Ituri Rainforest

The Amazon rainforest has been in existence for approximately fifty five million years. The climate that followed the extinction of the dinosaurs allowed the forest to spread all over the continent. In addition, the climate changes that have occurred in the past thirty four million years have allowed the savanna type biome to spread into the forest. The rainforest was, at first, believed to be inhospitable for human life since it's soil was considered poor. However, humans started to live in the

Forest clearing in Brazil has already claimed casualties, but the animals lost to date in the rainforest region are just one-fifth of those that will slowly die out as the full impact of the loss of habitat takes its toll. "For now, the problem is along the arc of deforestation in the south and east where there is a long history of forest loss,” said

Deforestation has been practiced for as long as humans have colonized and practiced agriculture. The mostly widely accepted definition is “longer-term conversion of forests to some other kind of ecosystem, such as agricultural or urbanized land” (Freedman 2004). The main difference in our age is the scale and rate we are clearing forests and that most of the deforestation today occurs in tropical countries (FOA 2010). In 2003 alone, ten thousand square miles of Amazon forests were destroyed. While

Deforestation As you are reading this, sixty seconds from now approximately over 100 acres and roughly about 2,000 trees are being destroyed at an alarming rate worldwide. As a result an estimated 140 species of rainforest plants and animals go extinct every day. That is the equivalent of at least 42 million acres of tropical forests in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are lost each year, an area the size of the state of Washington (RFA). Now some may say in a geographical perspective the continents

Deforestation in Brazil is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. Deforestation in Brazil has been around for centuries and has a very important meaning in the lives of many. Rainforests have decreased in size primarily due to deforestation. “In 2002, the Amazon was approximately 5.4 million square kilometers, which is only 87 percent of the Amazon's original state” (Mongabay 1). Deforestation has a negative effect in Brazil on climate change, animals and their habitats and erosion

Tropical Rainforest. The tropical rainforest biome is an ecosystem that covers 6 percent of the earth. They are found all over the earth but the majority lie in South America. Tropical rainforests are defined by their hot and wet climate. The average temperature in this area is around 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. These areas often get up to 12 hours of sunlight due to being located on the Earths equator. Obviously, since it’s called a rainforest, it gets a lot of rain. Most rainforests get up to

privately owned company, and Bunge are increasing their share in the destruction of the rainforests in Bolivia and Brazil. These companies and many others have made a drastic choice, choosing profit over the environment. These companies along with many politicians question the importance of the worlds forests, claiming that the economy is more important. The world can only hope they are right. Currently, Tropical Rainforests make up 7 percent of the earth’s dry land and houses 50 percent of all species of

The Sierra Juarez is a rage of mountains located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is in the northwestern region of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca. The region stretches about 1,700 Km in length. The range is named after Mexico’s only indigenous president, Benito Suarez who was born in the region in 1806 in the small village of San Pablo Guelatao. Sierra Juarez is approximately 62 kilometers from the capital city of Oaxaca. The sierras have heights ranging from 500m to 3250m, with many huge and profound

Deforestation is the removal of a forest in which the land is use for non-forest uses. This is a big problem for the planet, and can have an effect on the enivroment. Brazil is an perfect example of what deforestation can effect an area enviorment. In the article "Deforestation Drives Up Brazil's Carbon Emissions" it states how the carbon dioxide level have risen in the country thanks to deforestation. The data the was reveal that the level of the carbon dioxide went up as did the rise in the rate

Environmental injustice is an issue everyone just seems to ignore, but in reality this issue as serve as any other type of injustice. Imagine you living in a place where your family as lived for generations, and in that place is where you meet your basic needs, such as: food, water, and shelter. One day without any beforehand warnings that place gets demolished, nothing but sheds of pieces on the ground. Places like the Amazon forest witness such events, animals in the Amazon forest are being forced