Slash and burn

the focus of his writing. He covered the fight to save gray whales threatened by this proposed salt factory in Mexico, the race to protect endangered species from extinction, the illegal orangutan trade in Indonesia, and loss of rainforests from slash and burn practices. Feature articles in magazines led to him writing and editing books on wildlife and wild places all around the world. His publishers included Animal Planet, Smithsonian Books, and Time-Life. It is no mystery that he eventually…

Deforestation, or “the conversion of forest to another land use or the long-term reduction of the tree canopy cover” (“Deforestation”) is a global problem. One immediate effect of this phenomenon is the degradation of forests. More specifically, deforestation reduces biodiversity, releases greenhouse gas emissions, disrupts water cycles, increases soil erosion, and disrupts livelihoods (“Deforestation”). Southeast Asia is facing extreme amounts of deforestation. About 3.5 million hectares of…

The debate whether standardized testing is effective or useless has become one of the greatest issues around. Standardized testing to some individuals is highly defined as a waste of time and a big threat to our children. But, in the other hand many individuals believe that these particular tests help our children advance their education and stay more focused in school. The No Child Left Behind Act became law in 2002. Among other things, it required standardized testing of students, beginning in…

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…

Factory Farming and the Environment Since the beginning of time humans have eaten meat for survival purposes, but in today’s society it is no longer necessary. The growing population has created an unsustainable demand for animal products. A meat free diet is better for health, the animals, and the environment as a whole. With the question of morality aside, eating meat is unnecessary and does more harm than good. Factory farming has a negative effect on the environment. The meat industry…

I love the world that I live in, but sometimes I hate the people who live in it. To start off, I am partially guilty of being one of those people I despise because if you read my previous article you know that I did drive a car and I did leave a car in the jungle. I suppose I meet criminal standards for that. If anyone asks if my story about the jungle car is true I might even deny it; I am that bad. But I am on the bottom of the feeding chain when it comes to my contribution to pollution. I…

The Yanomami live in the tropical rain forest of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil in the Amazon River region. They are believed to have migrated from Asia across the Bering Straits, which thousands of years ago was a land bridge that connected Asia to North America. They slowly made their way down North America into South America. The Yanomami are probably some of the first immigrants to South America. It is thought they arrived in South America around 12,000 years ago. They are often…

The human population has polluted and consumed natural resources at an extraordinary rate for centuries and the damage we have initiated will be irreversible if we continue this behavior. In the 17th century the Industrial Revolution began and with it came social changes that impacted the environment ("The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on Our Environment" 1). The purpose of this paper is to show how, overtime, the Industrial Revolution has made a negative impact on the environment through…

end of XIXth century, forests increased again. In the 90, nearly 70% of deforested lands have been converted to farmland. For example, in tropical area, deforested lands are used for the cultivation of tobacco, soy and oil palm. Furthermore, the slash and burn agricultural technique is used, that is the land are burned to created more…

To start to answer this question it must be known that humans have been clearing the land of forests via slash & burn and other methods for agriculture purposes for centuries (SEED Link, 2014). The deforestation of the planet contributes in two major ways to the global warming process. The first is when the forests are burned to clear the land this releases CO2…