Temperate rainforest

A species that has been moved by humans from its normal habitat to a new habitat, either intentionally or by mistake. A deliberate introduction is when you forcefully get a species in your area, it's not by accident and you know it will be part of your ecosystem. An accidental introduction, however, is when a species comes over unplanned. Maybe an animal gets under a boat in Europe and travels to America, no one said to get the species into the USA. Most people call this plant by Kudzu, but its…

Lemurs are currently facing double jeopardy: as they are already considered critically endangered in terms of diminishing numbers, they are also under threat of starving to death. Lemurs was said to be abundant in the African island of Madagascar. However, due to the effects of climate change, their population is mostly concentrated on the country’s eastern side. Among the bamboo lemurs, the greater bamboo lemurs of Madagascar are considered the largest. They were thought to be extinct, until…

Today I’m going to study the Tunisa. The Tunisa is a vicious amphibian predator. It lives in the South American rainforests and Pacific ocean, but today I’ll be in the rainforests to study one of these animals. It is quite hard to spot a Tunisa because of its camouflage but i've just spotted one. When it’s not blending into its surroundings its main color is green on its scales. On its underside it is a light brown. It also has a sharp point at its back end that is a tannish color. It has very…

It is estimated that about 15 percent of the greenhouse gasses that are released into our atmosphere are from deforestation from plantation agriculture (WWF). The Amazon Rainforest is known as a carbon sink, meaning that the trees here soak up carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that pollute our atmosphere (WWF). With the increasing numbers of trees being cut down every day for the high supply and demand of the cash crops here, the amount of the greenhouse gases being released in the…

People are often surprised to learn there are many different kinds of firefly, not just one. In fact, there are nearly 2,000 firefly species sprinkled across the globe. Collectively, fireflies stretch from Tierra del Fuego at 55° south latitude to Sweden at 55° north latitude, gracing every continent save Antarctica. As is true for most liv- ing things, firefly diversity rises in the tropics, peaking in tropical Asia and South America: Brazil alone hosts 350 different firefly species. There…

Yanomamo by Napolean A. Chagnon is an insightful book that helps educate others about the lives of these tribes’ people. The book is an anthropological case study, showcasing the lives of a tribe of indigenous people who live in the rainforest between the border of Brazil and Venezuela, known as the Yanomamo. Chagnon’s voice is clear throughout the course of the book and the illustrations provide visual insight into what it was like to live with this tribe. Some of the central themes of the…

The Amazon rainforest should allow the rubber tappers to control the land because they are better for the environment and they are more adapted to the rainforest. For one, they protect the rainforest and its livelihood. The rubber tappers also use trees to make products like tries for like cars and bikes. The rubber tappers were the first to the Amazon rainforest that been there for many generations. According to the article Interest Groups “Since they lived there for many generations they…

be fixed is that if we want to have a good healthy lifestyle we need to change and so do our habits and looks on deforestation. The Buddhist people have the same outlook on the way that people take advantage of these forest for example the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Local people are cutting down trees and selling them for prophet toe buy new appliances for themselves. “... You will be cursed if you go to that forest” is told in the epic poem “Gilgamesh,” the Gilgamesh king ignores the…

The succeeding project is an accumulation of articles that focused on the effects of deforestation and the taken determinations to reverse the process with the use of reforestation. The front-runners of deforestation for years were profit of corporations or the prestige of kingdom royalty. As progress was guilty of destroying trees, which would lead to future changes in the ecosystem; and the long-term effects on the environment would go ignored. The once, booming agricultural environment of…

Deeper Than an Advertisement For hundreds of years, the business of deforestation has been booming. At the same time, it has catastrophic effects on the environment. According to conserve-energy-future.com, since approximately one and a half acres of forests and jungles are being chopped down every second, it is estimated we will have no forests left within the next hundred years or so. As a result of having our forests die, our wildlife population dies alongside with it. The website also…