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mikitsujiyama

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  • environmental importance of the world’s vast tropical rainforests is well known – both
  • Home » What we do » Safeguarding the natural world » Forests » Forests where we work » Amazon » Sky Rainforest Rescue Sky Rainforest Rescue Help WWF and Sky save a billion trees in the Amazon WWF has joined forces with Sky for an exciting campaign to help protect part of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Our target is to safeguard a billion trees, covering an area about the size of Belgium. Why we’re involved T
  • in terms of species diversity and for regulating the global climate.  Rainforests are also a crucial source of lots of products we use and benefit from every day, including cocoa, nuts, fruit, timber and many medicines. But deforestation from activities like illegal logging, clearance for cattle ranching and development of roads threatens the Amazon. Today an area the size of three football pitches is destroyed every minute. Sky Rainforest Rescue is based in the state of Acre in western Brazil where we are pioneering a new initiative by working with local communities – including rubber tappers and farmers – to help make it more profitable to keep trees standing than to clear forest.
Kabir Koghar

GreenWood: How Artisan Furniture Is Helping the Rainforests - YouTube - 0 views

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  • Kabir Koghar on 22 May 12
     
    How Artisan Furniture Is Helping the Rainforests
Taikan Ueoka

Brazilian government faces criminal charges over Amazon deforestation | Environment | g... - 0 views

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  • Minc said the environment ministry will bring criminal charges against all of them. The government will also create an environmental police force with 3,000 heavily armed and specially trained officers to help combat illegal deforestion.
    • Taikan Ueoka
      Taikan Ueoka on 04 Jun 12
       
      The Brazilian government is trying to help stop illegal deforestion
  • Carlos Minc, the Brazilian environment minister, said the upcoming national elections were partly to blame, with mayors in the Amazon region ignoring illegal loggers in the hope of gaining votes locally.
Ness T

Benefits of Ecotourism-Advantages and Disadvantages for Ecotourism - 0 views

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  • here are many more advantages of ecotourism than disadvantages
  • if done right, the goals of ecotourism are to help the environment, preserve natural resources as well as help the local communities and economies.
  • to make a lot of money from tourists
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  • seeking environmentally friendly vacations
  • friendly activities
  • preserve nature, wildlife, species and earth's natural resources as well as help local people with access to civilization and education.
  • if a country is prime for ecotourism, the money could be used to preserve the environment in that country so that the natural resources would last longer.
  • benefit from the growth in their economy
  • no longer
  • live poorly
  • the locals rarely benefit from the growth of their economy
  • nvestors and foreign corporations do.
  • environment and natural resources rarely get preserved because they are worth more in a theme park attracting ecotourists.
  • Ness T on 05 Jun 12
     
    Mostly Positive (and some negative) sides of Eco-Tourism, very basic, clear, short, to the point website.
Aries Wangbunyen

WWF - Amazon - World's largest tropical rain forest and river basin - 0 views

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  • The landscape contains:One in ten known species on Earth1.4 billion acres of dense forests, half of the planet’s remaining tropical forests4,100 miles of winding rivers
  • Basin
  • 2.6 million square miles, about 40 percent of South America, in the Amazon
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  • There is a clear link between the health of the Amazon and the health of the planet. The rain forests, which contain 90-140 billion metric tons of carbon, help stabilize local and global climate.Unfortunately, deforestation may release significant amounts of this carbon, which could have catastrophic consequences around the world.
  • Amazon, a place two-thirds the size of the U.S.,
  • Unfortunately, deforestation may release significant amounts of this carbon, which could have catastrophic consequences around the world.
  • There is a clear link between the health of the Amazon and the health of the planet. The rain forests, which contain 90-140 billion metric tons of carbon, help stabilize local and global climate.
  • WWF has been working in the Amazon for 40 years
  • construction of roads and dams, and extractive activities including illegal logging and climate change are the biggest drivers of deforestation and river degradation. At current deforestation rates, 55% of the Amazon's rainforests could be gone by 2030
  • 40,000 plant species, 3,000 freshwater fish species and more than 370 reptile species exist in the Amazon. It is one of the world’s last refuges for jaguars, harpy eagles and pink dolphins and home to many birds and butterflies. Thousands of tree-dwelling species including southern two-toed sloths, pygmy marmosets, saddleback and emperor tamarins and Goeldi’s monkeys are found here too.
  • More than 30 million people from 350 indigenous and ethnic groups live in the Amazon and depend on nature for agriculture, clothing and traditional medicines. Most live in large urban centers, but all residents rely on the Amazon’s natural bounty for food, shelter and livelihoods.
Eliza Ward

Ecotourism - Helping the Rain forest be safe - 0 views

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ecotourism Eco-Tour Eco-Tourism future awairness well-trained-guides benefits howithelps now-are-protecting protected

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  • The money from the tourists can help sustain many local people in conservation-oriented work. The local people further protect the environment because their livelihood now so closely depends on the health of the ecosystem.
  • Guides are well trained and learn a lifestyle that is good for the environment and they pass these ideals on to their children, friends, and neighbors.
Eliza Ward

Ecotourism - Helping Communities - 1 views

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Eco-Tour Eco-Tourism community rainforest developement helps hiring-people

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  • can generate enough income to raise the living standard of a whole community of 70 families.
Vishuka Mathur

Interesting Facts & Information: tourism, travel, culture, language, business... - 1 views

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Brazil information facts tourism Eco-Tour Eco-Tourism

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  • When on an ecotour the holiday makers will usually be under the guidance on a naturalist or an expert on the area to help people observe, understand and appreciate the wildlife, fauna and flora. Ecotourism has become an ethical alternative in the tourism industry and is growing in popularity.
    • Vishuka Mathur
      Vishuka Mathur on 22 May 12
       
      This is referring to how Eco tourism attracts tourism in a country, giving a chance for the people to understand and experience the wild life.  
  • Amazon is home to 20% of the world's bird species, 20% of its plant species, 10% of its mammal species and 3000 species of fish. As a result it is a great place to go on holiday or vacation for an ecotour.
    • Vishuka Mathur
      Vishuka Mathur on 22 May 12
       
      Here we can see why is it good to live there and some statistics on the population of plants and more wild life.
  • A genuine ecotour should however offer the tourist the following elements: education, conservation, sustainable development and benefit to local people. If any of these elements are missing from a potential ecotourism operator then possibly think again.
    • Vishuka Mathur
      Vishuka Mathur on 22 May 12
       
      Here we can see how Eco tourism is done, and what all the Eco tour should cover up, including how it benefits the local people with education about wild life and its conservation, & how it's sustainable.
Namsai Sethpornpong

Uses of trees - 1 views

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scientist cosmetics CEO Eco-Tour Eco-Tourism WWF furniture

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      Namsai Sethpornpong on 22 May 12
       
      Trees for Obtention of Medicines and Natural Remedies: This is going to be my point about why I need to keep the Rainforest. I need to use this exotic plants to help me to come up with more medicines to benefit for us. 
  • Namsai Sethpornpong on 22 May 12
     
    This is about the uses of the trees and plants in the rain forest. 
mikitsujiyama

Rainforest Destruction - 2 views

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    Mostly contains negative impacts of building dams.
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    Is this helpful?
bob busch

Ecotourism is the most valuable use of rainforest - 0 views

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    Ecotourism is more profitable than other ventures like cattle ranching, timber logging and farming, researchers have shown for the first time for a region of Peru. The findings are likely to give local people the financial incentive to keep neighbouring virgin rainforest pristine, helping to lock away carbon.
Eliza Ward

Ecotourism - Benefits communities aswell as the Rain forest - 2 views

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  • makes a real difference to the quality of life for local people
  • Eliza Ward on 04 Jun 12
     
    There are many articles about how Eco Tourism benefits the rainforest and this is some information on how it ALSO benefits communities that live in it or around it.
Aries Wangbunyen

How to Save Tropical Rainforests - Introduction - 0 views

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  • Five Basic Steps to Saving Rainforests "TREES" is a concept originally devised for an elementary school audience but serves well as set of principles for saving rainforests and, on a broader scale, ecosystems around the world. Teach others about the importance of the environment and how they can help save rainforests. Restore damaged ecosystems by planting trees on land where forests have been cut down. Encourage people to live in a way that doesn't hurt the environment. Establish parks to protect rainforests and wildlife. Support companies that operate in ways that minimize damage to the environment.
Aries Wangbunyen

Why are rainforests important? - 0 views

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WWF Aries

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  • Rainforest in Honduras WHY ARE RAINFORESTS IMPORTANT? Flying over the heart of the Amazon is like flying over an ocean of green: an expanse of trees broken only by rivers. Even more amazing than their size is the role the Amazon and other rainforests around the world play in our everyday lives. While rainforests may seem like a distant concern, these ecosystems are critically important for our well-being.
  • Rainforests are often called the lungs of the planet for their role in absorbing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and producing oxygen, upon which all animals depend for survival. Rainforests also stabilize climate, house incredible amounts of plants and wildlife, and produce nourishing rainfall all around the planet. Rainforests: help stabilize the world’s climate; provide a home to many plants and animals; maintain the water cycle protect against flood, drought, and erosion; are a source for medicines and foods; support tribal people; and are an interesting place to visit
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