One of the products that have been most important to human economies has always been wood. Wood is durable, light weight, easily worked, waterproof, and a good fiber source. Wood is used in almost every aspect of our lives, for building materials, living, and just surviving. We need wood to build our homes to live in and buildings in which we work and spend the other resource that comes from trees “money”. Studies show that 70% of the products that we use a day are made of some kind of wood. If we were to look around our homes and count all the items that are made of wood we would probably find that 60 percent are made of wood. Without wood humans and other species would never be able to survive.

With proven strategy and strong business model Rio Tinto Group approached the global market. Through a thorough study for the Group’s approach tointernationalize the operations and structure of its production groups, it is found that this approach suits the strategy set by the group to achieve its objectives in maximizing shareholders returns and creating opportunities for improving many communities in the global. Also, it is found that Rio Tinto developed a strong risk-management & decision-making processes that enabled the group to compete against the limitations on its trades & operations.

In addition to logging for exportation, rainforest wood stays in developing countries for fuel wood and charcoal. One single steel plant in Brazil making steel for Japanese cars needs millions of tons of wood each year to produce charcoal that can be used in the manufacture of steel. Then there is the paper industry. A pulpwood project in the Brazilian Amazon consists of a Japanese power plant and pulp mill. To set up this single plant operation, 5,600 square miles of Amazon Rainforest was burned to the ground and replanted