Old Forest

The effect of Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study of Liberia’s Vast Rain forest Liberia is located in West Africa and is comprised of vast natural resources which include areas of one of Africa’s largest rainforest which is interconnected to the forests of neighboring countries. Agricultural activities, including; both legal and illegal logging, settlement urbanization and mining, to name a few, continue to negatively contribute to causing deforestation. This process often leads to…

travels to America, no one said to get the species into the USA. Most people call this plant by Kudzu, but its scientific name in “Pueraria lobata” , this species belongs to the plant kingdom. Kudzu has had a negative effect on the environment in forests and local ecosystems its biggest impact is on the South. Kudzu is a quick-growing east Asian climbing plant…

On the Adirondack Trip, a nice man named Paul discussed how they were managing their forests. Their forest tree species composition has been changing with sugar maple trees were becoming less abundant. This is partly caused by beech trees outcompeting the maples due to the stressor of beech bark disease. When a beech tree is affected by the disease, the stressor stimulates the tree to respond through the production of root suckers. These root suckers, which are genetic clones of their parent…

The general goal of the study is to explain and find out the natural phenomena that impacts dying trees in our area. The key elements we are investigating is the plant pathogen,Phytophthora ramorum and the trees that are being affected and the host,Umbellaria californica. This is significant since billions of trees are dying at a rapid pace every year due to a new pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death. The pathogen is called Phytophthora ramorum and it was recently discovered in the year of…

higher-power creatures living a balanced life, therefore portraying Tolkien’s respect for nature and humanity’s role in nature. In the biblical creation story, God creates humans to serve as the land’s servants. Tom Bombadil was the master of the forest he lived in, and Frodo’s magic…

Forests produce vital oxygen for people and wildlife. The world’s most vulnerable and endangered life exist in forests and 1.6 billion people rely on the benefits that they offer. Forests have integral part in maintaining the climate, however, man chooses to use this precious resource for his selfish purposes without any regard to the beautiful life it protects and shelters. Deforestation is one of the biggest threats to the planet and if we continue to exploit it at the pace we are going, they…

frogs, parrots, sloths, and jaguars. There’s three levels of the rainforest; the forest floor where plants don’t grow because there is almost no sunlight. Understory layer where little sunshine reaches this area so the plants need to have big leaves to capture sunlight. Canopy layer where most of the trees have oval leaves that are pointy. Then the tallest trees are the emergents, which are over 200 feet above the forest floor. The rainforests provided our human ancestors with a supply of…

Forests and Environmental Values Forestry is a profession related to resource management that is primarily about the art and science of creating, maintaining, using, and protecting the forest and its resources. The usefulness of the forest is vast, and its value in the world’s societies can be quite large. The people of the world value forests for their economic value primarily, for the forest provides important resources such as timber, medicines, and ecotourism revenue. This economic benefit…

According to Jane Goodall, “ Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been [lasting] for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living [wild] lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would [state] that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in [concord] with the environment” (Environment Quotes). Palm oil nourishes one’s appearance and rejuvenate the life of food products. The demand for this product has greatly increased in the past years, but…

“Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet.”(Deforestation | Threats | WWF). With the the prevalence of deforestation, it messes up animal living because the trees are the animals homes and without the trees the animals do not have homes. The WFF (World Wildlife Fund) has been working for over fifty years to help stop or slow down deforestation. The earth is under a threat for losing much of our forest. Humans are also affected by the loss of…