...Deforestation has become a global concern for current and future generations. In the Amazon Rainforest, indigenous culture is at stake. The Kraho Indians, a small tribe deep in the rainforest, are slowly becoming extinct. Every time that the big logging companies uproot the soil and cut down the trees, the Kraho lose part of their homeland. While only 3,000 natives live in this area, it is still a global dilemma. Over a thousand people have died in 20 years over the Amazon Rainforest deforestation dispute. Furthermore, 20% of the Amazon Rainforest has been lost in the last 40 years, causing it shrink quickly and lose its great opportunities and potential for cultural and environmental growth.Their 500,000 government granted terrain is becoming...
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...An oil pipeline running through the Great Bear rainforest is an excellent idea. Not only would it affect British Columbia and its surrounding areas, but it would benefit Canada as a whole. Canada’s economy is dependent on the production and trade of oil and natural gas. “The biggest contributor to Canada’s balance of trade is, by a wide margin, oil and natural gas. The industry is a major job creator, employing more than 550,000 people”-Gwyn Morgan, CEO of EnCana Corporation/ Alberta Energy Company. A 550,000 people industry in Canada is tremendous, taking into account that Canada is roughly 1/10 the population of the U.S. A better way to compare would be taking all the employees of these major companies, and the impact of the Oil and Gas industry in Canada would be much more significant than all of the employees of these major U.S. multi-nationals. Ups-400,000 General Electric-300,000 General Moters-220,000 United Technologies-200,000 AT&T-250,000 Verizon-200,000 Walt Disney-175,000 Ford Moter-175,000 Boeing-170,000 Bank of America-300,000 JP Morgan-260,000 An oil pipeline would also create jobs. “Building and maintaining and entire pipeline is no easy task and involves thousands and thousands of people”-www.jobmonkeysjobs.com/cm/oil_jobs/oil_gas_pipeline. You would need mechanics, pipe...
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...I watched Episode 4, The Rainforest - Wild Australia with Ray Mears. And in this episode he spoke about the geography, history, animals, and plants of the rainforest. This rainforest is located in the northern part Queensland, Australia. The Rainforest is considered to be the “wet” tropics due to the The Great Dividing Range holding in all the moisture coming in from Pacific Ocean. With the warm heat and high moisture content in the air, it creates an immense amount of precipitation. Wet Tropics is the oldest rainforest on the planet and has been around since Australia was a subcontinent, more than 150 million years ago. This included all of the southern hemispheres continents, then millions of years later australia moved away. Through that the Rainforest has been able to adapt new species of plants and animals. About 40% of the world's plant and animal species live in this forest. The rainforest from above looks very lush and green, as soon as you go below to the base of the tree’s it begins to get colder and darker. The reason why it begins to get so cold and dark is due to the thick canopy above. The canopy consists of all the vegetation and trees growing, it only allows a third of sunlight to reach the ground. Mears walks through the forest and finds ancient trees...
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...taiga but mostly evergreen trees are the only ones that have adapted to really thrive in this environment. There are some animals that have adapted to live in the cold and snowy environment. A predator called the ermine has a thick coat of dark fur that turns white in the winter. The snowshoe rabbit also has a fur that turns white in the winter. The wolverine is able to mate during ideal conditions by delayed implantation in which they suspend dormant fertilized eggs until the conditions are ideal for bearing their young. Rainforests are the most diverse having more than 15 million species living in the biome. The rainforest biome is sometimes separated into two different biomes. They are referred to as tropical and temperate. The tropical rainforests are located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. More than half are in Latin America and about a third are in Brazil. The rest are in Southeast Asia and West Africa. Temperate rainforests are located along the Pacific Coast of North America stretching from Oregon to Alaska and in South America along the coast of Chile. They are other small areas found along the coasts of Australia, United Kingdom,...
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...My Take on Environmentalism There are many types of environmental problems that the world is experiencing nowadays, be it the pollution found in the cities, deforestation of natural rainforests, and the melting of the polar ice caps. One of the worst environmental problems, if not the worst, that the Earth is currently facing is global warming. Global warming is the gradual increase of the Earth’s surface temperature, mainly due to the effects of certain greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emissions from either deforestation or monoxides found in pollution. These gases would trap the heat that would supposedly escape from the surface of the Earth, which would effectively increase the Earth’s surface temperature. From the name itself, we can already know the main effect of global warming to the Earth. There is this gradual change in temperature, more specifically, a rise in temperature of the Earth’s climate system. From this rise in temperature, more side effects would be branching out. Some of these include the depletion of different bodies of water, forest fires, unpredictable weather, and the melting of the polar caps. It would be fair to say that humans must reap what they sow, that because we have been burning fossil fuels and cutting down trees, we deserve to suffer the consequences given by global warming. Although, it is not just humans who are experiencing these side effects, plants and animals alike also pay for the cost of our negligence to our environment...
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...BIRD WATCHING Sri Lanka is considered to be an Ornithologist’s site due to abundance in bird life. A population of 444 bird species has been recorded and out of this number, 250 are resident, 33 endemic and the rest are Migrants. Sinharaja rainforest famously known Sinharaja Bird Wave is a place where moderately tame birds of all species are found. It is recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site. Other places of interest include Kitugala, Udawatta Kale, Minipe, Minneriya Forests as well as Kumana, Bundala, Willpattu, Bellanwila Bird Sanctuaries. WORLD LARGEST BLUE WHALE COLONY Blue whales worldwide are known to migrate great distances unlike the ones in Sri Lanka trip guarantees a better experience. This could involve dressing in either shorts or long pants, whichever makes you more comfortable. Take a sunscreen lotion, a camera, a pair of binoculars as you are going to be out in the ocean for quite some time and you will need protection against harmful sun rays while enjoying the view and documenting for reference. If you have a history of feeling nauseated, take necessary precaution before the trip. The safety gear is provided onboard by the crew taking you on the trip on a rather choppy boat. The best time to quench your thirst for the adventure is in the morning though afternoon trips also work well for some individuals. Checking the weather conditions prior the trip is also advisable to avoid getting caught up in a storm in the sea. This is not always likely to happen...
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...ASSIGNMENT 10 PROJECT WORK a) Project for primary classroom THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST UNITOVERVIEW This primary unit takes across curricular approach involving language arts, math, science, and social studies. Art, music and movement education activities are also used to develop the concepts in this unit. Students will learn about the rainforest through a variety of activities to complete both on-line and in downloadable format for use in the classroom. In addition there is a resource bank of print and non-print resources included. Each lesson develops a particular focus and may take one class or several classes to complete. Extending activities are also provided as well as assessment and evaluation tools and templates. Foundational Objectives: Knowledge ! Students will increase their knowledge about the rainforest. Skills and habits * Learn about and practice the skills and strategies of effective listeners, speakers, readers, writers and representers. * Speak and write to express thoughts, information, feelings and experiences in a variety of forms for a variety of purposes and audiences. * Read and view a range of grade-level appropriate oral, print, and other media texts in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes. * Assess personal and group strengths...
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...Its atmosphere is frosty and almost no precipitation. An artic fox, goose, a bear or sheep can be found in a taiga. The taiga ecological issues are deforestation and mining. Most creatures relocate to remain hotter in the taiga. Cold tundra is situated in the northern side of the equator, enclosing the north post and stretching out south to the coniferous woods of the taiga. The ice is known for its chilly, abandon like conditions. The developing season ranges from 50 to 60 days. The normal winter temperature is - 34° C (- 30° F), yet the normal summer temperature is 3-12° C (37-54° F) which empowers this biome to maintain life. Precipitation may change in various areas of the cold. Yearly precipitation including liquefying snow is 15 to 25 cm (6 to 10 inches). Since the atmosphere of the taiga is exceptionally frosty...
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...In the last two centuries, grizzly bears had been hunted and persecuted to extinction and mistaken as black bears. Grizzly bears are often portrayed as dangerous, voracious creatures who hunt and kill people, but they're nothing like that at all. In fact, they are not aggressive unless you’re the one causing a ruckus or being a threat around their cubs or food sources. Grizzly bears are quite intelligent, beautiful and unique creatures who have great memory, senses of hearing, and smell. But, since they are incorrectly portrayed as a threat, people are most likely to not be in favor of them. The FEDS are ready to delist grizzly bears and hunters are ready to make them trophies. David Suzuki, author of Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunt Is a Sport Like Dogfighting is one of many who oppose to killing grizzly bears. David Suzuki finds it inhumane to kill these animals for your own selfish and pleasurable means. On the contrary, Steven Rinella, author of The Problem with Protecting Grizzly Bears is in favor of killing grizzly bears. Due to the amount of money put into protecting these bears from harm's way, it's a waste of money. By reading both positions, it becomes apparent that it is inhumane to kill a grizzly bear as a trophy you hang...
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...Biomes Tropical rainforest: * What: Hot and wet areas with broadleaved evergreen forest * Where: Within 5°N and S of the equator * Climate, limiting factors: High rainfall(2000-5000 mm yr-1), high temperatures( 26-28°) and high insolation, P>E rain washes nutrients out of the soil, so nutrients may limit plant growth * Structure: amazingly high levels of biodiversity: plants compete for light thus growing tall to absorb it, so there is a multi-storey profile to the forests called stratification. Many niches and habitat for animals and large mammals can get enough food * Net productivity: produce 40% of NPP of terrestrial ecosystems. Fast rates of decomposition, respiration and photosynthesis. Biomass gain very high, rapid recycling of nutrients * Human activity: more than 50% of world’s human population live in the tropics/subtropics forests exploited e.g. nutrients quickly exhausted by agriculture, commercial logging of timber * Issues: logging, conversion to grazing and to plantations forests exploited for economic development * Examples: Amazon rainforest, Borneo rainforest Desert: * What: dry areas usually hot in the day and cold at night as skies are clear and there is little vegetation to insulate the ground. Tropical, temperate, cold deserts * Where: cover 20-30% of the Earth’s land surface, about 30°N and S of the equator where dry air descends. Most are in the middle of continents * Climate, limiting factors: water...
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...Vancouver Island is simply one of the most beautiful places on earth. Home to majestic mountains, lush temperate rainforests, and miles of breathtaking coastline, its natural beauty can be found almost anywhere you look. In addition to its scenic beauty, Vancouver Island possesses a variety of wildlife including numerous species of birds, seals, killer whales, bears, otters and a fantastic selection of butterflies. With so much to choose from, photographers visiting Vancouver Island would do well to have a plan in mind so that they get the most out of their trip. When And Where To Go So diverse are the opportunities for wildlife and landscape photography on Vancouver Island that it is impossible to capture everything in a single trip, or a single lifetime for that matter. I would recommend prioritizing the features that drew you to Vancouver Island before focusing on capturing these images. I would also recommend visiting during the generally dryer, warmer, and sunnier months of April through October. The following are a few of my favorite destinations on Vancouver Island for nature photography: Scenic If you are looking for a great example of a lush, temperate rainforest there are few places better than Goldstream Provincial Park, located just 20 minutes from Victoria. An alternate option for those travelers who are feeling a bit more adventurous is to make the four-hour drive to the cozy town of Tofino, where miles of sandy beaches meet with towering old-growth...
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...Have you ever been in a savanna? Grass everywhere you go and plenty of wildlife. Savannas are also called tropical grasslands. The savanna is a beautiful place, but it is constantly having poachers hunting endangered animals. Also, people are using the area as farmlands. Animals are forced to move, but there are some parks that let all animal come and be safe from poachers. In this report, you will learn about life in a Savanna, where savannas can be located, and issues within the ecosystem. Location Savannas are usually between a desert and a rainforest. It’s found in southeastern South America, south and middle Africa, south Asia, and eastern Australia. Bodies of water around the savannas are the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Countries that...
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...tropical rainforest, have high biodiversity because the conditions are good, meaning many plants can grow there because they do not need to be specialised. These conditions are also favourable to many animal species, due to resources being widely available and many niches to be occupied. This leads to high biodiversity because of little competition between species. On the other hand, places with a lot of limiting factors, the Arctic for example, means plants and animals have to be specialised to survive, therefore biodiversity is low due to harsh conditions. The altitudinal range of an area also influences biodiversity. This is because different climates occur at different altitudes, meaning if there is a large range of elevations, there will be conditions that suit many different species of animals and plants so biodiversity is higher. One example of this is the Himalayas where biodiversity is high. Endemism is another physical factor, this increases biodiversity and is affected by the location of an area. For example, islands, such as the Galapagos Islands, are more likely to have endemic species because of isolation from species on the mainland, leading to adaptation to suit the environment on the island. The age of an area also plays a part in the levels of biodiversity as it allows species to adapt and different niches to become occupied. Moreover, if the area is also undisturbed, biodiversity will be higher. For example, in untouched areas of the Amazon rainforest, nature...
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...DISCUSSION 1.0 ROLE OF ORANG UTAN REHABILITATION CENTRE TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES 2.1 Rehabilitation As more and more rainforest disappears, orang-utans are coming into frequent contact with humans. As a result more of them are being captured. It is absolutely vital that orang-utans be returned to the wild where they can breed and propagate the species. Orang-utans are on the brink of extinction, so each individual’s genetic blueprint is critical for the future survival of the species. It is absolutely crucial, therefore, that orang-utans have a chance to live wild in the forest, where they can continue to have babies and thereby ensure their survival as a species. At orang-utan rehabilitation centres in Borneo, captured orang-utans are gently helped to prepare for life in the wild. The captured orang-utans come through many channels. Some are confiscated from their owners or in customs when they are being smuggled out of Indonesia. Some are rescued from palm oil plantations where they have ended up as a last resort, starving because their food sources have literally disappeared. Some are actually kept by plantation workers as ‘mascots’ and pets. Preparing for life in the wild can be a long process. Baby orang-utans normally live with their mother for the first six to seven years of their life until they are strong enough to cope on their own. It takes years to teach the little ones the skills they need to become independent, wild orang-utans....
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...someone/myself a tattoo 11. Build bIg muscles 12. Grow a full beard 13. Teach a weights class 14. Learn to dance like a pro 15. Go windsurfing. 16. Ride a jet ski. 17. Go water skiing. 18. Go water skiing barefoot. 19. Be a millionaire 20. Go deer hunting. 21.Go duck hunting. 22.Go alligator hunting. 23.Hunt grouse in Scotland. 24. Go bear hunting. 25. Go to Space 26. Land on the moon. 27. Find a alien life form. 28. Find a new galaxy 29. Time Travel 30. Learn parkour 31. Speak french 32. Speak Spanish 33. Speak dutch 34. Speak Italian 35. Speak Portroguese 36. Speak Chinese 37. Speak Japanese 38. Drive a car into a lake 39. Drive a car into a telephone pole 40. Drive a car into a building 41. Drive a car on water 42. Drive a flying car 43. Drive a car off a cliff 44. Drive a car into a car 45. Drive a car into a house 46. Build a house 47. Build a building 48. Build a car 49. Build a bike 50. Build a business 51. Build a Computer 52. Make the sickest phone ever 53. Build a teleporter 54. Revive a mouse 55. Revive a human 56. Revive a deer 57. Revive a bear 58. Revive a ferrit 59. Revive a dog 60. Revive a cat 61. Take a cross country road trip 62. Window shop at every store in the Mall of America 63. Go on all the rides at Disneyland 64. Complete a triathlon 65. Teach an adult how to read 66. Attend an event at the Olympics 67. Take a transatlantic cruise 68. Spend the night in a Medieval castle ...
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