Amazon Basin

“Slash and Burn”, a popular and illegal method of deforestation used by farmers to cut out forest, burn the trees, and farm in the nutrients of the resulting ash. The problem with slash and burn is that the crops drain the soil of its nutrients within 3-4 years, and it takes nearly a century for the forest to grow back. Humans have practiced this kind of environmental burnout for most of history, and as our population grows the world only seems to get smaller. This method is practiced because it…

Guyana Guyana is a small, wonderful and beautiful country, There is a lot of great places to visit. “Guyana has valuable mineral resources, dense forests, and wild mountain country” ("World Book Student | Guyana."). Guyana has a wonderful climate, geography, economy, government, and culture. Guyana is a small country with many land and water features. Guyana is divided into three main regions; the coastal plain, inland forest and highland. The coastal plain is a strip of land along the…

thought that kids would laugh at him and call him names. He was called on an adventure to the Amazon Jungle. Moses got the call at 11pm and if accepted he would leave at 4am. He sat and wondered what would happen while he was away for work. Moses told his wife that he can read minds of others and that he works as an undercover government agent. Moses then asks his wife if he…

Figure 6. A. Species classification for the area of study. B. Percentage based on the relative frequencies of each class for the area of study. These 14 species are distributed differentely across the area of study, with some species dominating specific areas while others are distributed scattered around the site (Figure 7). Figure 7. Species distribution across the area of study. One hundred and fifty two of the trees surveyed were dead (7.1%), with 81 of those (53.29%) situated in the…

Domain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Cetartiodactyla Family Giraffidae Genus Okapia Species johnstoni Description The okapi has a rich, chocolate brown to dark plum color. On it’s hind areas there is a rich white color with stripes that resemble a zebra’s. The stripes help it camouflage easily in it’s surroundings. On it’s feet, they have what looks like white booties. The okapi has a long neck as it is a relative of the giraffe.The okapi can be known for…

Brazil is a country in South America that is leaded by Michel Temer. Brazilians speak portuguese. Brazil hold one of the the world's largest river it is actually the second largest and holds more than 5,600 species of fish. It also holds the world's largest rain forest It has over 40 000 plant species, 1,300 bird species, 430 amphibians, 3,000 fish, 380 and reptiles. Brazil has the largest number of Catholics in the world. Roman Catholicism has been Brazil's main religion since the beginning of…

The Cassowary is a multicellular eukaryotic organism, found in numbers of approximately 1,200-2,000 within Australia (name, date). These flightless birds are first level consumers, feeding from over 150 different fallen fruit species, and it is estimated that 70-100 plant species rely entirely upon the Cassowary for seed dispersal over a habitat. As the only native animal adapted to consume most larger rainforest fruits and carry their seeds through their digestive system undamaged, these…

bad for the environment, it is good for the economies of the countries. It provides more jobs than anything else there. It is up to the countries that allow deforestation to happen to make the decision. Works Cited Bevins, Vincent. "Guardians of Amazon." Los Angeles Times. 10 Jul. 2015: A.1. SIRS…

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…

Jaguars Melenie Cruz period 7 Jaguars are the largest species in America. And are the third largest species in America. They are found in south and central america. Their environment or where they usually are in heavily wooded savannas. Near warm water and low lands. They prefer wet lowlands swampy lowlands and tropical lowlands. They can also be found in shrubby places or small caves. They like living in a wet environment like near lakes or rainforests. Jaguars are carnivores.…