Watch The Fight For Amazonia: Saving The Amazon Rainforest Online. Occupied Cascadia 493 Views0 Likes The story of Cascadia, also known as the Pacific Northwest, a rich mountaineous landscape that stretches from San Francisco, California to the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The forests growing on the roof of the world are disappearing, and the rate of deforestation is so rapid that a quarter of animal and plant species native to this biodiversity hotspot, including tigers and leopards, could be gone by the end of the century. Worse, the Indian government is oblivious to the problem because official figures erroneously suggest that forest cover will rise rather than fall. This mistake has led to the approval of new schemes, such as hydroelectric dams, that will exacerbate the devastation. Environmental Impacts of Tourism. Negative impacts from tourism occur when the level of visitor use is greater than the environment's ability to cope with this use within the acceptable limits of change.
Uncontrolled conventional tourism poses potential threats to many natural areas around the world. It can put enormous pressure on an area and lead to impacts such as soil erosion, increased pollution, discharges into the sea, natural habitat loss, increased pressure on endangered species and heightened vulnerability to forest fires. It often puts a strain on water resources, and it can force local populations to compete for the use of critical resources.
Tourism development can put pressure on natural resources when it increases consumption in areas where resources are already scarce. Water resources Water, and especially fresh water, is one of the most critical natural resources. Protection. The Environment. Save the Planet. Problems - Loss of Species. Problem: Extinction of Plant and Animal Species Massive extinctions have occurred five times during the earth's history, the last one was the extinction of the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago.
Scientists are calling what is occurring now, the sixth mass extinction. Ten Most Endangered Animals. We Left The Giant Panda Off Of Our Top Ten Most Endangered Species List.
Nothing Personal. Photo:JCWF. Rainforest Deforestation. Impacts of Deforestation on the Amazon. The Ecological Importance of Amazon The images of fires raging out of control in the Eastern Amazon state of Pará are a powerful symbol of the way mankind continues to plunder and destroy nature.
Of the Earth's original forests, only about one fifth remain untouched. One third of what is left is in the Amazonian countries of Guyana, Suliname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil. What are Some of the Effects of Deforestation? Deforestation: Area of trees that are cut down.
It is estimated that in 2012, deforestation will account for approximately 12 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. But in the previous years, most deforestation took place in tropical rainforests. Why would they take place here? Because of the animals? Or because of all the tree species that are all there?
The newest scientific venture is a joint project with the Canadians and the Dutch. People don't think about anything they do. (7/29/97) Amazon Deforestation Risk to "Overwhelming" Number of Unknown Species. WASHINGTON, DC-- The Amazon Basin, home to largest rainforest in the world, is known for its astounding variety of plants and animals.
But the rainforest may be also be home to an even more overwhelming variety of previously unknown bacteria and this diversity, just as with plants and animals, may be jeopardized by deforestation, says a report in the July issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The report, by James Borneman and Eric Triplett at the Agronomy Department of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, describes a study in which soil samples were taken from a mature rainforest as well as an adjacent pastureland that was the result of deforestation. The soils were sampled, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), to isolate bacterial DNA. The researchers identified 100 different DNA sequences, 98 from bacteria and two from another domain of microorganisms known as archea. "It's such a rich biological resource that we decided to go and study it," says Triplett.
Amazon Rainforest Deforestation, Amazon Deforestation, Deforestation in Amazon. The Amazon is the largest and most incredible of the world's rainforests. Where is the Amazon rainforest? Located in northern part of South America it spans 9 different countries including 60% of Brazil. Deforestation. Deforestation Brought to you by Evie K. and Denise L.
The rain forest is a natural resource that is a necessity in the world. Unfortunately it is disappearing at an increasingly high rate of more than 29 million acres per year. Many of the countries that have rain forests are less industrialized nations with fewer natural resources therefore using their one large resource, the rain forest. However, deforestation has many consequences such as : global warming.
Earth's vanishing medicine cabinet: rain forest destruction and its impact on the pharmaceutical industry. Todos tem direito ao meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado.(1) Everyone has the right to an ecologically balanced environment.
In 1988, the Brazilian Constitutional Assembly incorporated this imperative into the Brazilian Constitution as part of a chapter on environmental protection.(2) After hundreds of years of environmental ignorance, our planet's inhabitants have experienced a growth of environmental awareness. One global environmental tragedy garnering substantial recent attention is the depletion of the planet's tropical rain forests.(3) In addition to eternally altering the human environment, rain forest destruction poses a serious threat to both the pharmaceutical industry and individuals in need of medical care. A substantial portion of existing pharmaceuticals are plant-based and animal-based, and the pharmaceutical industry continues to explore additional species for medicinal potential, particularly in tropical regions. Medicinal plants of Western Ghat, India.
Examining Global Environmental Problems 2011. Rainforest. Rainforest Conservation. Deforestation. Endbridge – Why The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Proposal And All Tar Sands Expansion From Alberta To The B.C. Tanzanian forests in near crisis due to bushmeat hunting, habitat degradation. The populations of several animal species in southern Tanzania are suffering alarming declines due to bushmeat hunting and habitat degradation, and urgent action is needed to prevent the collapse of local biodiversity, a new report by Tanzanian and international scientists and conservation organizations revealed today. The report describes the results of three separate research projects focused on the threats to biodiversity in Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve in southern Tanzania since 2004.
Although biodiversity is critical to the health of the ecosystem—which many Tanzanians rely on for water, soil fertility and other services—the report shows that Tanzania’s wildlife has been hugely impacted by human activities and recommends that action be taken urgently to protect it. Amazon Rainforest Deforestation. Nature lovers have notably said that the tropical jungle, the Amazon rainforest, is said to be the most beautiful place on earth. To my experience, it truly is! Whether you are exploring the breath taking sites filled with millions of different fruits, plants, insects, or animals, the Amazonia is a place that will never be forgotten once you have traveled it.
However, while enjoying the beauties and the wonders of the rainforest it is also important to keep in mind and remember the dangers that the Amazon rainforest is currently facing. Amazon Destruction. Amazon Destruction Since 1978 over 750,000 square kilometers (289,000 square miles) of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana. Why is Earth's largest rainforest being destroyed? For most of human history, deforestation in the Amazon was primarily the product of subsistence farmers who cut down trees to produce crops for their families and local consumption.
But in the later part of the 20th century, that began to change, with an increasing proportion of deforestation driven by industrial activities and large-scale agriculture. Rising deforestation in the heart of the Amazon - in pictures. Ecuador threatens to tap Amazon oil fields. Ecuador will begin operating three oil fields in a pristine Amazon preserve unless the international community contributes $US100 million ($93.77 million) by December, President Rafael Correa has announced. Ecuador's government pledged in 2007 to leave the oil fields under the Yasuni biosphere reserve untapped for a decade if rich countries would contribute $US3.6 billion ($3.38 billion), which it estimated was half of what the country could earn from the oil. The government wanted to get $US100 million ($93.77 million) for 2011, but officials have said only about $US37 million ($34.7 million) has been donated by Chile, Spain, Belgium and Italy. "Unfortunately we are not getting the response we expected," Correa said in his Saturday broadcast program, Dialogue with the President.
Ecuador Signs Deal Not to Drill in Amazon Nature Reserve. Ecuador Amazon Ecuador Jungle Ecuador tropical rain forest Ecuador Amazonas Ecuador Oriente. Jungle: Congo Deforestation. NGO hits out at study for downplaying logging threat in Congo rainforest (07/23/2013) Global Witness has called in question conclusions reached in a study on logging in the Congo rainforest. Congo Basin - Threats. Horrific bush-meat trade stalks Guinea-Bissau - Investigations. ‘I eat monkey whenever I can,’ says Angela, a Guinean health worker at one of the major hospitals in the capital Bissau. ‘Often I go with my son and we pay 2000 CFA (the equivalent of $4.12) for four or five pieces of monkey and a loaf of bread. I prefer mona monkey but I'll eat anything on offer unless I'm pregnant. Pregnant women can't eat monkey because they will end up having kids who act like monkeys and that's a problem.’ Angela takes me to her local monkey butcher in Bissau.
At two o'clock in the afternoon he has already sold out but, he says ‘come back tomorrow and I'll have more.’ Jose, a poet/artist/accountant who has travelled far and wide – and knows the works of Picasso and Michelangelo – sits in his local monkey restaurant drinking coke and beer and smoking cigarettes. Impoverished Jose also points out that ‘this restaurant gives the best value in Bissau. Orphaned Orangutans and Habitat Loss. Orangutans are losing habitat at a horrifying rate. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Save Chimpanzees from Extinction. Chimpanzees in West Africa could be extinct within 40 years, unless we act now. Deforestation: Ape Action Africa. Rainforest Deforestation. The Earth was covered by approximately 14.8 billion acres of forest 8,000 years ago (Rainforest Alliance, 1999).
Deforestation of Tropical Rainforests - A Case Study of Madagascar. Agriculture - Sustainable Oil Palm on Degraded Land. Palm oil & forest conversion. How Does Deforestation Affect Orangutans? The threat of Indonesia's palm oil rush. Threats - Habitat Loss. Alberta’s Oil Sands: Key Issues and Impacts. Athabasca Oil Sands. Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands. MBG: Madagascar's Littoral Forests.