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Text BoxShapeImageText BoxAcre is a state located in the north of Brazil a country in South America.it is considerably smaller than most other states in Brazil.Acre, sitting under the Amazons and to the right edge of Peru, is part of the Amazon rainforest biome.Therefore, like other surrounding states, it is almost entirely covered by plantlife.Being a rainforest, it is hugely biodiverse with thousands of breeds of trees, plants and animals. Consider these facts: A single pond in Brazil can…

deforestation. Even though deforestation may have profited, it can be very damaging. Economic benefits are shown throughout deforestation. “When land is empty more businesses get built and roads get made to help the economy” (17). Along with that, Amazon deforestation can help with the economy and can also help people…

heat, and then warms the atmosphere. While methane doesn’t linger as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, it is initially far more devastating to the climate because of how effectively it absorbs heat. More heat, less rain, more drought, no more Amazon, a quite simple turn of events going wrong extremely fast. There are Land Sparing policies in act to help reduce greenhouse gasses. The land sparing policies rely on market mediated changes to production, consumption and change. Deforestation…

RainForest My biome is the rainforest. I chose the rainforest because it seems like a very interesting biome to do my report on. There are many locations for rainforest the ones I found are the amazon rainforest, the rainforest of asia, the central american rainforest, and the australian rainforest. All these rainforest are different some are big and some are small. Although all of these rainforest do have something in common they are all tropical rainforest. The climate of a rainforest…

the history of Brazil through the lense of fiction, as though peering through 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…

First of all, the Brazilian government made a huge effort to construct the Amazon tribes that opposed the dam project – and Amazon itself – as a particular object of knowledge upon which to impose the development discourse. At the same time, the discourse concealed behind technical jargon and development "buzzwords" the fact that political choices were…

Research Paper In the past 114 years, an abundance of the Earth’s species have gone extinct due to deforestation, and humans are mostly responsible. Environmentalist Ed Begely Jr, also a well know actor, said “I don’t understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature we call it progress.” (Begely,1). Deforestation is a global issue that impacts a wide range, including human and animal life ultimately leading to the…

Apple, Inc. is one of the largest and leading technology companies in the world. In 1976, the company released its first personal computer, which was considered to be bulky and awkward. It did not do well in the market; however, founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak did not give up. They went back to the drawing board and focused on inventing a product that would be desireable to the public. Their next attempt at a successful invention was profitable, as Apple introduced the iPod, the most…

Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) started with an online bookstore in the United State. Amazon expanded their offerings. The company started to add DVDs, electronics, toys, tools, housewares, apparel, etc. into its selling list. Amazon used direct-to-consumer online model, and Amazon offered a broad selection. Later, Amazon invented the Kindle, an e-book reader, and the Kindle Fire tablet. Today, Amazon expanded business in other countries. Becoming a global company brought challenges to Amazon.…

GLOBAL IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ON DEFORESTATION Introduction Deforestation can be defined as the process of general disruption of a forest ecosystem that occurs when trees are cut on a large scale. It also refers to any process that alters an original tree covers, which includes felling of all trees on a site, thinning a forest and setting bush on fire. Trees are cut down by people for various reasons, for example trees are cut down to be used or sold as fuel in the form of…