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http://www.creditvalleyca.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/60.pdf - 0 views

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    This article is detailed - full of facts and examples. Skim and scan to find the necessary information.
tharin

Rainforest furniture - 0 views

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    By SYLVIA WESTALL Love your new dining room table ... but did you ask the salesman whether it's made from chopped up rainforest trees? A growing number of shoppers are doing just that when buying furniture because of concerns about the effects of shrinking rainforests on global warming and the extinction of rare species of flora and fauna that inhabit these forests.
Taikan Ueoka

AMAZON WATCH » Is Brazil Destroying The Amazon For Energy? - 0 views

  • Brazil's first woman president, Dilma Rousseff wants to eliminate more than 86,000 hectares of protected areas in the Amazon
  • The immediate reason? To make way for at least two large hydroelectric dams being worked out on paper, including the Tapajos project – an 8,000 megawatt power station the government would like to see built on the border of Para and Amazonas states.
  • The (Brazilian) President is backtracking on Brazil's environmental commitments, and will use any means necessary to push through an agenda of expensive mega-infrastructure projects in the Amazon
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    The perspective of the presidents
Aries Wangbunyen

WWF - Forests, jungles, woods & their trees - 0 views

  • Forests cover 31% of total land area.   The livelihoods of 1.6 billion people depend on forests.   Forests provide a home to more than 300 million people worldwide.   The total global trade in forest products was valued at around $379 billion in 2005.   Forests are home to 80% of terrestrial biodiversity.
  • In this high-tech world of metal and plastic, it's easy to forget that many things are still made with good, old-fashioned wood. Countries with lots of forest stand to benefit from the lucrative timber trade, but at what cost to their ecological footprint? Here are five major timber exporters, and who is buying their wood. © WWF / GOOD / SectionDesign The Global Timber Trade, Who's Buying, Who's Selling? In this high-tech world of metal and plastic, it's easy to forget that many things are still made with good, old-fashioned wood. Countries with lots of forest stand to benefit from the lucrative timber trade, but at what cost to their ecological footprint? Here are 5 major timber exporters, and who is buying their wood. Our EarthForestsImportance of ForestsForest conservationTypes of ForestsProblemsSearch Forest News & Resources Priority Forests Amur-Heilong Amazon Borneo Forests Caucasus Carpathians Congo Basin European Alps Himalayas Mediterranean Forests Mekong Forests New Guinea Forests Did you know? The five most forest-rich countries are the Russian Federation, Brazil, Canada, the USA and China, and they account for more than half of the total forest area. Ten countries or areas have no forest at all and an additional 54 have forest on less than 10% of their total land area.
Aries Wangbunyen

How to Save Tropical Rainforests - Introduction - 0 views

  • 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.
phdinawesomeness

http://www.swissdams.ch/Committee/Dossiers/BandC/Benefits_of_and_Concerns_about_Dams.pdf - 0 views

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phdinawesomeness

Brazil to build controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Amazon rainforest | Envir... - 0 views

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    This site gives engineers an idea of who to form alliances with in the debate.
Aries Wangbunyen

Why are rainforests important? - 0 views

  • 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
tharin

Rainforest Concern - Why are they being destroyed? - 0 views

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    Why are they being destroyed? In the past 50 years much of the rainforest in Africa and Asia has been destroyed. Large areas of rainforest are being cut down, often in order to remove just a few logs, and rainforest is being destroyed at double the rate of all previous estimates.
spunk9

Species Extinction - 0 views

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      The species are dying at a alarming rate already and if we destroy the rain forest even more the web of life will be effected badly
Taikan Ueoka

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

  • 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.
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      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.
Aries Wangbunyen

The Effects of Destroying the Tropical Rainforests - 0 views

  • When the trees are cut down it takes away the habitat of the plants and animals. It also reduces the space for the indigenous people who have lived there for thousands of years.
  • This way of life has died out with contact from incomers.
  • Some native groups suffered greatly from diseases which they had no resistance to.
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  • Deforestation has led to the loss of thousands of species of insects, animals and plants. It means that important chemicals that could be used for medical purposes have not been found and will be lost.
  • Without the branches and leaves to break its fall, heavy tropical storms can quickly wash the soil from even an gentle slope.
  • The climate of the area becomes drier with the loss of the vegetation which acts as a "sponge" to hold on to the moisture. Having less cloud cover means the increase in temperatures. Both the burning of the trees and their reduced number increases the concentration of carbon dioxide. The extra carbon dioxide is believed to contribute to global warming, which in turn is blamed for the rise in sea level.
jennilea hortop

Soybeans threaten Amazon rainforest | Grist - 0 views

  • And in Brazil, where it spread even more rapidly, the soybean is invading the Amazon rainforest.
Aries Wangbunyen

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

  • 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
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  • 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.
Aylie Fucella

People of the Amazon | Greenpeace International - 0 views

  • The Brazilian Amazon alone is home to 20 million people including 400 different indigenous groups and the future of the Amazon depends on the future of those that call the forest home.
  • It provides almost everything from food and shelter to tools and medicines, as well as playing a crucial role in people's spiritual and cultural life.
  • use 32 plant species in the construction of hunting equipment alone. Each plant has a specific role according to its physical and chemical properties.
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  • As logging companies move in, indigenous people are losing their traditional territory. Some indigenous people, such as the Deni living in a remote area of Brazil's Amazonas state, are working not only to protect their culture, but the forest and the diversity of life upon which they depend.
  • Manaus is the commercial centre of the Amazon region with a population of almost two million.
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Kabir Koghar

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

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    How Artisan Furniture Is Helping the Rainforests
Cliff Garfield

Mining in the Amazon Rainforest | eHow.com - 0 views

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    A brief description of why the countries need the minerals
shubha ghogar

Indigenous Peoples' Literature - 0 views

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      Indigenous people are very important portion of humanity. Their heritage, and they ways they live in this plant is an invaluable treasure house for us all. Indigenous people in every region of the world many cultures they live together and interact. Indigenous people they live in climates from arctic cold to like amazon heat, and indigenous people the natural world is a valued source of food, health 
Kajsa Oltorp

Project Amazonia: Threats - Agriculture and Cattle Ranching - 0 views

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    Cattle For reasons similar to agriculture, ranching is not very adaptable to the land of the Amazon Rainforest. The grasses required to feed cattle, like the crops maintained in agriculture, are not resistant to the natural forces of the Amazon Basin and quickly deplete the nutrients of the surrounding soil. The nutrients that were once in the soil are removed from the ecosystem, shipped away as ground beef. Studies on land use have also suggested that the continuous movement of cattle on the unprotected land results in soil compacting, which increases the density of the soil material, resulting in decreased root penetration, water infiltration, and gas exchange.3 This means that larger flora, requiring a more extensive root system, are unable to grow under the compacted soil conditions, leaving the land for grass and woody shrub encroachment. The possible solutions to preventing nutrient loss are similar to those suggested for agricultural systems. Cattle ranching remains a very important industry in Brazil and is becoming even more vital to the Brazilian economy. The Brazilian commercial cattle herd is the largest in the world.4 Beef and milk are the two top livestock products in Brazil5 and exports of Brazilian beef grew to $1 billion (USD) in 2001. By 2003, Brazilian beef output is expected to reach 7.4 million tons, with exports of 925,000 tons. One problem in Brazilian beef exporting has been the existence of foot and mouth disease in some Brazilian states. This has caused the United States to be very stringent with Brazilian beef imports. However, the United States and Europe are still major importers of Brazilian beef.6 For every 1/4 lb hamburger consumed in the US from rainforest beef, about 55 square feet of rainforest was cleared. Although many fast food chains claim not to use rainforest beef, this claim is simply not valid. The USDA doesn't have an adequate system of labeling where beef is from. Thus beef grown in the rainforest can pass th
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