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Forests
A geographic area characterized by a dense growth of trees and underbrush.
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If a man falls in the forest and there's no tree around to hear him does he make a sound?
No, ninjas don't make make sounds anyway, but if it does, it's definitly the last sound you'll ever hear.
Only Chuck Norris can know whether or not it makes a sound, and anyways he's the reason why the ninja fell in the first place.
Are there any dense forests in North Dakota?
North Dakota has the smallest forested area in the United States. There are five state forests managed by the North Dakota Forest Service. They are:
Turtle Mountain State Recreational forest, which is the largest with only 7,814 acres. The remainder include three with an area of less then a square mile.
Homen State forest covers 4,184 acres.
Tetralt Woods,
Mouse River State forest, and
Sheyenne River State forest.
There is also the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
they have oxygen tanks, loaves of hoavis, rich tea biscuits and a kettle:)
Ants live in colonies and often create little hills that house them. Many of the ants are workers that gather food and supplies, while a few of the males and females reproduce.
How many acres of rain forest does the world lose every second of the day?
Woah... i was about to say it might not be in acres but....
'..Unbelievably, over 200,000 acres of rainforest are burned every day in the world. That is over 150 acres lost every minute of every day. Experts estimate that at the current rate of destruction, the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Experts also estimate that we are losing 130 species of plants, animals and insects every single day as they become extinct from the loss of rainforest land and habitats..'
reference: http://www.rain-tree.com/
What is the longest forest in the world?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but to me its Russia's transsiberean forest.
Why should forests be conserved?
Most people are too busy with their own little lives to realize what is going on in the environment and eco system and it's important we look up information on the Internet to be aware of what we should fight for as far as clean air and keeping our forests and animal life safe and healthy. Nature is a delicate balance and everything has a use to keep that balance.
Because of poor air quality in many cities in the world there are more cases of asthma, allergies and much worse diseases. If we don't keep enough trees our air will never be clean because trees filter out the pollutants in the air. They provide shade from the sun and food for animals. If we don't protect one species of animals or mammals then the whole chain of events is unleashed.
Wildlife is an important species in this world. it helps in maintaining the ecological balance, economical value and aesthetic or recreational value.
Wild animals are dependent...they live in forest... in the 20th century the conservation of forest was realized but 2 developments. We need to conserve forest for protecting the animals too.. we need to increase the area of forest, we need to stop cutting of trees..Establish a wide corridor in reserved forest and energy use.
Thus conserving forest we can able to protect wild animals to.
What is the importance Slash and burn agriculture?
Slash and burn occurs when virgin forest is cleared so people can grow crops in the clearing so formed. In the short term, crops will usually grow well, but eventually the nutrients are soon used up, and crop yields quickly fall. So the clearing is abandoned, and secondary nature growth results in shrubby growth. Having abandoned the clearing, slash and burn happens somewhere else, so it damages the virgin forest in the long term. There is no advantage in slash and burn, unless you don't care about our environment!
What is the importance of protecting trees?
Trees help to reduce global warming by 'cleaning the air'.
Here's how: * A gas that helps to cause global warming is carbon dioxide. * Trees 'breathe' just like we do except when they breathe they take in carbon dioxide not oxygen. * When a tree breathes out it breathes out oxygen. * This is then breathed in by a human. * Carbon dioxide is breathed out the the human... * ...and breathed in by the tree... * This carries on continuously.
How many different kind of seals?
Hawaiian monk seal
elephant seals
ringed seals
ribbon seal
Baikal seal
harp seals
hooded seals
spotted seals
Crabeater seals
Leopard seals
Ross seals
Weddell seals
harbor seals
Northern elephant seals
Southern elephant seals
Gray seals
Caspian seals
bearded seals
Mediterranean monk seals
Antarctic ice seals
Arctic ice seals
Why do people practice slash and burn farming in the Amazon?
In the short term for faster production of crops, however in the long run it poisons the ground!
What is the importance of birds?
Birds are excellent natural indicators of the health of many ecosystems. They are the literal canary in the coalmine--when birds disappear from an area, it normally signals the deteriorating health of the entire ecosystem. The Importance of BirdsBirds eat insects. They are a natural way to control pests in gardens, on farms, and other places. They aid in the pollinization of plants. By landing on a plant or sucking the nectar from a flower, and then moving on to the next, a bird does the job usually associated with bees. Birds also have a good system for spreading seeds. They eat berries and then when they "dispose of" their waste, the berry seeds are disposed along with it. Bird feces provide good fertilization for the seeds with which they are dropped, giving seeds very good conditions with which to grow. Above all things, what birds gave us was the dream of flying. Perhaps without birds, we never would have imagined the possibility of flight. Because they could do it, we envisioned the ability for ourselves and made the vision a reality.
What is importance of forest and wildlife in protecting environment?
The relationship between forests and climate change is intricate. On the one hand forests can mitigate climate change by absorbing carbon, while on the other they can contribute to climate change if they are degraded or destroyed. In turn climatic changes may lead to forest degradation or loss - which exacerbates climate change further.
A protected area is defined as: "A clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values" (Dudley, 2008). Forest protected areas help conserve ecosystems that provide habitat, shelter, food, raw materials, genetic materials, a barrier against disasters, a stable source of resources and many other ecosystem goods and services - and thus can have an important role in helping species, people and countries adapt to climate change. By virtue of their protective status, these forests should remain free from destructive human intervention. They can thus continue to serve as a natural storehouse of goods and services into the future.
Today climate change is one of the main emerging threats facing biodiversity. Up to a quarter of mammal species (about 1 125) (IPCC, 2002) and about 20 percent of bird species (about 1 800) (IPCC, 2007) are at risk of global extinction because of climate change.
Protected areas that were set up to safeguard biodiversity and ecological processes are likely to be affected by climate change in a number of ways. Climate change is expected to cause species to migrate to areas with more favourable temperature and precipitation. There is a high probability that competing, sometimes invasive species, more adapted to a new climate, will move in. Such movements could leave some protected areas with a different habitat and species assemblage than they were initially designed to protect. For example, Scott (2005) found that a stated objective of Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, Canada, to protect ecological integrity "for all time",is unrealistic, as all possible climate scenarios project the eventual loss of boreal forests and their related biodiversity in that area. Climate change is expected to lead to disease outbreaks as pest species may become more resistant or survive longer and new pest species may invade protected areas. For instance, Pounds et al. (2006) have traced the much publicized extinction of the Monteverde harlequin frog (Atelopus sp.) and the golden toad (Bufo periglenes) in the Monteverde forest of Costa Rica nearly two decades ago to warming in the American tropics which is thought to have favoured a particular fungus that infected the amphibians. Climate change is also likely to lead to a higher incidence of fire in some situations and floods in others (IPCC, 2007).
In many cases, the negative effects of climate change on protected areas will be compounded by other stresses, notably those caused by humans, for example through overconsumption, pollution or encroaching urbanization. Biodiversity in protected areas that may already be vulnerable because of these human threats may be more quickly or more severely affected by climate change.
With these and other likely changes, the management of existing protected areas will need to be modified if they are to fulfil their biodiversity conservation role as well as support adaptation to climate change.
This article explores the importance of forest protected areas for ecological, social and economic purposes, drawing on examples from the work carried out around the globe by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in the context of climate change. It focuses on the broader spatial context and the landscapes within which protected areas are found. It then proposes a range of management and policy responses to ensure that forest protected areas can continue to support biodiversity conservation in the face of climate change.In a changing climate, protected areas will take on added importance as safe havens for biodiversity by offering good-quality habitats less vulnerable to climate extremes (African buffalo, Syncerus caffer - a species susceptible to drought conditions - in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, United Republic of Tanzania)A. Belokurov, ImageNature
IMPORTANCE OF FOREST PROTECTED AREAS IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGEProtected areas have been recognized for several decades as an essential tool for conserving biodiversity. The impacts of climate change now give them a renewed role as adaptation tools for a changing climate. Their importance in this respect is threefold:- in supporting species to adapt to changing climate patterns and sudden climate events by providing refuges and migration corridors;
- in protecting people from sudden climatic events and reducing vulnerability to floods, droughts and other weather-induced problems;
- indirectly, in supporting economies to adapt to climate change by reducing the costs of climate-related negative impacts.
- representing distinct natural communities within conservation landscapes and protected areas networks;
- maintaining ecological and evolutionary processes that create and sustain biodiversity;
- maintaining viable populations of species;
- conserving blocks of natural habitat large enough to be resilient to large-scale disturbances and long-term changes (Noss, 1992).
In the creation of most protected areas and in the identification of sites that achieve targets for habitat and species representation to date, a relatively constant climate has been assumed (Hannah et al., 2007). However, as the climate changes, plans and assumptions about protected areas need to be reconsidered (McCarty, 2001). Areas for future conservation efforts need to be assessed in the face of different climate change scenarios, and the current protected area network needs to be reviewed to ensure that it can deliver intended conservation results and help mitigate negative climate change impacts.
In a changing climate, protected areas will take on added importance as safe havens for biodiversity by offering good-quality habitats less vulnerable to climate extremes, by providing refuges for threatened species and by conserving important gene pools. It will also become more important to protect reference landscapes - ecosystems on which restoration planning is based, and which provide a basis for evaluating the success of restoration (Sayer, 2005).
Networks of protected areas within large-scale landscapes will help accomplish the fourth point above, providing resilience to climate change. Landscape planners can help biodiversity adapt to changing conditions by carefully defining and managing connections or corridors between protected areas, removing or preventing barriers such as roads or monoculture plantations of trees or agricultural crops and creating "stepping stones" for particular species (Figure).
To ensure the survival of priority plant and animal species targeted for conservation, it will be important to obtain new information on their:
- sensitivity to disruptions (e.g. by roads, agriculture, settlements);
- sensitivity to edge effect, i.e. the ratio between perimeter and area (generally the greater the ratio, the greater the sensitivity to disturbances from outside the perimeter);
- food specialization and availability;
- habitat quality required (e.g. primary or secondary forest);
- movements, particularly when under stress;
- migration habits and routes;
- relationship to local human communities and to other species (Mansourian, 2006).
This information can then be overlaid with predicted climate scenarios so that action can be taken to safeguard biodiversity.
For example, because of the added threat of climate change to African elephants and their habitat, the implementation of the WWF Species Action Plan for African elephants (Stephenson, 2007) will include climate vulnerability assessments for elephant populations using available assessment tools (Hannah, 2003). The results will be used to develop and implement climate change adaptation strategies for elephant landscapes identified as being at high risk. The Amazon's unique biodiversity is also expected to be under significant threat from climate change; a loss in the viability of numerous plant species, specifically in the northeastern Amazon, is expected by 2095 under all climate scenarios (Miles, 2002).Protected areas in a landscape
Because of the added threat of climate change to African elephants and their habitat, the WWF Species Action Plan for African elephants includes climate vulnerability assessments for elephant populations (Tarangire National Park, United Republic of Tanzania)A. Belokurov, ImageNature
Social roleProtected areas may provide ecosystem services such as drinking water, carbon storage and soil stabilization; harbour sacred sites for different faith groups; and hold important gene reservoirs of value in medicine, agriculture and forestry. In the face of climate change these roles all become more critical to enhance the adaptive capacity of local people to cope with climate change (Simms, 2006).Protected areas, by helping to maintain natural ecosystems, can contribute to physical protection against major disasters, which are predicted to be on the rise with climate change (Scheuren et al., 2007). Although the scale of disasters generally depends on an aggregation of factors (e.g. building regulations, land use), in many cases ecosystem maintenance and forest protection can greatly reduce their impacts. Coastal mangroves, coral reefs, floodplains and forests may buffer land, communities and infrastructure against natural hazards. For example, during the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, vegetation-covered coastal sand dunes at Yala and Bundala National Parks in Sri Lanka completely stopped the waves and protected the land behind them (Caldecott and Wickremasinghe, 2005). Some protected areas also provide an opportunity for active or passive restoration of traditional land use practices such as agroforestry and crop terracing, which may help mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events in arid lands, for example by reducing the risk of erosion and by maintaining soil structure (Stolton, Dudley and Randall, 2008).
In addition, protected area management can help empower marginalized human populations or community groups. Alternative forms of protected area governance such as community conservation or joint management, for example, are being implemented to reduce conflicts over land and to promote long-term maintenance of protected areas for provision of benefits to stakeholders. A case in point is the "Parks with People" policy developed in Bolivia in 2005 to engage indigenous communities in management of protected areas (Peredo-Videa, 2008).Protection of coastal mangroves can help ensure their provision of physical defence against major disasters, which are predicted to be on the rise with climate change (Sundarbans National Park, Bangladesh)FAO/FO-0316/T. Loosli
Economic roleIf a country's natural habitat is destroyed by climate change impacts, its economy will suffer. A recent study (Dasgupta et al., 2007) found that the gross domestic product (GDP) of a number of countries, led by Viet Nam, could be negatively affected by sea level rise, saltwater intrusion and natural disasters attributed to climate change. In helping to protect natural habitat, protected areas indirectly help to protect the national economy.In addition, protected areas can provide a direct means of enhancing revenue, notably through tourism, but also through the valuable products they harbour and the services they provide. For example, Guatemala's Mayan Biosphere Reserve provides employment for over 7 000 people and generates an annual income of approximately US$47 million (PCLG, 2002). In Madagascar, a study of 41 reserves found that the economic rate of return of the protected area system was 54 percent, essentially from watershed protection and to a lesser extent from ecotourism (Naughton-Treves, Buck Holland and Brandon, 2005). Thus, protected areas provide a safety net which can be valuable in times of stress, such as extreme climate events.
The loss of protected areas may lead to significant costs, for example infrastructure damage and human tragedy caused by desertification or tsunamis, or to loss of revenue, from tourism for instance. Furthermore, deforestation of major forest blocks, such as the Amazon, is thought to have an impact on global rainfall, which in turn affects agriculture and therefore the livelihoods of millions of people (Nepstad, 2007). Protected areas therefore not only help protect biodiversity, but also indirectly contribute to the planet's food security.The potential loss of protected areas may lead to loss of revenue, from tourism for example (Iguazu Falls National Park, on the border between Brazil and Argentina, one of the top destinations in South America with nearly 2 million tourists a year)A. Belokurov, ImageNature
How do fox adapt to the deciduous forest?
An interesting adaptation of red foxes is that they create food caches to revisit later. They are also skilled at running and have strong vision and hearing.
What animals live at the forest?
Typically the forest scorpion and various breeds of irregularly large elephants enjoy spending a majority of their adult life within the forest due to its wide open area's and vast area's of multicultural alignment with the Earth's magnetic plates.
It is because of this that animals choose to breed only during the winter months within the forest as the magnetic plates shift slightly therefore offsetting the affects of a nuclear winter which is bound to happen during the colder months of the year as the Russians use their combustion chamber technology in order to biologically enhance the native fauna and flora.
What is the soil resources in Alaska?
Alaska has the most diverse soil types in North America containing 7 of the 12 soil types. The most common to be found is Tanana soil.
What happens to the animals when a rain forest is destroyed?
animals start to decrease (decrease down) rain fall will start to decrease since there are no trees. global warming will decrease. when you cut down the rain forest or any trees its bad for us and the animals. even thought its used for paper and stuff like that there also used for habitat's and air for us to breath. habitat's mean a place where animals live.
What did the proverb One tree does not make a forest mean?
It means that one person alone cannot accomplish as much as many working together.
(A variation once heard was : "a single tree does not a forest make, or a single stone a mountain". This implied, similarly, that the many were always greater than the one alone.)
Can you name some of the decomposers that live in the tropical rain forest?
to birds have balls?
1st the question would be "do birds have balls?" and 2nd that is far from the answer... geez kid grow up
What adaptations of rain forest plants make them a likely source of medicines?
there are meds that help us beat cancer and many others
i dont realy know specifics butsome of the plant that can be used are:
· Saw Palmetto
The extract from the berries of this plant is used to treat urinary problems. The native people have used this for generations.
· Feverfew
This plant contains parthenolide , which acts as a serotonin inhibiting the release of serotonin which aides as a pain reducer.
· Valerian
Valerian is used as a sleep aid across the world, and it has been used for thousands of years. It's also effective as a mild sedative.
· Coneflower
The purple coneflower is used in the rainforest by the native people as a treatment for viral illnesses. It has been known to stimulate the white blood cells.
· Hawthorn Herb
Hawthorn is used for treatment of heart failure. Hawthorne contains potent antioxidants.
· Eggplant
The extract of this plant has been known to treat many types of skin cancer, as well as various skin conditions
What are some positive effects that humans have on temperate dicidous forest?
well us humans can stop cuttin down trees nd stop litterin to stop destroyin animal lives. you can also get off your lazy butts and clean up the place you gptta live here too you know call me a tree hugger but its the truth. The earth is your home just like your house and really if there wasn't an earth you would haven't anywhere to put your house and better yet you wouldn't have a house. the earth is your real overall hamo so if you can keep up your house and keep it clean why can't you do the same for the earth, our true home
