Growth forests

simple manner. The deforestation begins on a local level, then to a regional, level and then last the global level. As you will read, the forest is home to people and wildlife, etc. The forest also has many purposes for which we need but “we” as a whole is a big picture. We can use it but we also abuse it. Every living creature needs the forest for oxygen, that is what the trees are for, but if we keep cutting them for logging, cattle-raising for soy, and many other reasons we do what we

biome. There are many different types of biomes on earth’s surface. The divisions are based on climate patterns, soil types, animals, and plants that inhabit the area. There are five basic types of biomes which includes; desert, aquatic, grasslands, forest, and tundra. The tundra is a biome typified by permafrost, permanently frozen ground, that is found in polar regions and isolated patches at the tops of mountains. The tundra is located all over the world. Places such as Alaska, Northern Canada

constantly changing. Forest fires take part in the way our environment change and although an increase in forest fires in North America can negatively affect some species, it provides opportunities for many others. Certain species have found ways to adapt and thrive in forest fires while others need fire for reproductive success. Forest fires also promote diversity and a healthy ecosystem. The longer term one looks, the more opportunities can be seen for species to evolve through forest fires. Although

but why exactly? The real question is what is so important about these forests, and who is really concerned about it? If we get rid of these forests, could we be affected? First off, what is deforestation? Deforestation, is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. In contrast, the destruction that is being done with the forest has a terrible effect on us. Most people, use the forest as a place

4-8 meters of rain per year (compared to about 1-2 meters in the United States). These forests also have no ?seasonality?, which means that they lack a definite dry or cold season of slowed growth. Rainforests are the most valuable environmental entity on this earth as they provide the world with the majority of its species of animals and plants, food resources, and

Now with new technology, such as satellites systems, low altitude photography and side looking radar, scientists can now figure that the world is losing about 20.4 million hectares of tropical forests annually and if these figures are not reduced, we will lose all of our tropical forests in about 50 years. It has been suggested that the high deforestation rates are caused partly by the fact that the new surveys are more accurate and thus reveal old deforestation rates that have not been

disrupted or damaged by a force or interaction. Threatened habitats have become an unfortunate issue mainly caused by habitat destruction and pollution. About half of our world's original forests have disappeared, and they are still being removed at a rate that is 10x higher than any possible level of re-growth. E: Orangutans were once found across south East Asia and would even roam as far as northern china. Currently they endangered and are now restricted to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra that

Cloud forests are tropical ecosystems scattered throughout Central and South America, Africa, and Oceania (Scatena, Hamilton, & Juvik, 1995). Frequent, low level moisture shrouds the flora and fauna found in these jungles in a constant hazy mist. This fog cover differentiates the cloud forest environment from lowland tropical rainforests or temperate rainforests (Doumenge, 1995). To support an ecosystem, many processes such as photosynthesis, evapotranspiration, nutrient cycling, and predator-prey

interaction and climate change. Forests are undergoing deforestation and are changed into non-productive forests which are forests that are cut in such a way they produce minimal trees per year. Also, mining usually occurs in the rainforest which causes erosion on the trees and its growth. Dams can be found in tropical rainforests which causes flooding. As stated, there are many reasons why the rainforest is under crisis but one of the

Oaks are among the most genetically polymorphic forest species , hence their high adaptivecapacity 19 . These species are a carrier species and an engineer . They contain a significant biodiversity ( epiphytes , birds, insects, parasites and other symbiotes) and provide a low-acid, low-mineral soft humus that produces brown, neutral or even slightly alkaline brown soils 20 . Botanists distinguish two major categories of oaks 21 : oak deciduous whose leaves fall in autumn, sometimes spring ( red