Tropical Rainforests are located very close to the equator. Because of this, they don’t have seasons and receive between 406 and 1016 centimetres of rain every year. The weather is constantly warm, humid and rainy. There are four different layers in the rainforest. The forest floor – the ground, contains tree stumps, bases and fallen trees, the understorey – made up of small trees, vines and epiphytes, the canopy – a thick level made up of treetops that blocks sun from the levels below and the emergent – made up of trees that grow above the canopy layer.
Rainforest in reality have shallow and relatively infertile soil. The reasons behind this soil having these qualities is because heavy rainfall causes important nutrients needed for a fertile environment to be washes away and/or dissolved into the lower layer of the soil (leaching) thus leaving the forest floor infertile. Once leaching has occurred and removed these nutrients, trees become unable to access fertile soil and remain healthy. Many rainforest trees have developed adaptations which allow them to reach down into the lower levels of soil and receive these nutrients. Such adaptation is known as a “Buttress Roots”.
Information is gathered from subtle signs, for example, from the sway of branches, the sounds of animals that penetrate through dense foliation, and from thunder and lightning. Also, they believe that if no one lived in the forest, the world would come to an end. Even though the Batek of Malaysia are being devastated by technological and industrial advancements, such as, excessive logging for palm oil plantations, they stand true to their cultural beliefs and values as seen by their kinship system, social organization, as well as, their economic organization. To begin, as with most foraging societies, the kinship system of the Batek starts with the most common
The tropical rainforest is found between 10 ° N and 10 ° S latitude at elevations below 3,000 feet. Almost all rain forests lie near the equator. Only 2 to 3 percent of sunlight reaches the forest floor. The only vegetation that lives here has adapted to low-light levels. The forest floor is littered with leaves and decaying vegetation.
The number of koalas is determined by the number of trees. Koalas are highly specialized to survive only in one type of habitat, in woodland with plenty of eucalyptus trees, also known as gum trees. Places like that provide the koala with food, water, safety from ground predators, and all other needs. Koalas do not have dens, tree- holes, or nests. They sleep, eat, and breed on the branches.
As a result of the island's long isolation from neighboring continents, Madagascar is home to a vast array of plants and animals, many found nowhere else on Earth. [17] Approximately 80% of all plant and animal species found in Madagascar are endemic, including the lemur infraorder of primates, the carnivorous fossaand three avian families. [18] This distinctive ecology has led some ecologists to refer to Madagascar as the "eighth continent",[19] and the island has been classified by Conservation International as a biodiversity hotspot. [17] Over 10,000 plant species are native to Madagascar, of which 90% are found nowhere else in the world. [20]Seven plant families are only found here, the highest number of any biodiversity hotspot in the world.
Rainforest Facts • Rainforests are home to more species of plants and animals than the rest of the world put together. • An astounding number of fruits (bananas, citrus), vegetables (peppers, okra), nuts (cashews, peanuts), drinks (coffee, tea, cola), oils (palm, coconut), flavourings (cocoa, vanilla, sugar, spices), and other foods (beans, grains, fish) come from rainforests. • We lose between 50 and 130 species every day – 2 to 5 species per hour are being lost forever due to tropical deforestation. • Tropical rainforests act as a global air conditioner - by storing and absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, storing the carbon, and releasing fresh, clean oxygen. • Over 2000 tropical forest plants have been identified as having anti-cancer properties.
Mbuti of the Ituri Rain Forest Mbuti of the Ituri Forest The Mbuti are hunters-gatherers of the Ituri Rain Forest. They are an egalitarian society of foragers in the tropical rain forests of Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). The Mbuti are known for hunting with nets and over half of their carbohydrate food intake is obtain by a villager exchange system. This paper will explore and detail the Economic Organization, Kinship and Belief and Values of the Mbuti. The Mbuti or BaMbuti are hunter-gathers that live primarily in the rain forests of Africa.
Moreover, the Amur Leopard has longer legs than normal leopards, these long legs helps the leopard walk in and through snow easily. One of the environmental conditions that is affecting the Amur Leopard, is lighting the forests to turn into grassland for farming. By lighting up the forests the people are destroying the habitat of this species. Furthermore, by building natural gas pipelines, roads, and railway networks, humans are not allowing Amur Leopards live in their territory, and also not letting them have more space to roam. Logging can also contribute to these problems.
Deforestation In Thailand Proposal Large areas of the world’s forest are being destroyed as you read this sentence. Volcanoes are erupting, floods are flooding and fires are burning; but with these occurrences the forest will emerge again to become what it once was. Unfortunately this is not the major reason that the forest are being depleted, Deforestation, the permanent loss of forestland, caused by humans is the main cause. With natural disasters the land is left to replenish itself but with deforestation the land becomes un-sustainable to forest life. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) “estimates that the annual rate of deforestation is about 1.3 million square km per decade, with the main deforestation occurring in the tropics where a wide variety of forest exist”.