Peruvian Amazon

Deforestation refers to act of cutting down or burning trees in forests in order to make land to serve building activities or farming. According to Angelsen in 1995, deforestation meanings destruction or loss of vegetation, from losing completely or permanently to changing gradually in the economical component (Angelsen 1995). In fact, in the world, there are roughly 300 km hectares of forests being cut down and approximately 13 million hectares disappearing annually (International Union for the…

The times updated and futuristic technology has won over the simple and classic possessions of our time can be considered immeasurable. We live in a world where everything has gone digital, or online, but some things are just better left alone. For centuries people have been in pursuit of ways to better the world with technology, whether others wanted to accommodate or to continue to reside in a classical age. As convenient as Ebooks and Kindles are in this day and age, traditional books have an…

Latin America and North America are located right next to each other, Latin America being just south of North America. Latin America is made up of six sub regions: Mexico, Central America, The Caribbean Basin, Northern Andes, Brazil, and Southern South America. Whereas North America is made up of two Countries: Canada and the United States. Due to how close they are to each other there are some similarities, but don’t be fooled these two regions are very different. Latin America has a very wide…

E-Book Pricing: Amazon can still opt to sell e-books at a lower price as they have a greater financial stability, diversification in the market and larger market share this helps Amazon to lock in customers to its Kindle environment. However, B&N cannot do the same due to lack of financial stability & market penetration. Instead it can look into device…

such as Amazon and Mattel, have had to adopt to remain competitive or gain a competitive edge in their industry. According to Parnell (2014), social forces influence an industry’s behavior and potentially its performance. Social forces can embody anything that has the potential to cause change. Both companies have implemented many changes over the past decade in an attempt to accommodate the social forces that they are up against. Hailed early on as “the world’s largest bookstore”, Amazon has…

4.0Chapter four Discussion: 4.1 Point Counts By restraining the recording of species to a 10- 50m fixed radius when in dense forest at kamwala 1 forest, it allows the subtraction the certain bias, such as, the highly vocal forest species; White bellied Go Away bird and Tropical Bulbul, as well as those species which ‘generally’ occur above the canopy (for example; forest raptors). The most widespread species to occur across all the count areas (map 1) were Common Bulbul, Orange ground thrush…

rainforest is a wonderful place! There’s so many animals and plants… it’s overwhelming! In fact, there’s three of them around the world! There’s one in South America, one in Australia, and one in Indonesia. The most famous is the Amazon Rainforest in South America. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the biggest rainforest. Three biotic factors of tropical rainforests are animals, trees, and plants. In fact, the tropical rainforests have some of the most fascinating animals in the world! Like the…

of the most damaging to the environment. One of the most damaging resources humans overuse is trees. To humans trees supply heat, paper, and more, but to the organisms that live in forests like the amazon rainforest the results are horrific. According to National Geographic 's article Farming The Amazon’ In only the past forty years around twenty percent of the trees and vegetation have been destroyed. The reason for this is to clear area to build new buildings and/or to gather lumber that will…

Brazil is one of the most urbanised countries in the world and is populated with 207 million people. The tourist wonder of the world is known for its beautiful mountains and love for soccer however the country is home to one of the poorest places in the world. Favelas, as locals call them, are huge slum areas located in Brazil. Home to 11 million people around the country, there are over 1600 Favelas just in Sao Paulo and these Favelas are only expanding. What are some size and characteristics…

Three-toed Sloth The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most beautiful places on earth. It also serves as a home to several species of animals. From the 3,000 species of fish to the 428 species of mammals (Hellas 2), each one of them calls the rainforest their home. One species in particular, the Three-toed Sloth, lives in the trees of the rainforest and generally hangs on the vines. They have been known to hardly come down to the rainforest floor. However, there is a major problem that the…