Amazon Rainforest

The documentary film “Cowspiracy” aimed to highlight the global effects animal agriculture and livestock has on our environment, our health, and the future of our Earth. Kip, the director of this film, had a natural love for the outdoors and nature growing up. So, when he learned of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming,” he became very concerned about the health and sustainability of the Earth. He began taking quick showers, separating different pieces of trash, riding…

decent things working for it. The story concerns the quest for a cure for malignancy, a request to stop the pulverization of the world's rainforests, a romantic satire, fascinating locations, and not in particular, Sean Connery. Medicine Man is silly entertainment that could utilize some healing itself. As the film opens, Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco) lands in the Amazon rain timberland to meet with Dr. Robert Cambell (Sean Connery), a conspicuous Scottish biochemist so submerged in his field…

Tropical Rainforest The Tropical Rainforest is a really interesting ecosystem. Did you know that the rainforest in southern Asia stretches 3,100 miles on 20,00 islands. Did You also know that some plants in the rainforest can help treat cancer. The tropical rainforest is home to some weird and endangered animals. Location Tropical Rainforest can be located in north South America,west Africa, southern Asia. It stretches from Peru and goes through the Amazon basin to the end of east Brazil.…

to fight Frank Miller, a criminal, who comes back to seek revenge. Imagine traveling up the Amazon river at night and you hear a gunshot from afar. You want a closer look so your hop on top of the railing of the boat, but by accident you fall into the water. You realize that you are on Ship-Trap island and you meet a friendly stranger that hunts humans. Rainsford is a hunter that is traveling to the Amazon. Rainsford fell off his boat and is face off to fight for his life.High Noon and The Most…

Brazil is the largest country in South America and the eight largest in the world. As the largest nation in South America it has deterred itself from the wave of globalization into becoming an economic and diplomatic power house (Cassas-Zamora 2010). According to Cassas-Zamora (2010), Brazil has refined their middle class by opening up their economy and controlling inflation while at the same time applying social programs in their efforts to entirely reduce poverty. But even though in recent…

Rurrenabaque Airport Travelers with a sense of adventure, a longing for a vast jungle landscape, and a passion for the environment should definitely have Rurrenabaque on their list. Located in the Amazon basin of Bolivia, Rurrenabaque is the perfect base camp for people wanting to experience the Amazon. It's a small town with a big sense of adventure and dozens of tour companies offering guided excursions into the jungle. To find the cheapest flights to Rurrenabaque, try Skyscanner's monthly…

The Pygmy three-toed sloth is an endangered species of the South American Amazon rainforest, and there is estimated to be less than 100 individuals remaining. The sloth has pale grey-brown fur and a tan-colored face with a distinctive dark band around the eyes. On the sloths fur you’ll see a greenish tint which is actually a unique species of symbiotic algae, which helps them camouflage. Little information is know about the life span of the pygmy three-toed sloth, but most species of sloths live…

Brazil has been receiving a large profit from tourism. Since the year 2000, tourism in Brazil has been skyrocketing. Brazil’s natural resources have been a large part of this profit because of eco-tourism. Eco Tourism in Brazil is getting to see the rainforests and local villages and knowing that you are not inflicting any harm on the local people or the plants and animals that inhabit the area. The beaches and cities that surround them also provide a good source of tourism in…

more. A non-vegan diet has done harm to our environment for years. Land gets destroyed every year in order to make room for livestock production. The Amazon rainforest is a prime example. A lot of the rainforest has been destroyed to make room for the animals that we consume. More than 20% of the oxygen we consume is produced by the Amazon rainforest. (YourDailyVegan.com) Not only does the destruction of land hurt the environment, but it ultimately hurts our bodies in the…

parcel of the Amazon Rainforest the size of a football field disappears in order to create more land for companies to build on. For instance, in the year of 2004, the Brazilian government earned approximately 10 billion dollars by flattening areas in the Amazon in order to build soybean farms (The Economy). However, many fail to understand the mass amount of oxygen that the Amazon forest produces for the world. In fact, more than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon which is…