Research Study : Biome Project

The Amazon forest occupies a relevant place on the international scene and its importance is recognized worldwide. The goal of this paper is to present general information about the Amazon area, showing the biodiversity and the environmental, social, and economic impact in exploring that area. This paper will also emphasize what are the values of that ecosystem to the world, explaining about several natural resources, fauna, and flora in the Amazon forest. The author supported his arguments on articles and books that are in the reference. As a result, the author provides an overview and some important details about that area, bringing arguments and evidences to show why is important take care of the Amazon forest.

When one thinks about the Amazon rainforest often our minds flip to monkeys, toucans, and lots of trees. We think of the peacefulness and serenity of untouched land and the balance that nature has to offer. What we don’t think of is primitive tribes, mass killings, deadly snakes, ferocious jaguars, and satanic activity. This is the Amazon that Michael Dawson and his family were accustomed to. This was Yanomamo.

Deforestation poses an alarming threat to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and it has been a serious concern for over 40 years. For thousands of years, the abundant, valuable resources in the Amazon were familiar only to the indigenous people of the region. In the 1500’s, before European colonization of Brazil, there were an estimated six to nine million individuals part of different cultures that made up a rich Amazonian society (“History”). Surrounded by the luxuriant rainforest and its natural resources, these indigenous tribes were able to thrive by utilizing the resources without destroying their habitat. After European emigration, the government of Brazil exploited the value of the Amazon’s resources in the twentieth century. In the 1970’s, the Brazilian government discovered the “untapped source of boundless potential” hiding in the Amazon and began using incentives to persuade settlers to develop its resources (Casey). Once economists realized the importance of the resources found within the rainforest, European pioneers set out to transform the Amazon into their home. By endorsing colonization, the government could not only boost the country’s economy, but also gain control over Brazil’s vast territory. The government supported migration to the rainforest and campaigned for the construction of infrastructure (“History”). In concurrence, the development of roads such as the Trans-Amazonian Highway, a 2,000 mile road built in 1972, granted people and machinery entrance to

Amazon Watch is a nonprofit organization contributing in the fight for human rights in the Amazon rain forest region in South America.The Amazon rain forest ever since modern-day industrialization and after the colonial conquest became one of the greatest resources for natural Goods in the world and quickly became a victim of our industrialized societies. Today exploitation of the Amazon rain forest for its natural resources has become evermore damaging to the local biosphere and to the cultures that live there. Amazon Watch contends that since rain forests are necessary for the sustainability of the planet , that protecting the world's largest rain forest and most bio-diverse should be a long one of our top priorities is to protect. Not only does the Amazon rain forest house animals and plants but around four hundred different indigenous groups live with in the Amazon rain forest and have been living there for hundreds of years without disturbances .Founded in 1996 Amazon Watch campaigns for human rights, working closely with indigenous people of the

Surprisingly, scientists have a better understanding of how many stars there are in the galaxy than they have of how many species there are on Earth. Estimates vary from 2 million to 100 million species, with a best estimate of somewhere near 10 million; only 1.4 million of these species have actually been named. Today, rainforests occupy only 2 percent of the entire Earth's surface and 6 percent of the world's land surface, yet these remaining lush rainforests support over half of our planet's wild plants and trees and one-half of the world's wildlife. Hundreds and thousands of these rainforest species are being

Cargill and Bunge are two American-based food giants that are causing deforestation in the Amazon. “Cargill and Bunge, are the only known agricultural traders.” Hiroko Tabuchi, Claire Rigby, and Jeremy White writers from the New York Times investigated how these food giants are the problem that are causing the Amazon deforestation. In their article “Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back.”(2017), Hiroko Tabuchi, Claire Rigby, and Jeremy White informs that the world's largest rainforest the Amazon has rose in

The Amazon Rainforest has an issue that needs to be fixed. The problem that the rainforest has is that the groups continue to cut or burn down trees just so they can grow crops. It needs to stop because it’s hurting The Rubber Tappers. They need the trees to do their job and the government isn’t doing enough to help out. The Rubber Tappers have been living in the rainforest for 100’s of years. The Rubber Tappers came in the 1870’s. As you can see in their way of living does no harm to the rainforest. They make their way of living from the rainforest by harvesting sap from the rubber trees. The Rubber Tappers should have control of the Amazon Rainforest and here are some reasons why. For example, The Rubber Tappers use the resource of the Amazon by

This policy memo addresses the development and expansion of the cattle ranching industry in Brazil, which has contributed to the mass deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon in the last 40 years. It exposes the regional and global consequences to deforestation and provides strategies for the Brazilian government to sustainably manage cattle ranching industries while protecting the future of the Amazon. The rainforest ecosystem is an immense reserve of natural recourses that is far more valuable than the beef produced on Brazilian cattle ranches. Not only does the rainforest create habitat for up to 65% of the world’s biodiversity, but when harvested sustainably, it provides humans with an abundance of spices, foods, oils, medicines

The contemporary issue in the Amazon Region not only affects the indigenous people living there, but has an irreversible global impact. This significant issue relates to engaged citizenship and past indigenous experiences by the way the indigenous peoples stand up for their land rights, become recognized by the government, and show how this issue has an economic effect on the world. According to BBC news, an estimated 333,000 indigenous people live in the Peruvian Amazon. With more than 60% of this region being rainforests, deforestation acts such as illegal logging, illegal mining, agriculture and infrastructure projects are destroying this indigenous land. This land was at risk because of the government’s lack of recognition and enforcement

The battle for the Amazon rainforest is a daunting task. It's a long going battle between miners, loggers, and developers against the indigenous people who call it home. It's a battle like any battle in a war; it affects lives, families, the economy, politics, and the environment amongst other things. The main topic of this debate is the effects of the Amazon deforestation on the people who live in it, this will be the focus of this research paper. In this paper, I will discuss the history, causes, effects and solutions for the Amazon rainforest deforestation.

As reported in New Scientist, https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27945-myth-of-pristine-amazon-rainforest-busted-as-old-cities-reappear/ science is revealing a very different Amazon than the one we know today. Deforestation and remote sensing are painting a clearer -- more civilized -- Amazon, according to Charles Clement, from Brazil’s

Brazil is the 5th largest country in the World, and home to an almost uncountable number of species, where hundreds of new species are discovered every year. The biodiversity in Brazil is divided between six main biomes, and its marine and coastal zones: Amazon biome, Pantanal biome, Cerrado biome (Savanna), Caatinga biome (Tropical Scrub Forest), Atlantic Forest biome, and the Pampa biome. 20% of the Earth’s biodiversity is estimated to be found in Brazil. Furthermore, it is well known that all brazilian biomes have been struggling with human activities, the pressures. Human pressures have been driving a high number of species towards nearly extinction in Brazil; some are believed to be extinct even before they have been studied by formal

The Amazon rainforest, known as well as the Amazonia, is considered as the “lung of the planet,” due to it produces about 20% of earth’s oxygen. The Amazon is contained by the countries of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the three Guianas (Amazon Rainforest). Unfortunately, one phenomenon that has been affecting the Amazon rainforest is the deforestation; according to the Encyclopædia Britannica, deforestation is the transformation of forest to non-forest land cover by human activities.

Did you know that Brazil is home to one-third of the world’s rainforests? The beautiful South American country, Brazil, whose size is 3.288 million square miles, is home to one of the largest rainforests of the world, the Amazon rainforest. Something that a lot of people don’t know is that the Brazilian rainforests are extremely important and they not only affect the people of Brazil, but everyone around the world. Since the Amazon rainforest is so large in size, it would only make sense if it affect the world more than other rainforests. Therefore, Brazilian rainforests affect our world greatly because of all of the things that we gain from it, the harmful effects of deforestation, and because of deforestation, we need to teach people to conserve the rainforests.

Deforestation is an environmental problem everybody gets affected by; but not equally. Cutting down trees and degrading the soil of an eco-system can change it for the worse and leave it unrecoverable. The Amazon Rainforest is a large and very biodiverse ecosystem that stretches across 5,500,000 kilometers. The Amazon Rainforest is not a stranger to deforestation since the late 1960’s. Deforestation in the amazon forest will cripple all organisms that rely heavily on the forest to provide for a sustainable life, while others not directly impacted may benefit from it. Other people may benefit from the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest from the profit that comes with the use of land for agriculture/livestock. However, the tribes, plants, and animals, that live in the Amazon Rainforest suffer from the loss of Biodiversity, the habitat and resources that are being taken away from clearing forests, and the reduced air quality along with the increased carbon emissions. Deforestation is a process of demolition towards the ecosystem.