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in tropical rainforests is especially problematic as they are home to a myriad of important plant and animal species. The rich biodiversity found in these environments are needed, as we rely heavily on the ecological services they provide for us. Forest exports, cattle ranching, and international corporations and agencies are a few factors and actors to this issue. It is important to consider these economic and political factors if we wish to establish appropriate governance. Although the mass clearing

excerpt "Great Smoky Mountains National Park" is able to convey that the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains was successful. He is able to do so by revealing the popularity of the park today and by telling how the park is full of biodiversity and beauty. One way that the author way able to convey his opinion of the success of the national park was by revealing its popularity. In the first paragraph of the selection he states that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park,which is located between North

Managing a forest with and for the people: Community forestry and environmental public participation in the case of Arcata, California 1. Introduction All across the United States, historical patterns of resource extraction have led to degradation and fragmentation of forest landscapes. When a community depends on those resources, a local crisis can emerge from this process of degradation. To reverse this scenario, community forestry became a popular approach in the 1970s as a modern policy and

year. 58 thousand square miles of the already narrow belt of tropical forests stretching around the equator. These are forests of amazing diversity and productivity. Forests that may cover only 7% of the land’s surface here on Earth, but harbor more than half of all species and play a massive part in maintaining the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and regulating our climate. Advocates for the preservation of these forests state that deforestation has devastating consequences including social

Lemurs as small as, Madame Berthes Mouse Lemur to the largest primate living known as the Eastern Gorilla. Primates, similar to humans are species that play an important role in maintaining and influencing our ecological system. They maintain the forest system between animals and its resources by taking on various roles such as being herbivores, pollinators, and seed dispersers (Chapman & Peres, 2001). However, over time many species of primates have become endangered and are threatened with extinction

deforestation and its surface and root causes. Although deforestation occurs mostly in tropical rainforests, which are primarily in developing countries, this does not equate it to national problems, instead it is an issue, which through the rise of economic globalization, means that the global population are bearing down on the forests as well. The surface issues are agricultural expansion and infrastructure expansion, with deeper root causes, which fall under the political and social scope. These underlying

The earth’s tropical forests are major contributors to the treatment of diseases and the relief of suffering. Covering only 6% of the Earth's surface, tropical moist forests contain at least half of all species. Rainforest plants are the source of compounds useful for medicinal purposes. The abundant plant resources of tropical forests have already provided solid medical advances, yet only 1% of the known plant species have been thoroughly examined for their medicinal potentials. 70% of the 3000

temperate rainforests are found on North America's Pacific Coast and stretch from Northern California up into Canada. Temperate rainforests used to exist on almost every continent in the world, but today only 50 percent — 75 million acres — of these forests remain worldwide. Rainforests act as the world's thermostat by

Ameera Jafrey Professor Syvates ENST 150 September 22, 2014 A Look into Some Causes, Effects, and Possible Solutions of Deforestation in the Global Environment I. Introduction With society’s demand and need for the earth’s 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

“More than 80% of Earth’s natural forests have already been destroyed at the rate of 20,000 hectares per day” according to the World Resources Institute (WRI). Despite our dependence on forests for our means of survival, from the provision of livelihoods for us human-beings, the prevention of soil erosion, medicines derived from rainforest plants, to the air we breathe, we are still allowing them to disappear at shockingly high rates through deforestation. High deforestation rates, primarily as a