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nbsp; Tropical rainforest, the oldest living ecosystem on Earth developed over 130 million years.... This paper "Disappearing Tropical Rainforests" gives detailed information about the destruction of tropical rainforests with particular reference given to the causes, current state, and possible solutions to address the issue....
4 Pages
(1000 words)
Research Paper
Areas around the equator receive a constant amount of sunlight and rainfall which favours the growth of rainforest.... hellip; University of Michigan (The Tropical rainforest) further argues that Conservation of rainforests contributes to a wealth of resources for survival and well-being of human kind.... Tropical rain forests ecosystems are forests in the tropics that receive 4-8 meters of rain each year (Newman, the Tropical rainforest).... Location According to Newman (The Tropical rainforest), tropical rain forests are found on the earth's surface between the tropic of cancer in the North and the tropical of cancer in the south around 23....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Research Paper
Rainforests once covering about 14% of earth now occupy only 6% and expert studies depict loss of about one and one-half acres of rainforest every second.... The colossal loss due to deforestation of rainforests can be gauged from the statistics given below:
Extinction of rare medicine men (called shamans) having knowledge of the herbs and plants of medicinal value in rainforests: for example in the Amazonian rainforest the population of Indians has dwindled and fallen to a mere 200,000 from ten million in five centuries....
3 Pages
(750 words)
Essay
This paper talks that the collective rainforests of the world act as a climatic sponge storing much of the world's rainwater, of which the Amazon rainforest accounts for more than half.... Trees in the rainforest recycle water drawn from the forest ground.... For example, Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonalds have recently been reported on the national news as major purchasers of soybeans grown in former rainforest lands....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Essay
The threat of rainforest species extinction if deforestation carries on was foretold more than two decades ago (Andersen et al.... According to Andersen and colleagues (2002), a major fundamental factor is linked to the huge diversity of rainforest species, which implies that each species normally has several individuals and is hence extremely vulnerable to strain and change.... Strain arises directly from the destruction of the environment and related destruction of natural environmental functioning when an area of rainforest is cut down or burned....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Research Paper
nbsp;… The paper postulates that rainforest destruction is posing a major threat to the global ecosystem, wildlife, and many precious plant species that have great medicinal uses.... The notion that rainforest destruction should be restricted or altogether prohibited has both its believers and proponents in competitive ratio.... Much of the negativity regarding rainforest destruction relates to illegal timber trade, greed-based agricultural activities, and neglect displayed by the state authorities....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Research Paper
Due to this, the farming of palm oil becomes the leading cause of destructions of rainforests and hence gives rise to problems within the environment, climate, and people and animals living in these environments mainly through deforestation of which is the main basis for these problems (Greenpeace 18)Climate change is considered basically the greatest threat to the environment, of which palm oil farming contributes to a great aspect.... These palm oil plantations need a rainforest climate – high temperatures and humidity – and a lot of lands too (Greenpeace 28)....
8 Pages
(2000 words)
Term Paper
"rainforest in South Africa" paper examines its biological diversity, its destruction, its climatic changes, and its formation.... The rain forest symbolizes the world's most prosperous treasury of earthly biodiversity and plays an important part in adjusting the world wide climate and atmosphere....
10 Pages
(2500 words)
Coursework