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Clear Cutting Fossil Fuel
1,541 wordsThe uses and applications of paper and paper products are virtually limitless. In addition to the societal needs of paper for recording and disseminating of information, and for packaging materials, the United States pulp and paper industry employs more than 200, 000 people, produces nine million tons of pulp, and 26 billion newspapers, books and magazines annually. Though U. S. mills represent only 15 % of paper mills worldwide, they produce 36 % of the world's paper (Smook, 1992). "Exports of ...
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Cattle Ranching Tropical Forests
1,623 words... way. This leaves a bare plot thats not very useful for anything anymore. Slash and burn agriculture in essence ruins the very delicate ecosystem that promoted growth in that area. Something as simple as opening up an area to direct sunlight throws the balance out of whack. Because the soils are left less fertile, the farmers must slash and burn new lands to raise more crops. This is a continuing process thats repeated over and over again, leaving behind it a deadly trail of unprotected land ...
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1,537 wordsRETELL: BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AMAZON RAINFOREST AND OTHER RAINFORESTS The Amazon rainforest is the world's largest tropical rainforest. It covers approximately 2 million square miles in the Amazon River Basin of South America (Lyman 1998, 61) About two-thirds of the rainforest lies in Brazil. The forest also covers parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, and Venezuela (Lyman 1998, 32) In the Amazon rainforest it contains a wider variety of plants and animal life than any other place i...
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Global Warming The Major Problem
1,811 wordsImagine you are placed into the future. The year is 2100. You begin to live in this new world. You hear about huge storms over much of the USA that cause severe damage and flooding. San Francisco, New York City, New Orleans, Seattle, and Miami all experience major flooding from the ocean level having risen so high. Thousands and thousands of people perish each summer across the USA alone hundreds die in Chicago as the temperature soars to 100 for 2 weeks straight. No, this isnt total fantasy. Th...
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Environmental Problems In Africa
1,809 wordsThe environmental problems seem to be key challenges of the XXIst century. In the previous years the world politics and every person in general was occupied with politics and wars. But with the development of new technologies, with the increasing number of plants and factories all kind of manufacturing in general, a huge shift was made towards the environmental issues. The terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments have declined in virtually all aspects. New developments in industry and man...
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Animal Species Billion Dollars
1,345 wordsIn recent years one of the biggest threats the world as a whole faces is the destruction of our environment. The destruction of the Brazilian rainforest is probably the most important issue that should be taken into consideration because it is the cause of other major ecological problems we are facing such as: global warming, the depletion of our ozone layer, and noticeable climate changes around the world. Brazil's deforestation problem has turned into earths deforestation problem. Experts say ...
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Carbon Dioxide Indigenous Tribes
1,345 words... ple who have been using them for years in the rainforest. Another major problem is that shamans, or medicine men, who have hundreds of ingredients to plant properties are very elder and if that person dies without passing his knowledge to younger generations everything he knows is lost. As if the extinction of plants and animals were not enough, deforestation has been the cause of many indigenous tribes living in the rainforest to be wiped out. From over 6 million indigenous people inhabitin...
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Great Leap Forward Republic Of China
1,469 wordsThe Peoples Republic of China is rich in cultural and natural diversity. and is listed by biologists as a 'mega diversity country'. Since 1950, when China embraced modernity, the forests have been indiscriminately felled reducing forest cover. This has threatened biodiversity, causing drastic declines of mammal and bird counts, recurrent flooding and erosion, and recurrent snow disasters. These not only threaten global climate, but undermine the livelihood of the local people and great loss of l...
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Retrieved On Nov 8 2008 Nov 8 2008 Web Island
689 wordsEnvironmental Science - P 1 -IP Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places on earth. Only some 150 square miles in area, it lies in the Pacific Ocean, 2, 000 miles off the west coast of South America and 1250 miles from the nearest inhabitable land of Pitcairn Island. At its peak the population was only about 7, 000. Yet despite its superficial insignificance, the history of Easter Island is a gloomy warning to the world. The history of Easter Island is not one of lost civilization...
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Sustainable Development For The Environment
1,719 wordsSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT The ancient Easter Island was a sub-tropical forest complete with the resources suitable for building homes and canoes which are necessary in the construction of such statues. With the vegetation of the island, the people there had fuel and the resources to create a society that was fully complete with centralized government and priests. The people were able to make a civilization that made use of their trees. However, the pollen analysis shows that pr...
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Save The Rain Forests Rain Forests Of The World Forest
530 wordsDeforestation Every minute fifty acres of rain forest are destroyed and some twenty five species become extinct, many befor we are even able to study them. Rare plants and flowers that could provide possible cures for Cancer, Aids and other deadly diseases are lost forever. Thousands of animals and birds are being killed to make way for vast cattle ranches, buildings and supper highways that are destructive to the environment. Millions of acres of forest are being cut down with catastrophic resu...
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Coral Reefs Fringing Reefs
4,088 wordsCoral reefs are arguably the worlds most beautiful habitats. Coral reefs have been called the rainforests of the oceans, because of the rich diversity of life they support. Scientists have not yet finished counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or live in the coral reef. There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls. Fringing reefs are located close to shore, separated from land by only shallow water. Barrier reefs lie farther...
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Costa Rica Indigenous Tribes
905 wordsCosta Rican: Population Changes And Deforestation Essay, Costa Rican: Population Changes And Deforestation Costa Rican: population changes and deforestation Costa Rica has two major forest types that currently cover almost half of the countries life zones, tropical moist and tropical wet. Originally Costa Rica was covered by a 99. 8 % natural forest and by 1977 was reduced to just 31 %. Most of this deforestation had occurred since the 1950? s (Hartshorn, et al. 1982). A study done by the Center...
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Carbon Dioxide Adversely Affect
2,565 wordsHydro-electric power is the conversion of the kinetic energy of falling water into electricity. Of the worlds electricity, 15 % is produced in this fashion (Baird, Stuart. web 07 / 09 / 00). In 1996 the demand for electricity in developing Asia was rising at 8 % a year and the region has enormous potential for hydro-electric power (The Economist (US), Oct 12, 1996 v 341 n 7987 p 66 (1). ). In order to produce hydropower, dams must be built. From an economic viewpoint, unless a river is dammed fo...
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Developing Countries Problems Facing
534 wordsAt the close of the twentieth century, there are approximately 3. 5 billion hectares of forests in the world, representing 27 per cent of land use. Of this total forest area, 2 billion hectares are found in developing countries, mostly in the tropical and sub-tropical regions. Although the original forest area is not known precisely, it is estimated that the world has lost approximately 40 per cent of the original forest area of 6 billion hectares over the last 8, 000 years. Most of the loss in ...
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509 wordsGlobal Warming, Deforestation, Nuclear Waste, And Pollution Global Warming, Deforestation, Nuclear Waste, And Pollution Q. Discuss some issue of personal, local, or international concern and its importance to you. Through out my high school year I have researched on many issues and all of the issues are important to me. All of the issues are important to me because in a way all of the problems are connected to each other and one problem leads to another. Out of all the issues I have researched o...
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Burning Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Sources
2,292 wordsGlobal Warming Global warming is the warming near the earths surface that results when the earths atmosphere traps the suns heat. The earth is getting warmer. The changes are small, so far, but they are expected to grow and speed up. Within the next fifty to one hundred years, the earth may be hotter than it has been in the past million years. As oceans warm and glaciers melt, land and cities along coasts may be flooded. Heat and drought may cause forests to die and food crops to fail. Global wa...
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Low Birth Weight Tobacco Smoke
1,286 wordsTobacco is one of the leading preventable causes of death in Malaysia. Under the current law, smoking is banned in all public places. These include amusement centres, theatres, hospitals, clinics, public vehicles and air-conditioned restaurants. Likewise, anyone under age of eighteen is not allowed to buy cigarettes or any tobacco products. If the seller is not sure of the buyers age, then it is advisable to check his identity card. Free cigarette samples are not allowed to be distributed at the...
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Millions Of Dollars Carbon Dioxide
2,950 wordsENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROTECTION Topsoil SCIENCE 360 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROTECTION OF THE WORLDS TOPSOIL By 1 LM 4233 17 MARCH 1998 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree Management to Dr. Jack UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Southern California Campus La Mirada Learning Center Protection of the Worlds Topsoil The protection of the worlds topsoil is vital to us. The soil is still the major medium for plant and crop growth and our basic resource for land ...
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Life On Earth Carbon Dioxide
3,238 wordsThe Enviromnetal Degradation as a Result of Overpopulation 1 Introduction There are simply too many people on our planet, and the population is not showing any signs of slowing down (see Figure 1). It is having disastrous effects on our environment. There are too many implications and interrelationships to discuss in this paper, but the three substances that our earth consists of: land, water and air, are being destroyed. Our forests are being cut down at an alarming rate, bearing enormous impac...
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