Boreal forest

representatives of the company around the world that a break out of the Bogog Moth in eminent. This moth is a pest, which can eat through entire forests within days. It was previously thought that the Bogog moths were under control with them nearing extinction, however they have surfaced again and are a real threat to forests. The drawbacks of the forests being destroyed are that massive soil erosion will occur, as well as the loss of water resources. The only way to stop the outbreak of these Bogog

The survival of humankind has depended on biodiversity since the beginning of time. Our dependency on biodiversity is more important today than ever before in our life time. Biodiversity is defined as the variety of species in an ecosystem or habitat on earth. There is an incredible amount of species of plants, animals and fungi. Sadly, many of these species have disappeared because of direct effects of human actions on our ecosystem. It is important that we consider that the advancements in human

Peru lost more than 1 million hectares of Amazon forest over a period of 15 years It is estimated that about 1.8 million hectares of Amazonian forests were lost between 2001 and 2015 with peaks of loss occurring in 2005, 2009 and 2014. The main causes of forest loss are deforestation and soil degradation, small and medium scale agriculture, large-scale agriculture, pasture for livestock, gold mining, coca cultivation and road construction. Controlling small and medium scale agriculture will be challenging

Algonquin Provincial Park, a park that located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in Central Ontario, was established in 1893 and it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. As a big forest, here is a question, should logging be allowed in Algonquin Park? The answer should be yes. There are a number of benefits of logging, such as timber resources, land resources, and job opportunities. However, it should be limited. In an ecosystem, balance is the most important thing. First of all, wood

Creating a Culture of Renewal: Saving Jobs, Saving Resources The topic of forest management in America has been one of the most controversial and long-standing issues between loggers, environmentalist groups, and forestry workers. All parties have several valid arguments regarding their position on forest management politics and how they have impacted the world’s forests and ecosystems. The question is how can these groups come to a compromise that will satisfy all parties involved? Loggers have

In the TED talk by Patricia Medici she dedicated 20 years so far to research the tapirs in Brazil. Since the tropical forest and ecosystem are being ruined, climate change, and many species are on edge of extinction. “The lowland tapir species are the largest terrestrial mammals of South America.” (Medici) Tapirs are found in the Amazon and they need as much habitat as possible to find resources they need to produce and survive. Since the habitat is being ruined and tapirs are being hunted it is

The lumber industry may have been the most important industry in the world. Lumber was a very important to the people of early Minnesota, because of the harsh winters the people faced. When lumberjacks would go out to eat food they would use a type of language that most people wouldn't understand. Some of the words they used were like sweat pads which meant pancakes, and blackjack which was coffee. The lumberjacks used old but up to date tools at this time. The tools include cross cut saws,

protective bark comprised of stacked plates that sometimes like like puzzle pieces Location in columbia river basin: They grow at lower elevations, forming the arid timberline where the forest transitions to shrub-steppe and grasslands. The Ponderosa pine also extends into the moister, cooler, mid elevation forests Range: The range of ponderosa pine extends from southern Canada into Mexico, and from the Plains States of Nebraska and Oklahoma to the Pacific Coast Trophic Level: The Ponderosa Pine

Forest fragmentation is when a patch of forest habitat is isolated by a sea of human transformed land. When a habitat is fragmented, species are killed in the destruction, while the remaining species flee into the fragment or intact area. Research has shown that forest fragments have reduced densities of key mammalian seed dispersers (Laurance et al., 2011). This decrease in mammalian

chain. Why did the deforestation happen in each instance, and what was the immediate cause? a. Ancient Middle East: Forests were abundant, there was growth of cedar trees at one point in time. However these forests soon began to deplete at a freighting rate. In this cases in The epic of Gilgamesh the author spoke about how humans will one day remove all the trees from the forests, because there is nothing that could stop them. The cause was guided by greed, though the immediate cause was for resources