Unit 10 Case Study developing The amazon
A Case in Environmental and Social Interdependence
I am in support of all amazon development projects being shut down because The unique ecosystems in tropical forests are being destroyed at a rate which is very alarming and all of the human race is affected by what is happening all in the name of greed and at a rate that is not sustainable at all. The tropical forests are responsible for providing watersheds for farmers who grow food for about one billion people on earth The tropical forests provide us with oxygen that we need to breath and hardwood timber and fuelwood and that is ok when it is being harvested sustainably and not being cut down in and harvested in a manner that is not sustainable …show more content…
Fot tubocurarine made from curare which is from the Amazonian liana chondodenron temntosum is used during surgery as a muscle relaxant also the wild yam dioscorea spp from mexico and Guatemala lead to the development of contraceptive pill to be developed those are examples of products that could potently not of been made if organic ingredients would of gotten destroyed during the deforestation. Other things that we get from tropical forests are as follows rubber resins waxes essential and edible oils gum nuts and fruits tannins flavorings and dyestuffs rattans and latexes steroids and bamboo and pesticides and lubricants you would think with all of these products there would be a bigger emphasis on getting the destruction under control in 1986 alone rubber earned tropical countries more then billion dollars if the destruction continues it will make getting these resources incredibly harder because there won’t be enough of the rain forest left to meet the demand for them Rubber is also the only place rubber trees will grow in and the …show more content…
According to my information sheets the tropical forests come in two different varieties wet and dry and both of them are under threat The worst destruction is occurring in the wet forests latin America has lost thirty-seven percent Asia has lost forty two percent and Africa has lost fifty two percent of their original tropical wet forests this information shows the extent of the destruction and I am sure it is even greater then what is shown currently in my information sheets. Logging was thought to be the biggest cause of deforestation has taken second place to do cultivation by the forest farmers who don’t actually own the land which are estimated to be about 150 million worldwide the conversion of forest to agricultural plots plantations and pastureland these farmers follow to logging companys and convert what is left after the logging companys leave these farmers do this so that they can earn a living but the problem is that they are doing it in a way that is not sustainable for the environment they cut down all the trees and burn them and use the ash for feriziler after three of four harvests insects weeds and soil impoverishment causes them to leave and repeat the same cycle some farmers usually seed the plots with grass then
A Case in Environmental and Social Interdependence
I am in support of all amazon development projects being shut down because The unique ecosystems in tropical forests are being destroyed at a rate which is very alarming and all of the human race is affected by what is happening all in the name of greed and at a rate that is not sustainable at all. The tropical forests are responsible for providing watersheds for farmers who grow food for about one billion people on earth The tropical forests provide us with oxygen that we need to breath and hardwood timber and fuelwood and that is ok when it is being harvested sustainably and not being cut down in and harvested in a manner that is not sustainable …show more content…
Fot tubocurarine made from curare which is from the Amazonian liana chondodenron temntosum is used during surgery as a muscle relaxant also the wild yam dioscorea spp from mexico and Guatemala lead to the development of contraceptive pill to be developed those are examples of products that could potently not of been made if organic ingredients would of gotten destroyed during the deforestation. Other things that we get from tropical forests are as follows rubber resins waxes essential and edible oils gum nuts and fruits tannins flavorings and dyestuffs rattans and latexes steroids and bamboo and pesticides and lubricants you would think with all of these products there would be a bigger emphasis on getting the destruction under control in 1986 alone rubber earned tropical countries more then billion dollars if the destruction continues it will make getting these resources incredibly harder because there won’t be enough of the rain forest left to meet the demand for them Rubber is also the only place rubber trees will grow in and the …show more content…
According to my information sheets the tropical forests come in two different varieties wet and dry and both of them are under threat The worst destruction is occurring in the wet forests latin America has lost thirty-seven percent Asia has lost forty two percent and Africa has lost fifty two percent of their original tropical wet forests this information shows the extent of the destruction and I am sure it is even greater then what is shown currently in my information sheets. Logging was thought to be the biggest cause of deforestation has taken second place to do cultivation by the forest farmers who don’t actually own the land which are estimated to be about 150 million worldwide the conversion of forest to agricultural plots plantations and pastureland these farmers follow to logging companys and convert what is left after the logging companys leave these farmers do this so that they can earn a living but the problem is that they are doing it in a way that is not sustainable for the environment they cut down all the trees and burn them and use the ash for feriziler after three of four harvests insects weeds and soil impoverishment causes them to leave and repeat the same cycle some farmers usually seed the plots with grass then