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    An Ethical Approach to Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest Are outsiders overusing resources in the Amazon rainforest? Some believe that cutting down trees is necessary economically, while others argue that it only makes the wildlife and neighboring people helpless. While deforestation can provide farmers and locals with many materials, such as knifes, paper, and wood; it can also cause several harmful effects such as, global warming, carbon emissions, loss of habitats, and the destruction of…

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    The rainforest is home to 30 million species of plants and animals live in the tropical rainforest that covers 6% of Earth surface. The rainforest can be described as tall, dense, and heavy rainfall per year. Not only the rainforest is home to millions of plants and animals, but have several products including chocolate, sugar, cinnamon, rubber, medicine, and pineapples. Entering a rainforest is extraordinary in many ways; not seeing the beauty in nature but the rich wildlife found in the…

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    economic crisis. The number one job in Brazil is deforestation. The people of Brazil rely on deforestation for their job. Brazil is home to more than half of the world’s largest rain forest. Not only does Brazil’s economy rely on the destruction of rainforests as their number one job, countries like…

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    the lush foliage of the Amazon rain forest and happening upon the events of an entirely different era of travel and communication, before the advent of a world connected by a global network of information. Following the course of the Capella, a tramp steamship attempting to travel up the Madeira River and through the Amazon basin, this work of literature describes…

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    Animal Endangerment in Brazil Brazil is home to some of the world’s most diverse wildlife, with over 2,900 animal species occupying in the Amazon rain forest. (Animals) These animals serve an important role in the world’s ecosystem, but are quickly becoming endangered. Although the extinction of animals is a natural occurrence, human activities has quicken their rate of becoming extinct. From early European colonists and settlers, to deforestation, and to animal smuggling, the number of species…

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    4. All of the western gorilla species are either endangered or critically endangered. The western lowland gorilla has an approximate population of 95,000, whereas the cross river gorilla population consists of about only 220 individuals. The population for western gorillas is decreasing. 5. There are two main threats to members of the western gorillas: commercial hunting and the Ebola virus. Due to an increase in logging production in Africa, where wild western gorillas reside, previously…

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    Do you not love the wonderful odor of nature? As you may already know Georgia has a state park called Providence Canyon that may also be known as the Little Grand Canyon. Where everything is just made all naturally? Nature is full of living plants, rocks, forests, and many other different kinds of animals. They help things form little by little. This is called geology and is the process by which things are formed, moved , or changed .The geology of nature has created a beautiful canyon known…

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    On June 29, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park to "preserve the works of man," the first national park of its kind.. Today, they continue preservation of both cultural and natural resources. It is the focus of the park's research and resource management staff. I wrote this essay to inform the 6th grade English class about the Mesa Verde National Park. It is vandalism wantonly to destroy or to permit the destruction of what is beautiful in nature, whether it…

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    As the only native animal adapted to consume most larger rainforest fruits and carry their seeds through their digestive system undamaged, these ‘keystone species’ play a crucial role in the maintenance of the rainforest ecosystem (name, date). After remaining within the cassowary’s digestive system for approximately 10 hours, it can be ensured that the seed is deposited far away from the parent tree…

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    Rainforests are beautiful ecosystems where trees, plants, insects, and other wildlife thrive. There are rainforests all over the world; even some in the United States. The rainforest holds many wonders humans have yet to discover. The largest and oldest ecosystems on Earth are rainforests. There can be as many as 500 tons of living things per acre. Over 50% of the world’s animal and plant species are found in the rainforest. Four layers make up the rainforest; the first of the four is the…

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