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    the World Bank and more the local Government should “put themselves in indigenous shoes” to better understand the project and migration impact on local environment and people. The government tried to take care about environmental side with a deforestation plan which consist in “give to each colonist 100 hectares, 5 of which would be cleared and planted each year, allowing the forest to regenerate over 20 years.” (Frelastre, 1985) but it was something didn’t work well because external agent…

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    are the emergents, which are over 200 feet above the forest floor. The rainforests provided our human ancestors with a supply of animals, food, and plants. Major trade routes, company empires, developed to control the resources from the forests. Deforestation…

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    forest." The law is that you can’t cut the Seed-Bearing Trees down because the trees provide hundreds of gallons of water a day to transpiration on a hot day. But the Loggers don’t care and they quietly cut the trees down, and this starts the deforestation. The evidence that was provided is alike…

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    Vancouver is a coastal city in B.C. It has a population growth of 4.4%. This change had affected Vancouver because they now have more pollution and deforestation. Once Vancouver got more people the demand for vehicles has increased and the demand of other resources has increased as well. Since more people are using vehicles the pollution has increased there. It didn’t affect vancouver that much but, the increase has been a concern to the government. They decided to lower hybrid cars to help stop…

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    Food Security In Brazil

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    They are working to increase the total area under strict supervision to 10 percent of Brazil’s Amazon forest. In 2012 there was a study that said there was a 37 percent decrease in deforestation between 2004 and 2009. Risk factor There is around 66 million Brazilians that still face daily food insecurity. They have a good rank on their safety, but a bad thing about there food is that the food that they grow has a low count of Vitamins…

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    accessibility of food, the robins had no special advantage one over the other, and with no competition there was no need for special advantage. After two years, “Deforestation, Inc.” cut down all the trees and plants in the area and scraped the topsoil off the whole region. When they left, the island was unrecognizable. Because the “Deforestation, Inc.” destroyed most of the island, a lot of robins died and only those that lives at the edge of the island survived. The…

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    opposition. People may look at the point and ask “how can you stop larger companies that have power and wealth at their disposal to do whatever they want?” Another argument would be the illegal loggers. Even if we enforce laws that help prevent illegal deforestation, the illegal loggers will still find a way to get the trees and continue to cut down trees illegally. My final point of a sanctuary would also be brought up for an argument. Some people may look at a sanctuary and think that they…

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    more than 2,000 birds and mammals. There are many species in the rainforest that can pose a hazard; the biggest ones are the black caiman, jaguar, cougar, and anaconda although there are many smaller ones like the blue poison dart frog. Deforestation…

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    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…

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    cause of human-caused desertification is the destruction and/or removal of the land’s stabilizing vegetation — a process known as deflation. This is caused, and acts in concert with, a number of other factors — including drought, overgrazing, deforestation, common agricultural practices, and changes in the climate. With the removal of a region’s vegetation, the soil degrades and erodes very rapidly — leaving an environment that is far less suited to supporting common forms of life. These,…

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