The jungle provides sufficient food and shelter enabling them to have good amounts of leisure time. The Mbuti live under an immediate return system as a foraging society. This is due to the fact that food spoils quickly and must be eaten soon after obtaining it. They cannot store food or grow food in the rain forest. Like most foraging groups the Mbuti are mobile.
FARMING IN THE AMAZON According to Ladatco, the Amazon is the largest and densest rainforest in the world. Its vegetation represents 1/3 of the worlds remaining forest and provides about 15% of the earth’s new oxygen. It is located in northern South America and covers 2.5 million miles. It runs through eight countries and the second largest river is in the Amazon. The rainforest contains almost 40000 different plant species.
Plants in the understorey and forest floor grow to join the canopy layer when one of the existing trees die and leave a gap of sunlight. The smaller plants then begin collecting the nutrients that allow them to grow and survive. The other plants, that don’t receive sunlight, either die or take advantage of the trees that reach the canopy or emergent layers. They do this by growing around or on the trees (these are called epiphytes) so that they don’t have to grow their own support structure. About 80% of the food we eat came from Rainforests.
The Mbuti are considered to be a foraging group of people or better known as hunters-gatherers because they depends primarily on wild food for subsistence. The Mbuti people are still around today because everything they do, say and portray is reflective of the rain forest, although the Mbuti’s economic organization is simple, their social organization on the other hand is not. From their beliefs and values to their social and economic structures, the Mbuti rely on their knowledge to survive (Harako 1976). The climate is divided into a rainy season from April to November and a dry season from December to March. The rain falls two out of three in the rainy season and one out of three in the dry season.
C. Taman Negara Malaysia which located in the center of Peninsular Malaysia. III. Amazon is one of the oldest rain-forest and it is largest in the world. A. It is a moist broadleaf that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America.
----------------------- Week 8 – TTL Group Activity – Transnational reworking of a rural livelihood The Amazon rainforest, or also known as the Amazonia; is one of the world’s greatest natural resources. Described as the “Lungs of our Planet”, approximately 20% of Earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest. The Amazonia possesses is some of the riches and diverse ecosystems, with over 500 mammal species, over 300 reptiles species, and a third of the world’s bird population. As the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazonia covers approximately 40% of the Southern American continent. Today the Amazonia has had 20% of its forest destroyed as a result of cattle ranches, mining, logging and agriculture.
Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It’s size is unmatched by other rainforests, because it covers over forty percent of South America, and is present in nine different countries. The total area of the Amazon consists of 1.7 billion acres, with 1.4 billion acres of dense forests. It is such a vast ecosystem, providing a home to one-fifth of the worlds plants and birds, as well as one-tenth of the world’s mammals. It is easy to see why this rainforest is so marveled upon.
One in five of all the birds in the world live in the rainforests of the Amazon. The Amazon water lily is the biggest flower in the world with a diameter of two metres. The Caranguejeira spider is bigger than a baseball and one species of monkey weighing 130 grams is about the size of a toothbrush. There are about 30 times more fish species in the Amazon than in all European rivers. The Amazon River contains over 3000 rare aquatic species including two types of river dolphins, the giant otter, turtles and alligators.
The Killer of the Amazon Rainforest The Amazon rainforest, located in Brazil, is an essential part of our planet. According to the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER), the Amazon rainforest holds over two thirds of all the fresh water found on Earth and also produces twenty percent of Earths oxygen supply. Unfortunately, a devastating transformation is taking place throughout the majority of the forest because of the process of deforestation. There are many negative impacts that come with this. Some of which include, global warming, destruction of habitat, and soil erosion.
In the river many rapids and waterfalls of the Livingstone falls, among others. The Congo River gets up to 90 inches of rainfall a year. It has within its banks 30 waterfalls and thousand of islands. At Inga falls there is a Hydroelectric Dam on the Congo River. It’s worth 80 Billion Dollars, and provides energy for millions of people.