Whinfell Forest

The Amazon rainforest also known, as the Amazon Jungle is the largest rainforest on this planet it is home to the second largest river in the world. The Amazon is so large it includes territory between nine nations but 60% of it is in Brazil. The rainforest receives around 150 inches a rain per year. The Amazon is the most populated with different species than any other rainforest in the world; the region is home to more than 2 million insect species, thousands of plants, and a little…

“Slash and Burn”, a popular and illegal method of deforestation used by farmers to cut out forest, burn the trees, and farm in the nutrients of the resulting ash. The problem with slash and burn is that the crops drain the soil of its nutrients within 3-4 years, and it takes nearly a century for the forest to grow back. Humans have practiced this kind of environmental burnout for most of history, and as our population grows the world only seems to get smaller. This method is practiced because it…

Figure 6. A. Species classification for the area of study. B. Percentage based on the relative frequencies of each class for the area of study. These 14 species are distributed differentely across the area of study, with some species dominating specific areas while others are distributed scattered around the site (Figure 7). Figure 7. Species distribution across the area of study. One hundred and fifty two of the trees surveyed were dead (7.1%), with 81 of those (53.29%) situated in the…

Domain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Cetartiodactyla Family Giraffidae Genus Okapia Species johnstoni Description The okapi has a rich, chocolate brown to dark plum color. On it’s hind areas there is a rich white color with stripes that resemble a zebra’s. The stripes help it camouflage easily in it’s surroundings. On it’s feet, they have what looks like white booties. The okapi has a long neck as it is a relative of the giraffe.The okapi can be known for…

damage then what us humans cause; mainly in the fact that the forest may never recover from human activities but will easily recover from the natural disasters and the ecosystem of that particular forests is less likely to function as well as it should do when human activities destroy part of that area whilst natural activities do not damage any ecosystem enough to completely destroy it. From the surviving remnants of the ecosystem the forest…

Task 1 1. Define the term forest environment. Forests are an ecosystem that predominately consists of trees and provide habitats for many different animals. The trees found in forests are also a vital element in environments. 2. Identify two different types of forest environments. Two different types of forest environments are Tropical Rainforests and Coniferous Forests. Tropical Rainforests are typically dense and are located near the equator. Whereas, Coniferous Forests are located near the…

Rainforests are a source of various commodities such as timber and non-timber products, but also have an ecological and social aspects as carbon storage or recreation land. While the private sector plays an important role in managing the forests due to the 'demand-offer ' market rules, communities, such as people living in the region, lack the opportunity for decision-making. Despite the various initiatives of governments and non-governmental agencies the difference between the market and…

roughly 7% of the forests in the world. This implies that Canada has an important role to manage their forests effectively. As we know, there are many factors that can disrupt the forest system, the two major groups of threats are seemed to be the natural disturbances and human activities. In terms of the human activities, such as farming and industrial development, are thought to be responsible for disrupting the forests. It is considered as rather a smaller effect in the forest of Canadian…

1.0 Introduction Owing to the excessive use of human, natural forests area has a continuous decline on a global scale, which is nearly 10 million hm2 net decrease per year. While the global plantation area has a rapid growth, which has been nearly 187 million hm2 since 2000. Meanwhile planted forests is becoming a significant part of world’s forests increasingly, accounting for about 5% of the total forest area. For example, China has world’s largest plantation resources, which plays an…

to make room for agriculture and plantations that are feeding the growing demand for products such as beef or palm oil. Forests have often been referred to as the “Earth’s lungs.” The reason for this is because of the forest’s ability to take in carbon dioxide from the world’s atmosphere and through the process of photosynthesis emit oxygen back into the air. Not only are forests responsible for the air we breath, but a majority of Earth’s fresh water. Forested watersheds generate more than…