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Deforestation and Habitat Loss
This category deals with the causes and effects of changes in natural habitat. Examples would include questions about cutting down forests, plowing grasslands for agriculture, coral reef die-offs, and the natural process of succession.
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Is cutting down trees considered pollution?
Well this is a really interesting question because of the fact that trees can help us but there can be a lot of ways that they can hurt us also. Is cutting down trees considered pollution? Yes: Because of the fact that if we go to the extreme of cuting them down and then burning them and affect the ecoystsem that we live in today. It could put pollutants that we are not completeely used to yet into the air. This can can cause diseases that we are not even used yet. No: It can help us because then we dont know what kind of help it can bring to us in the future we do not know what kind of up sides that this can bring to us.
Why is people cutting down the trees?
Sequoia trees are very large and they contain a huge quantity of very good quality lumber, which can be used to build houses, or furniture, or many other useful things. People naturally wanted to make use of this valuable resource.
What are natural resources of the Caribbean?
What are natural resources of the caribbean?
>>>>>>natural resources of the caribbean, the carribean natanion are not rich in natural resources. The resources that make significant contributions to domestic economies and regional job sectors include, but are not limited to: fisheries,nickel,iron,bauxite,petroleum and timber.
The Caribbean's most important resource is its tropical island setting, which has generated a unique tourism sector.
The greatest concentrations of minerals most valuable on the international market are found in: Cuba has increase the production in tourism,oil and nickel,Jamaica bauxite and alumina industry , and Trinidad and Tabago are the lending export in Carribean.
While Agriculture is the major economic land-use activity in most carribbean country.
How many trees left in rainforest?
Can someone answer this for me this is the only way i can communicate with this website and i need to know how many trees are left in Canada
How many trees are cut down in the US yearly to make paper?
88 Million Ton in 2007
http://www.paperonweb.com/USA.htm
What is the Brazilian government doing to the rainforest?
cutting it down and using the materials they get from the trees and resources from plants and using that as a source of income. they are also using the land for agriculture and for building things on.
How does the loss of the amazon rainforest affect the local tribes?
Well, a positive thing for the government, is that lumber companies get money by selling their wood, and the people that work there get the salary they need, and the government gets the money from the lumber mills who get money from killing the Earth. Another thing is that destroying the rain forest clears land for farming or ranching.
These people just cut down the trees and toss the land when they're done with it, then cut-and-burn more trees.
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The people living there are short-sighted; they don't seem to see too far into the future. All of the Amazon will be destroyed in 40-80 years is what I've researched somewhere in the many sites I've visited for my Amazon project. The world will suffer without the "Lungs of the Planet," as the Amazon is sometimes called, because it supplies 20% of the Earth's oxygen.
Also, the Amazon rainforest used to cover 14% of the Earth's surface. Because of South America's careless deforestation, it now covers less than half the surface it used to, down to 6% of the Earth's surface.
I read somewhere that a fire raged out of control and destroyed... a lot of land, I can't remember the exact number. I thought about it, and if some disaster like that happens again, it could destroy the Amazon much faster and we will all die of over-population, not enough oxygen, or other disasters caused by too many people and not enough trees or medicines.
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The human population is growing at an unabated pace. The need for living space and clear land for agriculture is growing at the same pace. New mines and dams need to be built to satisfy the every growing demand for resources. Slash and burn tactics are the norm in Africa and South America.
Now why do we let it happen? A 300 year old hardwood tree is worth approximately $2000 US to a poor Mozambican person. That is worth more money than that person can earn in his whole life time... He with his family is living well below the poverty line, starvation is a reality to them. He will cut down that tree with no qualms about deforestation.
Same can be said for farmers who burn down forests and jungles to clear land for farming. They cant afford fertilizer to farm the same space of ground year in year out. After about 5 years their piece of land is infertile and they need to clear more ground to farm again.
How do you cut down trees in Pokemon gold version?
If by "shiny gold" you mean the original Gold version for the Game Boy Color, you must first beat the Gym leader in the town with the Slowpokes and then go into the adjacent forest and help some people catch their Farfetch'd.
If you cannot battle the Gym leader, make sure you talk to Kurt in the house in the upper-left and go to the well to the right of the town and beat Team Rocket.
What are three causes of deforestation in Africa?
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, Africa's deforestation is two times faster than the world rate, with potentially up to 90% of Africa's coastal rainforests disappearing between 1990 and now. But, why? One reason is more people needing places to live, cutting down trees for supplies to build houses and making more land available to build houses on. Another cause of deforestation in Africa is cutting trees down for the creation of products, like palm oil from palm trees, paper and furniture. In Africa, palm oil specifically is also having the effect of threatening Great Ape habitats. A third cause of deforestation in Africa is the continents, and many developing countries, reliance on wood for cooking fuel. In fact, it's estimated that 90% of the African population uses wood for this. In Sub-Saharan Africa in particular, firewood and brush account for about 52% of the total local energy sources.
What is the temperature in a swamp?
It depends on where the swamp is located. Usually it is muggy and humid but it can also be moist, damp, and a whole lot of other things. As I said earlier, depending on the location, a swamp can range anywhere from high 80s to 100-130 degrees F. It usually gets colder during the night time. I am not completely sure on my accuracy so you might want to google it and go to a few websites before using my information. Make sure you cite it though if it is for a school paper! I apologize if my answer was wrong.
Do a slogan on deforestation and how to prevent deforestation?
Lend a hand to save the trees
Plant a tree and get ait for free
One popular slogan for forest conservation is "Forest's Are Our Treasure. Save Them". Another popular slogan is "Wood is Good".
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What arer the nanes of trees starting with the letter T?
Tangerine, tulip, tupelo and tamarind are trees. They begin with the letter t.
What negative effects did humans have on the desert?
Firstly Humans have built Bloody Great roads in the Great Sandy Desert and have put holes all through the desert in search for the prized Australian Opal. There are many other affects on the Great Sandy Desert and all which have been negative. The worst impact is that humans use more water than the animals and have dried up many water holes this affects not just ourselves but also all the wildlife.
Why are large areas of rainforest being removed?
Rainforests are being threatened by us humans. We excessively cut down trees destorying different ecosystems that support millions of different types of life in the rainforest, cutting down trees is of course pollution to our planet which is a no-brainer, and if we keep on burning and cutting down trees we will kill animals, pollute our planet, and probably destory different plants we haven't discovered yet that might be the cure to cancer! That's why we should protect the rainforest and the life in it.
How many trees would it take to make 1000 papers?
some says 5 million, others says 4 million. i would say not even around 4 or 5 because each piece of paper ='s half a tree so u would do 1/2 x 1000
Ok gather up your ingredients Here they are:salt, food coloring and the oven 1.get the salt and pour it in to the bowl 2.then get the food coloring of your choice and pour it into the bowl 3.after that get a oven pan and pour the colored salt mixture in the oven pan 4.preheat the oven to 350'f 5.put the thing in the oven and wait 6.after that your mixture should be ready in 10 minutes wait for it to cool down and get rid of big clumps of the mixture and you should be done after that
What are the benefits of habitat restoration?
Restoration is broadly defined as the act, process, or result of returning a degraded or former habitat to a healthy, self-sustaining condition that resembles as closely as possible its pre-disturbed state. It is very common for this term to include improving or increasing the function of an ecosystem. In this way, it may not include brining a specific area back to its pre-disturbed state but to place or modify elements (soil, water, plants, animals, etc) in a degraded ecosystem so that it functions as we expect such an ecosystem to function when "healthy".
What can you do about tourists using natural resources?
Tourists pollute waterways and oceans, they damage the environment
What we can do about it: By governments putting restrictions on holiday resorts and developers, they can prevent resorts being built on wildlife habitats, and also close down or limit the size of resorts already built on wildlife habitats.
- There must be no pollution into waterways and oceans.
- Garbage and sewage must be collected and recycled as much as possible.
- Tourist movements into natural areas must be limited so the numbers don't do any damage to the environment.
- Building must blend into the natural environment.
- There must be no illegal deforestation (eg, cutting down rainforests to build a golf course).
- New resorts and gardens must not put too great a demand on water and other natural resources.
we could put more bins out on the steets.
They use our food, water and land.
get a life retard
well it seems easy to say but it isn't well you should tell them to get something done with there lives lol you rock by the way
Why do you think mesoamericans used slash and burn agriculture?
it was an easy method which produced a lot of crops easily
