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TED: Ideas worth spreading - 0 views

shared by Chloe W on 01 Nov 09 - Cached
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    Not necessarily relating to organizations, but there are great talks about affected communities... as well as some entertaining stuff, too!
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Pennies for Peace - 0 views

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    Greg Mortenson's daughter and son helped raise money for Afghanistan with Pennies for Peace.
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Singapore SPCA - 0 views

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    SPCA... of course!
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Amnesty international - 0 views

shared by Chloe W on 15 Apr 10 - Cached
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    Amnesty International... working to protect human rights
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Make A Wish Foundation - 0 views

shared by Chloe W on 15 Apr 10 - Cached
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    A great website... please look!
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REACT - 0 views

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    homepage of REACT.
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Krousar Thmey - 0 views

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      List of needs here... how shall we raise money?
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    homepage of Krousar Thmey
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Animals of the rainforest - 7 views

rainforest animals
started by Chloe W on 24 Sep 09 no follow-up yet
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    Did you know a four-square mile patch of rainforest contains as many as 1500 species?... and how many square miles are there? I don't think I want to count. Most of these species, we haven't even discovered yet!

    If you visited a rainforest, and were expecting to see mostly monkeys and birds, you're wrong. Insects would be crawling on the forest floor everywhere.
    Insects are the most numerous species. Some are very fascinating. For example, the Azteca Ants. They only live on the swollen thorn acacia tree, which provides everything they need- food, water, and shelter. In return, they protect the tree by guarding it. If they feel something on the tree, they will rush out to fight the intruder. They would keep off climbers and stranglers that would hurt and take away the nutrients from their home. This is called interdependence.

    "In some cases both species are so dependent upon each other that if one becomes extinct, the other will as well. This nearly happened with trees that relied on the now-extinct dodo birds. They once roamed Mauritius, a tropical island located in the Indian Ocean. They became extinct during the late 19th century when humans overhunted them. The calvaria tree stopped sprouting seeds soon after. Scientists finally concluded that, for the seeds of the calvaria tree to sprout, they needed to first be digested by the dodo bird. By force-feeding the seeds to a domestic turkey, who digested the seeds the same way as the dodo birds, the trees were saved. Unfortunately humans will not be able to save each species in this same way." -Tropical rainforest Animals, http://www.tooter4kids.com/Rainforest/animals.html

    Now, 35 species everyday become extinct in the rainforest, most of which we don't know of, and now, never will. The main causes are logging, cattle ranching and overpopulation. They all wound the rainforest environment and animals suffer.

    "Pollution from mining has killed fish populations in the mighty Amazon River. Many indigenous people, who have depended on these fish for centuries, have become sick from the poisoned fish.

    Extinction happens naturally. Species like the dinosaurs and the saber-toothed tigers have died off from their failure to adapt to the changing environment. But nowadays humans are altering their habitats too quickly for them to adapt. Only in this modern day have so many species become extinct in such a short period of time.
    Humans must share the earth with all plants and animals; otherwise our dominance will result in the continued extinction of many species. It would be a sad world indeed without the beauty of toucan or the grace and power of the jaguar. "-Tropical rainforest Animals, http://www.tooter4kids.com/Rainforest/animals.html
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Rainforest Animals - 5 views

  • An average of 35 species becomes extinct every day in the world's tropical rainforests.
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      Most of these species, we haven't discovered their uses yet. We don't care that we don't even know what they are and never will
  • Rivers have become both overfished and polluted. Gillnets now allow fishermen to kill huge amounts of fish at a time. They often use only the larger and more profitable fish, dumping the dead smaller fish and other animals such as dolphins back into the rivers.
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      This is terrible. We are losing our air supply, and now our water supply is getting polluted. I hope we can stop it.
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    good for animals survival. Chloe: This website has great information on animals of the rainforest.
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Rainforest Facts - 2 views

shared by Chloe W on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Each time a rainforest medicine man dies, it is as if a library has burned down.
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      I can't believe they have that much knowledge!
  • At least 80% of the developed world's diet originated in the tropical rainforest. Its bountiful gifts to the world include fruits like avocados, coconuts, figs, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, bananas, guavas, pineapples, mangos and tomatoes; vegetables including corn, potatoes, rice, winter squash and yams; spices like black pepper, cayenne, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, sugar cane, tumeric, coffee and vanilla and nuts including Brazil nuts and cashews.
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      WOW! It may not be the most unique foods and plants, but it is interesting that most of our things come from rainforests!
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      Hopefully, this will come in handy for my central idea.
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  • Two drugs obtained from a rainforest plant known as the Madagascar periwinkle, now extinct in the wild due to deforestation of the Madagascar rainforest, have increased the chances of survival for children with leukemia from 20 percent to 80 percent. Think about it: eight out of ten children are now saved, rather than eight of ten children dying from leukemia. How many children have been spared and how many more will continue to be spared because of this single rainforest plant? What if we had failed to discover this one important plant among millions before human activities had led to its extinction? When our remaining rainforests are gone, the rare plants and animals will be lost forever-and so will the possible cures for diseases like cancer they can provide.
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WorldBiomes.com - Explore Five of the World's Main Biomes - 0 views

shared by Chloe W on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
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    Has information on biomes, as well as books and other websites you can look at.
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Introduction to Biomes - 0 views

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      A little bit confusing to read, but quite a bit of information.
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The Boreal Forest Biome: Taiga Biome - 0 views

  • Introduction. The boreal forest (also known as the taiga, a russian word meaning swampy moist forest) is found in a nearly continuous belt across North America and Eurasia. Most of Canada and Russia are covered by coniferous trees that make up this biome. This biome is defined mainly by the trees that compose it. The climax trees are furs, spruces and pines. Subclimax plant communities may have deciduous trees like larch, tamarack and birch. Much of the zone that this biome covers was formerly glaciated. Today large sections have permenent permafrost.
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      Good intro. I didn't know Taiga was actually called the boreal forest!
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