Provide one action we as humans engage in that leads to the extinction of each of these components. Action affecting Lichens = Lichens depend on air and water for nutrients which is affected by things such as air travel and exhaust fumes. Action affecting Trees = People cutting down trees for useable items is one main way that leads to extinction. Action affecting Flowers = People are clearing off land in order to plant crops and trees Action affecting Bees = There is intensive farming being done all around the world to keep up with the supply and demand of food. As a result this eliminate food that bees pollinate from.
There were no rivers or lakes to provide irrigation and what rain did fall was soon evaporated by the sun. The tools settlers brought with them from the east were useless, as well as the seeds from their previous eastern crops. Plows were not strong enough to cut through the hard ground, and the plants were simply not hearty enough to live in such tough conditions. Even if farmers were able to manage to produce enough crops to feed their families there still wasn't enough to sell to financially sustain their them. The land they had been given to cultivate was nowhere near a fertile and yielded fewer crops.
They were masters of restoring nutrients to the ground and producing a great deal of food from their soils. Mayan peasants would slash and burn the rainforest and then wait for the ashy nutrients to go deep into the soil before they would farm. When farmers let the land rest, they are trying to make it fallow (fallow means the land was well rested and nutrient rich). These farmers knew that over-farming could ruin the soil and make it impossible to grow on again. When scientists look at dirt today, they can tell a lot about what happened in the past.
Another source writes of the sickness making cultivating the farmland impossible. He says that “We are in great danger for our plantation is very weak by reasons of death and sickness”. This means that means of true recovery were impossible, even the sick had to work in the fields but the numbers were not enough to provide food for the colony. Overall the sickness in the area was an unbelievable hardship at the time. Living continuously and being healthy in the area became more of a hardship around the same time as the sicknesses started increasing.
The Easter Islanders could see that the land resources were becoming increasingly scarce but they continued to consume them shamelessly. What’s worse is that they relied on the very source of their predicament, the statues, to deliver their salvation. In Sumer, a conceivably more civilized and organized realm, trade, accounting, and irrigation systems were developed. Greed plagued the land. Kings, lords, great families and priests ruled and all others were slaves who often had fallen victim to human sacrifice.
Why can’t people feed themselves? As of today, third world countries do not have access to the high-quality land to feed themselves. The plentiful land they once owned has been ruined. Unfortunately, due to clear cutting by plantations many years ago, the soil has no nutrients left. “Colonialism destroyed the cultural patterns of production and exchange by which traditional societies in “underdeveloped” countries previously had met the needs of people.”(Lappe, p.184) Furthermore, the useable land that is left is not available to them.
Sand is mostly made of material grains. According to the University of Illinois, “a garden with sandy soil has very little water and nutrient retention,” this will cause the decomposition to occur very slowly. By putting air holes in the top of the container lid it is allowing oxygen to circulate through all of the environments. After the apple has fully decomposed in the soil compost is made. The Webster Dictionary’s definition of compost is, “a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land.” Compost is improves the soils structure and helps keep in air, nutrients, and moisture for the plants growing in the compost.
While most commonly known for erecting large stone heads, the indigenous Polynesian residents that once inhabited the island are also notable for their inability to adapt to their unsustainable situation, resulting in their eventual demise. As the islanders' population grew over a gradual period of time, they faced a crisis: As they cut the forest down quicker then it could regenerate, and hunted wildlife too frequently, native plant and animals became extinct. As Jared Diamond pointed out, “any islander who tried to warn about the dangers of progressive deforestation would have been overridden by vested interests of bureaucrats and chiefs” (Diamond, Jared). This illustrates how a society that fails to recognize negative externalities and that avoids innovating sustainable living practices will inevitably die out. Thus, creativity can help us analyze current situations and extrapolate consequences that may result from poor habits.
Most of the men that came were gentlemen, as in, men who didn’t work as much. Explains why they lacked so many needy occupations. They also had no women, so the colonists couldn’t cook. There were no farmers to grow crops, so they didn’t have any food. They did have one surgeon, but that didn’t help at all since they only had one.
More than 30 million people including the indigenous people count on the forest for food, agriculture, clothing, and traditional medicines (Amazon). The truth is that some of the indigenous tribes in South America will go extinct along with their unique language due to deforestation. The amazon is home to some of the most stunning animals such as, the gorilla, jaguar, pink dolphin, the macaw, and many others. Deforestation of the amazon is annihilating the homes of these marvelous creatures. Animal habitats are also being destroyed or altered due to deforestation.