Organizational Method: Topical Topic : Rain-forest General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the two major cause rain-forest being destroyed. Central Idea : The area of rain-forest on earth is getting smaller, the reasons lead to this situation are deforestation and global climate change. INTRODUCTION: I. Rainforest are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000mm. A. Around 40% to 75% of all biotic species are indigenous to the rainforests.
Inhabitants The Quichua are the only people to have migrated both south along the ridges and valleys of the Andes Mountains and east into the rainforest of the Amazon Basin. This early divergence in their migration paths has created distinct mountain- and jungle-Quichua identity and culture. Exploration The Andes is home to a large number of species, among which the condor, the national bird makes its nest among the rocks of the mountains. Some of these discoveries include flora, such as many lichens and flowers that cover the Andes Mountains during the summer. The Andes Mountains also consist of fauna, being that the Andes is a habitat for numerous species.
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.
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.
Darien Rainforest Part 4 Scott Sondles The Darien Rainforest of Central America is one of the most diverse and beautiful areas in the world. It is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and home to over half of the world’s bird population. The immense bio-diversification can be credited to the emergence of the Panama land bridge around three million years ago that allowed the convergence of animal species and plants from both the north and south to expand their boundaries and cross-breed. Sadly, this area of the world is constantly under attacks from outside corporations and political interest. The future of the Darien Rainforest now lies in the hands of committed volunteers and organizations determined to save this amazing land.
Such adaptation is known as a “Buttress Roots”. Without these adaptation trees wouldn’t be able to receive nutrients and die out. Question (ii): Discuss the role Humus (Decaying Vegetation Matter) on the forest floor plays in providing nutrients to rainforest soils. • Include a labelled diagram or a series of labelled diagrams to illustrate your answer. Answer (ii): The HUMUS play an important role needed for the survival of the rainforest in that the HUMUS is the provider of nutrients.
The Amazon Rainforest is and has always been a miraculous and extremely marvelous wonder of the world. It is the home to native Akawaio Indians (exactly how many is unknown), 358 mammal species, 15 percent of the world’s primates, as well as over 55,000 species of plants. Currently, 24 species of mammals and 1,000 plant species are threatened to extinction largely and mainly because of mass deforestation. Columbia's Amazon Rainforest is well over 55 million years old, has had human inhabitants both living in and visiting there for as far back as man can remember. Although old and beautiful in its existence, it is also very dangerous.
The Mbuti or BaMbuti are hunter-gathers that live primarily in the rain forests of Africa. The Ituri jungle is located in the Northeast portion of the country formerly known as Zaire and has returned back to its previous name, the Congo. The Mbuti are true foragers that view the forest as almost a deity. This forest deity provides all of their sustenance. They depend on the environment of the rain forest for almost all their livelihood.
Geography 101 13 July 2013 The Deforestation of the Amazon The deforestation of the Amazon is going to have catastrophic consequences. The legal and illegal results of chopping down trees in this great wetland, has dire consequences that our generation may not suffer but future generations will. “The Amazon is a vast region that spans across eight rapidly developing countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, an overseas territory of France. The landscape contains: one in ten known species on Earth; 1.4 billion acres of dense forests, half of the planet's remaining tropical forests; 4,100 miles of winding rivers, 2.6 million square miles in the Amazon basin, about 40 percent of South America” (“Amazon”). So you ask, why does it matter if we chop down a few trees?
Okapi – An Unusual Forest Dweller The Okapi is an elusive herbivore. It is located in a northeast of tropical mountain forest in central Africa. It is a beautiful and unusual animal. It has a life span of 15 to 20 years in captivity. Okapi’s Taxonomical name is Okapia Johnston.