Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Deforestation: Conservation and Sociological Effects Introduction Top Forests have covered the earth for millions of years, providing habitat and food for animals and humans. These forests have stabilized different ecosystems and have continued the natural cycle that keeps plants and animals in check. The discovery of fire changed all of this. It was the beginning of deforestation, a process that has continued and increased over the last 200,000 years. Humans are the responsible party for

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 listed above are not in correlation to North America’s natural resources

ensuring that the paper they use is sourced from sustainably-managed forests, which provide many significant long-term benefits for the environment and local communities, including timber for paper and other wood products, ecosystem services such as clean air and water, habitat for wildlife and biodiversity, and recreation opportunities. As a result, they seek to maximize the use of paper that has been independently-certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Their primary

Deforestation of the tropical rainforest in Brazil and surrounding countries I. Introduction Tropical rainforests are unique ecosystems with specific features that make them a world patrimony. Today about forests cover about 31% of the planet’s land. However, 46-58 thousand square miles of forest is destroyed yearly, equivalent to 36 football fields per minute. Besides its ecological value, they provide several exploitable resources, which make these forests important in an

Rich black soil, towering tropical trees, the distant sound of a hollering monkey and the smell of damp leaves paint the picture of a tropical rainforest. The most famous and valuable tropical forests include the Amazon, Congo Basin, Indonesia and the forests of the Russian Far East and have been debated as endangered for decades. These rainforests mainly differ in soils, geology, precipitation patterns, the wildlife which resides there but all share the abundance of natural wealth including sturdy

Relationships between functional diversity and C stocks in different forest ecosystems Recent studies focused on biodiversity have begun to include the concept of functional diversity, which measures the range, value, and distribution of functional traits of organisms in a community ecosystem (Tilman et al. 1997; Mouchet et al. 2010). It is becoming increasingly accepted that biodiversity components of plant community, i.e. the species identity, abundance and divergence of functional traits, strongly

“unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It 's not.” One of the most prevalent environmental issue in the world today is the issue of deforestation. “Deforestation is when trees are chopped down to clear a forest so the land can be used for other purposes.” (Deforestation Facts and Statistics) While learning the definition of deforestation may not seem like a significant issue in the world, one will find it alarming to know the statistics associated with deforestation

plots for agriculture can be found on parallel sides of the road. It is clear that the production of roads in old growth forests have numerous amounts of negative effects such as soil erosion, sediment runoff into waterways, habitat fragmentation and loss of massbiodiversity. Road construction near or through forestry also has the unintended side effect of exposing the forest to no native pest, disease to wildlife species(Miller et al 2015). While roads are often constructed for the extraction of

The logging industries punch new roads into pristine forests, invade indigenous lands, parks and preserves, and murder those who stand in their way. Brazil does not have the means to fully regulate the logging industries however, the Asain logging companies were fined over one million dollars for illegal logging last year. The loggers have cut more than 3,000 miles of roads into the intact forest regions. The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has taken action against

atmospheric conditions. Clark et al (2009) presented the extent of the LGM, with growth of ice-sheets to their maximum extent occurring between 33ka and 26.5ka; primarily in response to climate forcing from decreases in northern summer insolation, tropical Pacific sea surface