INTRODUCTION Echo systems around the world help sustain life for millions of species. Echo systems that are mainly forests provide a home for a large majority of the species alive. Therefore the trees in these forests are considered to be the most important species. Although it is true‚ that most species are not able to sustain without each other. There are many benefits that we get from our forests. Some of these include cleaner drinking water‚ a home for plants and animals‚ economic growth‚ clean
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Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation Georg Kindermann*‚ Michael Obersteiner*‚ Brent Sohngen†‡‚ Jayant Sathaye§‚ Kenneth Andrasko¶‚ Ewald Rametsteiner*‚ Bernhard Schlamadinger ‚ Sven Wunder**‚ and Robert Beach†† *International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis‚ A-2361 Laxenburg‚ Austria; †Department of Agricultural‚ Environmental‚ and Development Economics‚ Ohio State University‚ Columbus‚ OH 43210; §Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory‚ Berkeley
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Body: I. Forests are being destroyed. A. Deforestation is a rampant and growing problem today. 1. According to an article from National Geographic‚ “Deforestation is clearing Earth ’s forests on a massive scale‚ often resulting
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size of the United States. Yet‚ it has a population that is more than three times larger (more than 1.1 billion). As a result‚ the environment faces many critical issues‚ such as: • water shortages; • unclean water sources; • air pollution; • deforestation; • natural disasters from earthquakes‚ floods‚ and typhoons; • soil erosion from unwise agricultural methods. An ever-growing population naturally results in more pollution. As the industrial sector grows and more people drive cars‚ air pollution
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not make a connection between what they consume and their carbon footprint. Unfortunately‚ as previously stated‚ palm oil can be found in the majority of food we consume‚ and products we buy. The deforestation due to palm oil demand has had helped the increased rate of global warming. “Tropical deforestation contributes approximately 15% to total global anthropogenic carbon emissions” (Ivancic). We need rainforests because they are the lungs of our planet‚ helping it absorb the greenhouse gases that
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non-governmental organization that takes a holistic approach to development by focusing on environmental conservation‚ community development and capacity building. The Green Belt Movement organizes women in rural Kenya to plant trees‚ combat deforestation‚ restore their main source of fuel for cooking‚ generate income‚ and stop soil erosion. Professor Maathai incorporated advocacy and empowerment for women‚ eco-tourism‚ and economic development into the Green Belt Movement. Most of the people
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Assessment Design and carry out an investigation into rainforest deforestation. According to the United Nations‚ at least 37.5 million acres of rainforest are lost each year – an area the size of Portugal. Tropical rainforest deforestation is now widely recognized as one of the most critical environmental problems facing the world today‚ with serious long-term consequences. In this task you will ask one question about deforestation and investigate it using the format below. Choose question
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corn increases population of the region. -Traders of the region utilize the monsoon winds in order to navigate across the Indian Ocean. -Silver mining causes deforestation and erosion. -Slaves in the region are used to harvest and plant crops for agriculture. -Coastlines are leveled in order to increase trade over the seas. -Deforestation occurs in large areas in order to make space for sugar crops. -Few ports and small passageways allowed for many pirate raids on trading ships. -Animals brought
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database with several topical areas under analysis by independent individuals. A considerable number of content is attributable to environmentalist and their agendas. One of the videos covering critical issues on deforestation has made a detailed analysis of the extent of damage that deforestation is causing on our environment. In another video‚ a proponent for mitigation of environmental damage presents his case using a perceivably obvious yet overlooked front of environmental damage because of the lack
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The main debate on this topic is how correlation exists between the increase in deforestation‚ and increased industrial production and the rise in general global temperature. The rise in temperature not only is caused by those affairs but also by the melting of the ice caps in both the
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