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    all over the world, especially in the Amazon region, deforestation has been a prominent issue. Rapid deforestation started in the Amazon around the 20th century and has increased through the beginning of the current century. Certain regions of forest has been eradicated for farms, dams, natural resources, and for an expansion of the modern world. Consequently, indigenous tribes are being forced from their lands and brutally harmed. Deforestation in the Amazon causes a decrease in the tribal…

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    characteristics than the other. Tropical rainforest is very interesting. So i will so i will be telling you some cool thing about the tropical rainforest. The Tropical rainforest has different locations. The Tropical rainforest is in the Amazon River, South America, Congo River Basin, Western Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, Madagascar, and Australia. The Tropical rainforest is huge that's why their are so many located there if it were smaller their wouldn't be as many located their.…

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    The Amazon Rainforest is currently transforming from a wonderful forest with multiple species and habitats, into the next lifeless desert, due to deforestation. Deforestation is the process of clearing trees from a large area. This process is not only ruining the world, but for humans and animals too. Nearly half of the world's forests have been destroyed, and even more are being cut down at greater rates each year. The rapid deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest over the past 50 years is a…

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    Latin America Geography

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    They have dry regions in the northern part of Latin America such as deserts in Mexico. There are wet regions like the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil. ”The Amazon River is the life force of the equally large Amazon rain forest, which makes up about half of the rain forest of the entire planet. This tropical biome has as many as 100 different tree species on a single acre.” “Access to the sea within a country, not just…

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    The Amazon Rainforest, the largest rainforest in the world. Covering over a billion acres in the countries of Brazil, Venezuela, and Columbia; the Amazon is home to 40,000 plant species, 1,300 bird species, 3,000 types of fish, 430 mammals and 2.5 million different insects. That’s a lot of life, not even including the 700,000 indigenous tribal people that are living in the Amazon today. This untamed jungle is disappearing fast, 14% of the world was covered by rainforests thousands of years ago…

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    different and new ideas which keep it different from all the other ones. As it is near to the headquarters. Walmart is also selling and offering its products online which last year gathered in $482 billion. Which have strong hold above the Amazon. Still amazon is growing fast but the chief executive said we will fight back. Walmart’s leader’s goal to show that an antiquated vender can bear to switch in the age of e-commerce. Walmart may protest how to cartel physical and online skill. When…

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    and this increased competition will likely decrease Amazon’s sales and profits. • Amazon Supplier relationships subject it to a number of risks. Amazon has major suppliers, comprising licensors, and limited or single-sources of supply, that are important to their sourcing, services, manufacturing, and any related on-going servicing of stock and content. Amazon…

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    Raydonia Monologue

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    Ah. Raydonia. A little green planet in the Outer Rim. It was quiet and peaceful...until the Empire came. "Three Credits," grumbles Ralgadorr, and I snap back into reality. And reality is at the market in the Capital City, as I try to make a deal with Ralgadorr Morra. He's an old Beslisk who cooks for Morra's Cafe. He's not all that friendly, but he'll talk to you if there's fresh meat involved. "Three Credits for a Blase Tree Goat?" I say, crossing my arms. Great. Even though they aren't hard to…

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    Including deforestation in the Amazon Basin, illegal wildlife trade, illegal poaching, land degradation and air and water pollution. Water pollution in Brazil is caused by mining activities, wetland degradation, and severe oil spills. Acid rain is also a problem. It’s caused by the rise…

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    On a thick log surrounded by tall highly pigmented grass deep in the Amazon Basin on the border of Peru sits three individuals staring at onlookers; one in confusion, one in distress, and the other with disinterest. Nearby the log on the edge of a green murky river stands a woman with two young children. The women are all dressed in a single wool-like material skirt revealing the upper part of their tan torso, while the men wear small straps of string to cover their genital. They share similar…

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