Rainforest Essay

In light of the recent news that the Amazon Rainforest was sold to Chinese petrol companies which equates to the deforestation of many trees for oil exploration which subsequently contaminates the land. Brazil was once known for it's forward thinking movements which prevented deforestation and reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 75% of the world's average now the deforestation has increased 30% since 2016. Many punishments which were implemented by the former President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff…

different diseases and illnesses in all parts of the Rainforest. And lots of people believe that there is a cure for even cancer out there. But, we will never know, at the rate we are destroying this vital ecosystem. Tropical Rainforest are types of forest that have extremely tall trees, lots of rain, and warm climates. Some rainforest gets more than one inch of rain every day year. These forests hold almost up to all of our planet’s trees. Rainforests are found in Africa, Asia, Central and…

Tropical Rainforest Damage Tropical rainforests are home to over half the world 's species such as butterflies, spiders, worms, snakes, frogs, parrots, sloths, and jaguars. There’s three levels of the rainforest; the forest floor where plants don’t grow because there is almost no sunlight. Understory layer where little sunshine reaches this area so the plants need to have big leaves to capture sunlight. Canopy layer where most of the trees have oval leaves that are pointy. Then the tallest…

The Amazon rainforest also known, as the Amazon Jungle is the largest rainforest on this planet it is home to the second largest river in the world. The Amazon is so large it includes territory between nine nations but 60% of it is in Brazil. The rainforest receives around 150 inches a rain per year. The Amazon is the most populated with different species than any other rainforest in the world; the region is home to more than 2 million insect species, thousands of plants, and a little…

Deforestation is occurring around this world more rapidly that It should be. While this is happening, people are losing their homes, animals are losing their lives, and this earth’s beauty is deteriorating. Using the Amazon rainforest, as an example to how people of this world are massacring the very essence of what we are would only give you a small insight to the destruction we are causing. The more we destroy our only resources the more we are suffocating ourselves. We are so busy trying to…

Importance of The Amazon Rainforest Kevin O’Gorman It’s suffering. The biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest is suffering from the rapid changes within it. Humans are cutting down the wood in the Amazon for resources. Everything is dying off because of the changes. It may be at a point of no return and impossible to save. The important plants are being destroyed for human resources. The Amazon is habitat to a variety of animals and humans. They’re suffering because the place they…

Every second one and a half acres of rainforest is cut down. It is estimated that within 100 years there will be no more rainforests. It is very clear that that we as human beings have a big dilemma on our hands , and we need to do everything in our power to stop the destruction of rainforests and wildlife habitats. Without forests and wildlife the extinction of the human race could be a lot closer than we all think. This advertisement does a great job illustrating how close we really are to the…

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…

woods or trees that can turn into paper. One of the leading causes of rainforest destruction is logging. Paper manufacturing companies that using wood to create furniture and other wood materials are causing a lot of problems to the nature, Also forest provides habitat for some animals. Research has found that the number of species found in logged rainforest is much lower than the number found in untouched or “primary” rainforest animals that cannot survive in the changed environment (Niel,…

The Amazon rainforest is the biggest in the world. It covers an astonishing 2.124 million square miles, originally it was a whole 4,100,000 kilometers. It is significantly smaller now because of the logging companies and farmers who took over much of the land. The tribes that have lived in the rainforest for generations past and the ones who will live there in the future, are severely affected by the deforestation and are slowly being squeezed out of their livelihoods. The loggers and farmers…