Rainforests

The Amazon Rainforest Introduction There is so much to explore in the Amazon: birds, trees, and animals. Did you know that about 1/4 of natural medicines have been discovered in rainforests? And did you know that 25% of the oxygen supply that we have throughout the world is supplied by the tropical rainforests, even though they are miles and miles away? Read on to find out more! Where is it? The Amazon rainforest, or Amazonia, is a gigantic rainforest located in South America in an…

The Amazon’s rainforest is a serious controversial issue seen in the media. Human health and the environment are threatened by the act of deforestation. Deforestation is a worldwide issue that is impacting our climate, health, and biodiversity, there is little being done to address this continuing problem. We all are immune to hearing the term “go green” from environmentalist and environmental ad companies. It has become harder to catch the eye of the public audience to raise awareness of…

The Amazon Rainforest, is located throughout ten different countries in South America, they include Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Giuana. This forest has many types of animal spices and plant species, which some of these species are endangered. In order to protect the rainforest, there are a wide number of management strategies that take place. These strategies are put into place so that the rainforest can be sustainably developed. The…

Tropical Rainforest: Rattan Palm The Rattan Palm: The Rattan Palm is a vine that is strong and is different from other Palms because it has a climbing behavior . Location: The rattan palm is located in many different places such as tropical africa and throughout Asia East Indies and Australia but the plant is mostly found in the rain forest of the tropic Indonesia. Adaptations: The Rattan Palm has whitish spines that are located on the mid rib of its leaves. This leaves the plant…

The Amazon rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, covering over five and a half a million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres). Its location spans from Brazil into Northern South America with over half of it located in Brazil. The Amazon Rainforest covers 2,100,000 square miles (5,500,000 square kilometers), making it the biggest rainforest in the world. It is twice the size of India, and over half the size of America…

The Amazon Rainforest is located in 9 different countries, but more than half of it (around 60%) is located in Brazil. The rest of the 40% can be found in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Image: Map of the Amazon Rainforest. Unique characteristics: The Amazon is the world's biggest rainforest, larger than the next two largest rainforests, in the Congo Basin and Indonesia, combined. The Amazon River is by far, the world's largest river by…

Picture this, The Amazon Rainforest. Bright green leaves from trees, animal moving all around, and beautiful trees, flowers and plant. Amazing, right? Well now imagine all of that being cut down, even destroyed. Many companies are cutting down trees in the Amazon to make factories, roads, farms, and to plant trees. By doing this, plants and animals are getting killed, which is causing a chain reaction. The animal and plant population goes down, then there is less food to hunt, then people are…

important the Amazon Rainforest is to the earth? Well, if you haven’t this essay will show you why and how the Amazon Rainforest is important to the world. There is an exceedingly crazy amount of research that shows the importance of the Rainforest. If we do not protect the rainforest, then our planet will be permanently damaged. It is very hard to believe that there are people damaging the rainforest even though it did nothing, but helped them. If people continue to destroy the Rainforest all…

The Amazonians should have control over the whole Amazon Rainforest because the Native’s were there before everyone else and they do more help than harm. The Amazonians should be able to control the land because people in the Amazon that aren’t Amazonian clear the land and making highways. The Amazonians should be able to control the land because the more trees being cut down the Native Amazonians are losing their land and the trees. The Amazonians should be able to control the land because The…

will be in bad situations, so there would be know oxygen and mostly every air breathing living thing would eventually die. There are also environmental groups that have concern about deforestation. Like the Amazon watch, who helps to protect the rainforest. There’s one called the Canadian Forestry association, who also supports all the matters related to the conservation of forests. Then there is one called conservation international which uses science, policy, and fieldwork to tackle and stop…