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Rainforests
A region characterized by warm climates, lush plant life, and consistent rainfall with no dry season
6,600 Questions
What percent of the Earth's landmass is covered by tropical forest?
The earth is covered 15% by forests. Since we have been cutting down trees, our oxygen levels have been cut by over 5%. Which is alot.
How many hectars of trees are cut every minute?
humans cut around 6 full sized soccer pitches in one second and that is why the amazon rainforest had shrinked 20% form its real size
Why should you go to a rainforest?
We need to save the rain forest because rain forests are the lungs of the World. If we cut Trees then the Global Warming will be high. In these case we need to save trees and forest and one other reason is if we cut the forest the wild animals didn't get shelter so they will start to begin in cities
What is the driest month in a tropical forest?
the driest month in the temperate forest is july and or june
How many acres of rainforest are destroyed each second?
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) found that tropical deforestation rates increased 8.5 percent from 2000-2005 when compared with the 1990s.
All round the world tropical rainforests lost 10,240,000 hectares (25 million acres) every year between 1990 and 2005.
That's:
- 10,240,000 hectares (25,000,000 acres) in one year. Or
- 197,000 ha (481,000 acres) in one week. Or
- 28,000 ha (69,000 acres) in one day. Or
- 1172 ha (2861 acres) in one hour. Or
- 19.5 ha (48 acres) every minute.
- 0.33 ha (0.8 acres) every second.
That's about 36 football fields of rainforest lost every minute.
An American Football field measures 0.53 ha (1.32 acres).
Countries annually losing the most rainforest 1990 and 2005:
- Brazil: 2,974,867 ha (7,351,000 acres) per year
- Indonesia: 1,447,800 ha (3,577,000 acres)
- Papua New Guinea: 266,600 ha (660,000 acres)
- Bolivia: 135,200 ha (334,000 acres)
- Peru: 123,000 ha (304,000 acres)
More information at the link below.
What is the name of the large forest in Brazil?
The Amazon rainforest [Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia] is the largest forest in Brazil. It also is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. About 60 percent of the rainforest is found in Brazil. It sprawls across northern Brazil.
How many layers make up the Amazon Basin?
Any tropical forest is usually described in four layers. The emergent layer is a small number of trees which grow above the canopy layer. The canopy contain the majority of large trees. The understory layer is placed between the canopy and the floor, and the forest floor is the lowest layer.
What is the difference between a forest canopy and a forest floor?
The forest floor is the ground and the fallen, usually decaying, parts of the trees that lie on it. The canopy is the collection of foliage that forms the top of the trees. This foliage is close together and touching so it blocks/catches most of the sunlight, not allowing it to reach the forest floor.
Why is the amazon basin called a basin?
amazon basin is very important for the earth because of various reasons:-
1. the amazon basin holds 20% of the earth's fresh water.
2. it is a home to a variety of plants and animal life which are quiet rear in this world.
3. when attempts in the recent years were made to disturb this ecological balance by cutting trees in the amazon basin, disastrous consequences followed. the carbon dioxide level has risen and there is danger of global warming.
4. it has 6 million species of insects, a thousand species of fish and six hundred mammals.
Why do sloths have to live in the the tropical rainforest?
The first sloth lived there, the next sloth lived there, until there was plenty of sloths and they all were too lazy to leave.
Are there tropical rainforest in Croatia?
Current Status and Trends in Forest of
CROATIA
ABSTRACT
Private forests account for about twenty percent of
the total forested area in the Republic of Croatia.
Private forest owners mainly belong to the older
rural population. In view of the global situation,
forests worldwide attract special attention. The
Kyoto Protocol will prevent any neglectful attitude
toward forests by the participating countries and
oblige them to care for their health and apply
sustainable management. Non-government sectors,
such as associations, initiatives and various forms
of non-institutional societies are becoming more
and more powerful. The management of natural
resources is a particularly sensitive area, and so is
interference with human rights and the rights of
private ownership. Former big forest owners in
Croatia are demanding restitution of their forests in
natural form. This paper deals with policy
implications on rural development as a result of the
changing nature of small-scale forestry and the
external support of small-scale forestry.
Key words: forest policy, private forests, status,
trends, management
1. INTRODUCTION
Private forests cover around twenty percent of the
total forested area in the Republic of Croatia,
amounting to approximately 500 thousand
hectares. Half of these are on the littoral coast.
Consisting of about 1.5 million land parts, these
areas are managed by almost 600 thousand owners.
The size of the average forestland property is 0.76
ha. The estimated wood mass in private forests is
about 80m3
/ha, with growing stock manifesting a
downward trend. This is considerably lower than
the wood mass in national forests, which amounts
to around 190m3
/ha. Private forest owners mainly
belong to the older rural population. Many of them
do not manage their forest property, or they live a
long distance away from their forests. There is
almost no government support to private forestry,
and neither is there any related scientific research.
The majority of forestry experts are not specialized
in the management of small forest estates. Younger
forest owners do not show much interest in
working and investing in forests. So far, not one
single forest owner in Croatia has been reported to
earn his living solely (or largely) from his forest,
nor has any forest owner successfully managed his
own forest.
Moreover, all public services (financed by
forest owners), costs, taxes and forest financing are
supplied by "Hrvatske sume"Ltd., an enterprise
whose primary function is national forest
management. Private forest owners and the
Croatian public receive very little information
about forestry. There is no forest-related education
and no communication between government
bodies and forest owners. Management plans for
private forests are not being renewed, while valid
plans entail only 8% of the entire area. Logging is
carried out within the limits of the allowed volume
of the necessary assignment, without following any
management guidelines and prescribed
silvicultural activities. Such a situation does not
stimulate forest owners to develop interest in their
forest property; on the contrary, it leads to further
devastation and decrease in the growing stock in
private forests. Management is based on the
principle of one-time consumption of the most
Current status and trends in forests of Croatia
What do the yanomami tribe use as transpot?
When Yanomami decide to move they clear another space in the forest and build a new Yano (its a big hut.)
What things do not live in a rain forest?
Well, As for animals , cows, cats, dogs, and wild Ox dont live in the tropical rain forest because of what surrounds them. They are not able to defend themselves.
yes there is many kinds of forest regions but a forest is a region
Where is tropical spastic paraparesis found?
TSP is caused by the HTLV-1 virus, which also causes leukemia. The virus can be spread through the placenta, and also through blood transfusions, breast-feeding, contaminated needles, and sexual contact.
How much rain falls in a rain forest each year?
How much rain forest does a rain forest get each year... Well, I would say that a rain forest can't really get any rain forests in a year, but Tropical rain forests get about 200-600 cm of rain each year, and Temperate Rain forests get 200-400 cm of rain each year.
What is the thick layer if treetops in a rain forest called?
In a rainforest what is the thick layer of treetops called?
Why is the Amazon rainforest important to the medical field?
The Amazon Rainforest is important to the Medical Field because there are many plants in the rainforest that can cure illnesses, so scientists go looking for those plants.
What are the features of evergreen forest?
Trees need to withstand sandy, rocky, and basically poor quality soil, occasional fires, droughts and cold weather.
What kind of farming methods do the farmers use?
Ranching,Dry and Irrigated Farming,Mixed Farming,Single Crop and Multi-crop Farming,Diversified Farming,Specialised Farming
