The Effects of Fires in Western Amazonia

The Brazilian Rainforest is one of the most unique, vast, and diverse regions of the world. To get a general idea of the diversity of the Rainforest, it makes up a total of one-third of the world forests (more than four million square kilometers), it contains half of the total number of named species in the world (eighty-thousand plant species, 1,500 fish species, and one-forth of the 8,600 bird species), and is the world largest holder of genes (Library 138-139). To say the least, the Brazilian Rainforest is one of the most important natural resources we, as humans, know. It would seem that this knowledge, alone, would also make the Brazilian Rainforest one of the most protected land areas on Earth as well. However, the situation is

One of the biome which I found interesting was the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon Rainforest is region which is owned by more than 1 country because of its land mass. It is actually owned by 9 nations. This biome is situated in the amazon basin of South Africa. The Amazon Rainforest covers 5,500,000 km2 (2,123,562 sq mi) of total 7000000 km2 of the Amazon basin. This particular rainforest cover more than 50% of the world rainforest biome. So as to understand this particular rainforest biome better, I am going to talk about the Brazil part of the rainforest as it owns 60% of the rainforest. I found this particular

Today, the total percentage of forest cover of the earth is approximately thirty percent (“Deforestation”). That is about nine percent of the world’s total surface. The largest rainforest is the Amazon River Basin, located in South America. The Amazon is home to many species of animals, insects, plants and trees. Many of the trees and plants in the Amazon produce about twenty percent of the oxygen on earth, and absorb carbon. However, the Amazon is decreasing in size every day due to the ongoing deforestation of the land. Deforestation is when the forest of the land are cleared or destroyed, in order to be used for other actions (“Deforestation”). The Amazon is twenty percent less than it was about forty years ago (Wallace). In just about

The beauty, majesty, and timelessness of a primary rainforest is indescribable. It is impossible to capture on film, to describe in words, or to explain to those who have never had the awe-inspiring experience of standing in the heart of a primary rainforest. Rainforests have evolved over millions of years to turn into the incredibly complex environments they are today. Rainforests represent a store of living and breathing renewable natural resources that for eons, by virtue of their richness in both animal and plant species, have contributed a wealth of resources for the survival and well-being of humankind. These resources have included basic food supplies, clothing, shelter, fuel, spices,

Tropical rainforests have long been home to indigenous peoples who have shaped civilizations and cultures based on the environment in which they live. Great civilizations like the Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs developed complex societies and made great contributions to science. Living from nature and lacking the technology to dominate their environment, native peoples have learned to watch their surroundings and understand the intricacies of the rainforest. Over generations these people have learned the importance of living within their environment and have come to rely on the countless renewable benefits that forests can provide.

The Denver Academy has recently researched and defined some of the important facts surrounding the Amazon rainforest. In 2017, the Amazon rainforest covers 2.1 million square miles of South America. It is a vast ecosystem home to 10% of the world’s known species (The Denver Academy). They go on to say that the trees are so dense, when it rains, it takes 10 minutes for the water to break through the forest roof. The destruction of this habitat could lead to extinction of these species, and have devastating impacts all over the world from the loss of the lungs of the earth. While it is mainly concentrated in Brazil there are also large portions of the rainforest in Peru and Colombia, so many populations and economies are directly affected

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.

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.

There are several world changing events happening right now. However, many of these events are either forgotten or rarely discussed. One of these “forgotten” events is the deforestation of the rainforests. Rainforest deforestation primarily started in the 1970’s, but has since increased. Up until recently, deforestation of rainforests was seldom talked about despite how much it has affected the world. Rainforest deforestation needs more attention because it has occurred for many decades despite the environmental damage, the rainforest is important for the economy, food, and medicinal purposes, it has many adverse effects such as climate change, and there are several projects to reduce deforestation.

When it comes to deforestation, the paving of the Trans-Amazonian highway is a two-sided coin. While the increased accessibility could lead to more effective environmental protection, it may also permit more illegal logging. When the highway was first constructed, spells of deforestation lead to 25,000 square kilometers of forest clear cut per year (that’s the size of New Jersey, every year). 95% of this deforestation happened within 7 kilometers of a road (Frasier 2014). In Madre de Dios, before the road was paved, tall trees used to line the highway. Now, the forest is cut back half a kilometer on both sides. Tree damage in the Xingu region were 4 times higher than average in 2007 (Frasier 2014). Once road paving

The Amazon contains nearly half of the tropical rain forests of the world and a large area of ​​tropical savannah, constituting a major source of natural resources. The vast expanse of the Amazon and its position in the humid tropics gives the region a significant potential to influence the global

This journal explain the ecological changes of the rainforest both in Peru and Brazil while explaining economic effects of the deforestation. Not only does it explain the ecological effects and change of landscape but it explains the damage to farmers today and the loss of economic stability. It is a good source to analyze the changes of more recent times. This journal will help me in the research of more recent numerical data (1999) to relate the effects of deforestation from the past and the effects felt

There are many ecosystems that subsist on Earth. For example, one paramount ecosystem is the tropical rainforest. The tropical rainforest is a prominent biome as it receives an abundant and sufficient amount of showers and rain on a daily. In additament, there are additionally several animals that optically discern the tropical rainforest as their domicile, all ranging from mammals to amphibians to arachnids, to reptiles, to plants and many more. One categorial tropical rain forest would be the Amazon rainforest as it is the most immensely colossal forest that grows in the tropical basin of the Amazon river. Covering a staggering 1.4 billion acres, the Amazon rainforest is home to about a moiety of the world’s entire animal species and around

Zemp et al. (2017)’s result on forest resilience in their simulation supports that the Amazon’s forest survival also decrease as there is an overlap between reductions of forest resilience with deforested areas. Despite the evidence showing the detrimental effects of deforestation, Zemp et al. (2017)’s research focuses primarily on the quantity of the forest and deforestation, as such, the research has a gap such that other geographical influences like fertilization, greenhouse gases, and water use, are not accounted for. However, Zemp et al. (2017) had gained more understanding as they had used other research papers, like [Spracklen and Garcia-Carreras, 2015; Lejeune et al., 2015], to close the unanswered gaps in the deforestation issue. Although the paper has explained the effect of deforestation on water fluxes, the problem remains that in the short and long term, regardless of any deforestation, many of the Amazon rainforest regions will continue to lose precipitation and become more vulnerable to disturbances from fire and droughts, even more so in the dry season (Zemp et al. 2017).