Forest

for this decline, resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation is the cutting down of a large area of trees and the destruction of forests by people. Forests are what we call an exhaustible resource, one which can be used up if it is not used carefully. Over the last few decades, deforestation has threatened the rainforests with total extinction. To understand why deforestation is such an important

I find this article for the NPR Science. This article is about the Rainforest in Brazil. The author is show the how today the amazon rainforest has disappear. The forest has being clear to be farmer land. The road construction and the economic that people have to the country to be more development, to have better economic system. Today, the Amazon becomes cattle ranch and it also become the largest exporter of soybeans in the world. The United States is the big importer Amazon wood. They import about

Mahatma Gandhi once stated, “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another”. Excessive deforestation is believed to be one of the leading causes of climate change and habitat loss in the world. Daniel Quinn, an American writer claims that “...man was innocent until he discovered the difference between good and evil. When he was no longer oblivious of that knowledge, he became a fallen creature… We are destroying the world

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

Humans have always cleared the forest for our own interests, but in the past, the process was slow and only limited regions were deforested, generally for subsistence agriculture. However, today, humanity is far more efficient at clearing the forest with our advanced technology and machinery and our almost maniacal drive to earn profits in the near term. Ranching Cattle ranches are created in the rainforest for many fast food companies. Large areas of rainforests

transpiration and evaporation process. Transpiration is the water vapour loss from plants through stomata, and evaporation is the water loss from all other part of plants but leaves and other living things in the forest. Evapotranspiration are the accumulation of transpiration and evaporation in the forest. During transpiration, trees suck water from soil through the root system and transport the water to leaves through xylem, and then release the water to the air through stomata. Transpiration happens simultaneously

you think of fire, you typically will think of destruction, but with the right fire regime in certain ecosystems it can actually help the area become more successful. Due to the degradation of the longleaf pine forests, prescribed burning has become a necessary factor to keep the forests successful (Lavoie et al., 2014). The biodiversity of the longleaf pin ecosystem depends on a lot of rainfall, porous, sandy soils, and a cycle of fires (Greenberg, 2002). Longleaf pine trees have a tolerance of

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

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

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