Ituri Rainforest

On the episode that talked about American artist Mark Dion and his point of view about ecology, I feel that this is really necessary for our society. One of the principal artwork that described in this episode is how the artist used the fallen tree into the building structure. The artist’s point of doing this is that the building is created for the nature purpose, and the tree is helpful for his study. As we all can see in the episode, in the beginning part of the episode, we can see that the artist

Avatar the movie has many stories behind it, comparing it to the real world. In relation to Avatar, when deforestation occurs it will kill the animal’s natural habitat and humans honestly don’t care. Humans will destroy anything, that is beneficial towards them, and in this case deforestation will happen. Due to deforestation, animals lose their home making it quite difficult to survive in a new environment. It’s harder for animals to adapt, this can lead to animal extinction that will affect everyone

Three to six billion trees are cut down each and every year! Deforestation is a huge problem in the rainforests. Because these forests are home to much of the Earth’s species of life. Covering 30 percent of our land forests provide homes, protection, and oxygen for humans and other wildlife in the forests. There are 7.125 billion people that count on the benefits provided by the forest, which is: food, clothing, traditional medicine and shelter. If something isn 't done soon to reduce our carbon

certain biome, but all of the diversity that exists within a certain region - a good example of this being Papua New Guinea. The rainforest of Papua New Guinea are incredibly rich and diverse environments; the rainforest not only houses a wide variety of plant and animal species, but is also home many indigenous groups. By examining the changes in Papua New Guinea’s rainforest throughout time, a better understanding of the complex and dynamic human relationship to nature will be achieved.

Rainforests today are disappearing at an alarming rate as a result of deforestation for commercial purposes such as logging, agriculture, and livestock and the probable solution are becoming far from realistic as the expansion becomes bigger and bigger. Every year, an estimated 18 million acres are destroyed for various reasons, including paper, timber. An average of two football field sizes of precious rainforest are torn down, killing millions of animals and destroying valuable pharmaceutical plants

resources, deforestation has long been a prevalent environmental issue at hand and has picked up significant momentum more recently. Deforestation occurs around the world, however, according to GRID-Arendal, it is most prevalent in areas with tropical rainforests such as Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa, and parts of Eastern Europe (Szalay 1). For a number of reasons, trees are being cleared at massive levels resulting in poor quality land and have created

How does commercial logging impact our environment? Cody McDuffie 9/11/14 Environmental science How has commercial logging impacted out environment? Has it been negative, positive or stayed in the middle? Most lay people have purchased into the concept that reducing down plants in the US should be ceased. They think that plants are being greatly over-cut and we will not have any air remaining to take in, all the creatures will die, and large break down problems will adhere to. The fact

problems such as destroying animals habitats. For example 25% of the organisms that fight against cancer live in the rainforest and are losing their homes to deforestation every day. Loss of animals habitats isn’t the only problem that deforestation has brought to this world. Deforestation plays a big role in global warming. It may come as a shock to you but deforestation in tropical rainforests actually adds more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than every motor vehicle(cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles)

Spirit of the Rainforest delivers an engaging tale of Yanomamo life through the eyes of Jungleman, a powerful shaman in Venezuela. The novel presents a disturbing sampling of spirit warfare scenes, detailing the transformation of some Yanomami people while initiating a transformation in the worldview of its readers. Members of the culture engage in an endless cycle of slaughtering each other in the name of hatred. The motif of Vengeance lingers throughout the novel. It’s motivated by the spirits

Imagine living in a world without trees. It is nearly impossible because trees play such a crucial role all throughout the world by providing the earth with a home for plants and animals, natural resources, and protection. If the current rate of deforestation continues a world without trees could become reality. According to National Geographic, deforestation is defined as “clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land” (“Deforestation and Its.