Research Paper On Tropical Rainforests

Decent Essays
Where are tropical rainforests found?
Tropical rainforests are located in tropics. The most famous (and the largest) tropical rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest, located in Brazil, South America. You can also find rainforests in Australia, Asia, and Africa, but also in Central America. For example, the Sinharaja Forest in Srilanka.

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    If the name Headwaters Forest Preserve does not ring a bell, you might recall Julia Butterfly Hill, who spent 738 days between 12/10/1997 and 12/18/1999 in the tree affectionately known as "Luna," to prevent Pacific Lumber Company loggers from cutting it down. Pacific Lumber had been bought by Maxxam Corp., and they were clear cutting everything in sight to pay off the bonds they sold to buy this forest. Pacific Lumber, which had been doing sustainable logging for generations, suddenly became an environmental villain due to the hostile takeover. Senator Dianne Feinstein helped put together $380 million in state and federal money to purchase Headwaters, a pristine old growth redwood forest, within the Pacific Lumber lands, east of Eureka.…

    • 1176 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Amazon Rainforest is known to the largest River on the planet Earth. The Amazon Rainforest covers 40% of the South American continent and swivels its way through 8 countries; Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. The Amazon Rainforests consists of many different ecosystems and different vegetation types which include, rainforests, seasonal rainforests, deciduous rainforests, flooded forests and savannahs. The Amazon Rainforests also consists of the second biggest river (The Amazon River) following after the Nile River in North Africa. The river plays a massive part for the reproduction of the Rainforest and has done this for many years.…

    • 102 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ramsey Parra Sociology 150 Professor Loughlin 10/08/16 The idea of a Cosmopolitan Canopy, a term defined by sociologist Elijah Anderson, has been used to describe various locations throughout the greater New York City area. In this setting, people of color have a tendency to be to some degree calm and now and again even vivified in their presentation of self. Many of them are part of the working class, but there is a larger amount of them than white people. Ultimately, individuals of both gatherings are curious and accept this open door to watch each other nearly.…

    • 984 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In your book, “The Truax”, you bring use a fantasy world to bring up a real-world problem with the environment today which is the concern of deforestation. In “The Truax” you showcase, through the plot, a major environmental problem and show the point of view from two different sides of the issue. “The Truax” is set up in a fantasy land similar to Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” to make it appeal to adult and children alike. The beginning of the book starts off with Truax, the logger, about to cut down some trees as a part of his job, but Mr. Guardbark swoops in and stops Truax. The two characters argue about the deforestation of trees with Truax is for it and Mr. Guardbark is against it.…

    • 606 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The last Biome that Red went to visit was the Tropical Rainforest. This Biome gets more than 79 inches of rainfall per year and it is the most diverse biome on earth. There are two different type of rainforest the tropical and temperate. In the Rainforest Red saw lots of mosses, ferns, parrots and anacondas.…

    • 55 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    2. Identify two different types of forest environments. Two different types of forest environments are Tropical Rainforests and Coniferous Forests. Tropical Rainforests are typically dense and are located near the equator. Whereas, Coniferous Forests are located near the two poles and is usually in a snowy environment.…

    • 1468 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The world is full of many beautiful and natural places biomes are examples of beauty and nature Tropical Rainforest is one example of one of the many biomes that exist in our world there are many plants and animals species some animals never touch the ground and there are many unknown animal and plants in the Tropical Rainforest Many producers, consumers and decomposers exist in the Tropical Rainforest 2 examples of the producers are poinsettia and Banana plants poinsettia grows in a form of a small bush or tropical tree banana plants are giant herbs 2 examples of consumers are jaguars and bengal tigers jaguars can reach up to six feet in length bengal tigers weigh approximately 400 to 600 pounds lastly 2 examples of decomposers are…

    • 216 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Meteorologist/Geographer : Shancil Shepherd The average temperature in temperate deciduous forests is 50°F (10°C).…

    • 570 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Rain Forest

    • 1096 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Rebeca Lambarria Steve Nehlsen Cultural Anthropology Spirit of the Rain Forest In the book "Spirit of the Rain Forest," Mark Andrew Ritchie relates the story of a Venezuelan Shaman named Jungleman, and his people. Although the author is Mark Andrew Ritchie, the story is told by Jungleman. Jungleman affirms that many of the stories he is telling came to him via the spirit world.…

    • 1096 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Amazon Rainforestation

    • 652 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Every year, many plants and animal species are killed, or even put to the brink of extinction, due to Amazon Deforestation. “Forests are complex ecosystems that affect almost every species on the planet. When they are degraded, it can set off a devastating chain of events both locally and around the world.” (Bradford) By deforesting the amazon, many animals are losing their homes and food sources.…

    • 652 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Tropical deforestation is an issue that has plagued mankind since the beginning of time. It is an important component of global change and has a large influence on many different environmental issues we have today such as climate change and carbon emissions. Over a twelve year period that ended in 2012, 1.1 million km2 of tropical forest was lost, with the rate of forest loss increasing during this span. One of the largest and most biodiverse tropical forests’ in the world is the Amazon, covering an area of 5.5 million square kilometers and shared by nine countries. Brazil holds the majority of it, over 60%.…

    • 2010 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Biome Research Paper

    • 491 Words
    • 2 Pages

    My name is Elton Husband And my Biome and animal is the Savanna and the Hyena. The Savanna is basically covered with lots of rolling grassland with several isolated trees and shrubs. You can also call the Savanna Tropical grassland. This Biome could be found between or around a tropical rainforest and a Desert. You can find them on both sides of the equator near Tropical Rainforest.…

    • 491 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Amazonians should have control over the whole Amazon Rainforest because the Native’s were there before everyone else and they do more help than harm. The Amazonians should be able to control the land because people in the Amazon that aren’t Amazonian clear the land and making highways. The Amazonians should be able to control the land because the more trees being cut down the Native Amazonians are losing their land and the trees. The Amazonians should be able to control the land because The more land that is being cleared the more wild animals are getting aggressive and hurting random people for the sake of their territory being taken away. Although the loggers are cutting down illegal trees and selling them,…

    • 1334 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Great Bear Rainforest is a temperate rainforest of 6.4 million hectares, home to many rare and endangered species, as well as watersheds that provide the best salmon runs left in Canada. Unfortunately, the Great Bear Rainforest is under threat due to clearcutting and its effects on the environment. According to the David Suzuki Foundation, “30% of logging in the Great Bear Rainforest has been in watersheds since 2001”, meaning the water quality of that area has been affected. As for wildlife, deforestation is one of the leading causes of animal extinction in the world today. Due to the negative effects deforestation has on wildlife and watersheds, the acts of clearcutting in the Great Bear Rainforest must subside.…

    • 783 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Think back to the last vacation you had overseas and how many American companies you may have seen in that foreign country. Whether it was McDonalds or a JW Marriott, western culture is an overarching presence in Latin America. Not only can it potentially interfere with the current culture of the country, it also exploits the land and resources in the area. In Through the Arc of the Rainforest, Yamashita discusses the globalization process through overarching American corporations westernizing Southern America. Because of this, nature is exploited and not left to be natural.…

    • 1030 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays