Essay on The Effects of Deforestation in Ecuador

we discussed this with the Mbuti as their health decreased as they were brought into city which has diseases the Mbuti didn’t have the immunity for and were further away from the plants they used for medicine. The forest provides the tribes of Ecuador, like the Waorani, with a natural resource. The trees naturally filter out all the dirt and sand and particles that are unwanted in your water. If the forest is depleted much more effort will have to be put into making the water clean, which is easy

is rich in biodiversity and it is home to a number of species of plants and animals as well as to the indigenous people. The Amazon has been prominent in discussions on preserving it and its resources by establishing regulations for issues like deforestation, extraction of oil and minerals, development of hydroelectric dams, land disputes and displacement of indigenous people. The Amazon plays a role socially, economically, politically, and studies have shown a linkage/relationship between the Amazon’s

Amazon. Just until recently there has been more promise in Middle Eastern countries. With oil at historically high prices, the incentive to develop oil resources has never been greater. The main concerns of the oil extraction in the Amazon are deforestation, indigenous conflict, biodiversity loss and pollution. In order to extract oil there must be a course to enter deep into forest, and there needs to be sufficient space for the oil rigs to be operated and therefore much of the rainforest is being

exploration efforts in Block 16, which is in Ecuador. With Conoco’s decision to attempt investments in Ecuador, it faced many challenges. It not only had to deal with the local government, in terms of utilizing their natural resources but dealing with other domestic and international groups as well. These various groups all have their own interests and some striving to protect the environmental, social and various indigenous species as well. If Ecuador Government were to decide on accepting Conoco’s

The Impacts of Deforestation in the Tropical Rainforest Deforestation is having an effect on all tropical rainforests. This is not just negative effects but also some very positive effects from the deforestation of the rainforests. From deforestation there are many problems that can be caused by this, environmental, social, economic and political issues all from the destruction of the rainforests across the world. There has been dramatic deforestation across the world

connect Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador so goods can be transported much easier. This highway is threatening the animal and plant life of Colombia. After reading The Story of Stuff, I had more knowledge of problems similar to this and knew it was perfect to talk about this issue for the project. As Leonard says The highway is being built through the foothills of the Andes that pass through Colombia, specifically near two national parks. This caused deforestation to become more common in the area

different countries. It is however know that the Amazon rain forest belong mostly to brazil because according to McGann (2005) Brazil has 60% of the total area which the forest occupy. Other countries that own part of the rain forest include Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana. Also known about the rain forest is that it is a home for more than ten percentage of the remaining rainforest in the whole world. Also the BBC (2005) recognize that the rain forest has more than 205 world

Devastating Effects of the Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados Although relatively small in size, Ecuador is one of the most biologically diverse nations in the world. A drastic range of altitude and geographical diversity in such a small area has resulted in a high number of diverse climactic regions. Because of their very different climates and altitudes, Ecuador’s four main regions, the lowland Pacific Coast, the Andes Mountains, the Amazon rainforest, and the Galapagos Islands, are each home to

the last several decades the Amazon has undergone numerous dramatic and, in fact, damaging changes all of which have been attributed to the area’s extensive deforestation. Many millions of years ago, during the Paleozoic era (299 million years ago through 251 million years ago) and prior to the even the beginning phases Amazon’s deforestation, the continent of Pangea was still in existence. Attached to Pangea was a modest area of land that would evolve to become what we refer to today as the Amazon

eight countries in its nations: Brazil Bolivia Peru, Ecuador Colombia Venezuela Guyana Suriname French Guiana Represents half of the planet 's remaining tropical rainforests Stabilizing the local and global climate by containing 90-140 billion metric tons of carbon Has an estimated 390 billion individual trees which were separated into 16,000 species harbors 10% of the world 's known species Home to 350 ethnic groups Human impact – effects on the biome → 17% of the forest cover has been lost