The Daintree Rainforest, one of the oldest rainforests in the world, is part of the Wet Tropics of North Queensland, Australia. This 1200 square kilometer, or approximately 500 square mile, rainforest is home to 3000 plant species. This region “contains 30 percent of Australia's frog, marsupial and reptile species, 65 percent of Australia's bat and butterfly species and 20 percent of the bird species,” according to the Daintree Discovery Center, the rainforest’s interpretive facility. Of these, 700
is going to be very little diversity. 2. a) The Daintree rainforest at Cape Tribulation, in far north Queensland is diverse in many ways. It holds 12 of the 19 primitive plant families in the world (Cairns Today, 2007). The forest covers an area of 1100 square kilometres and is approximately eighty kilometres wide. This dense and luxuriant rainforest has the greatest diversity than any other in Australia and many in the world. The Daintree is also the home of rare and threatened of being extinct
Many indigenous lifestyles that inhabit wilderness areas today have existed for thousands of years. For example, the Kuku Yalariji people, one of thousands of Aboriginal Australian tribes in the country, are believed to have occupied Daintree rainforest for more than 9000 years. These are peoples with a keen sense of their identity and their historic links with the land. They see their future as bound up with their environment, and are determined to hold on to their own languages and cultures
The Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation at Its Finest Humans are the most dominate species on the planet occupying every continent on the planet. We thrive at a birth to death rate of about 250:105 every minute, making humans as a species grow exponentially. In order for Homo sapiens to prosper, it comes at the expense of other plants and animals. Due to the morals of humans, it makes it more difficult to kills animals than it does plants. Thus, making those green leaves an easy target. Every day,
Film Review of Medicine Man This movie brings together many different character personalities. But in the end this happens to work out in a good way. The doctor, being Dr. Campbell, was a really smart man that came to the jungle and joined the tribe. While being there for awhile he was known as the new nickname. Why? Because he gave a child Alka Seltzer and made him fell better. The other medicine man was not very happy with Dr. Campbell because that was his own position that he took as
Trees the Most Valuable Resource on Earth Today Forests are one of the most valuable resources on the planet today. Without forests it would be almost impossible for any living thing to survive. But, with this in mind many people destroy forests. It is as though they don’t even care that they are dooming themselves as well as the trees. Hopefully through this article I can help save the forest and help human kind, as well as all other organisms, by telling how important the forest is and how it
Deforestation should be banned Deforestation is an issue all over the world. It harmfully affects everything in a way or other, including the ecosystem, human beings, and the animals that live in the forests. The outcomes of cutting down thousands of trees increases as human beings increase in their population, and the long-term results can be shocking as more and more species of animals become endangered. I have three reasons why deforestation should be banned. Firstly, Deforestation cause loss
Biodiversity crisis is the accelerating loss of species diversity and ecosystems mainly because of human actions. Biodiversity crisis is a greater threat to the survival of human beings on the earth because human beings are entirely dependent on biodiversity for livelihoods. The direct uses of biodiversity includes food, fiber, medicine, fuel wood, timber, building materials, industrial products (waxes, rubber, oils), and like. The indirect benefits of biodiversity are mainly the ecosystems services
Tree trimming is an important task that needs to be carried out regularly, without fail. Tree trimming is not only good for the tree's growth, it is also important to trim trees at regular intervals so that they do not damage property and overhead wires. Huge trees often fall due to heavy rain and make the situation complex with the damages created on the adjacent properties. So such huge trees close to any residential buildings or industrial properties should be trimmed regularly. Perfect Time
Recycling helps protect the environment by saving a lot of trees. It is true that we can gain a lot of natural resources from trees like rubber, cloth and wood. Companies that need natural resources will need to cut down trees to provide us the supplies that we need. Because of recycling we can reduce the rate of the trees that are being cut down. Instead of cutting down trees we can use an alternative resources or what we know as recycled materials to provide us of what we need. We can make supplies
ways. The tropical rainforest is just one of the many different ecosystems throughout the world. Tropical rain-forests can be such an amazing ecosystem due to the unique environment. A Rainforest can be very moist, hot, and humid due to all of the rainfall. The average rainfall is about 50 to 200 inches of rain a year. Due to the rainfall, temperature in the tropical rainforest can range from 93 degrees Fahrenheit and drop to about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. In a rainforest there can be low altitude
Is deforestation nicknamed “the modern day plague” by national geographic a global issue in the 21st century? This question breeds a lot of debate when it comes to the controversial topic of deforestation but, the answer is simply yes. The reasons behind deforestation being such a global issue stems from the affects that it has on the sustainability of the air for living organisms such as people, variables that also cause changes in the weather, and negative alterations within the food supply. The
Costa Rica is a place where over 500,000 species call home. Within this large number you can find 4% of the total species across the world. Costa Rica is considered to be a part of the top 20 countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world. I have found they are in the top 20 because of their position geographically. Costa Rica has two coasts as well as Mountains. This tropical zone that Costa Rica located in is called Neotropics, and it provides numerous climates, which are responsible for
Deforestation is a major global problem, it has negative effects on biodiversity, global warming, the water cycle, and soil cohesion. It is the process of cutting down trees in a forested area. Many solutions have been proposed to fix the problems caused by deforestation. Brazil has had the highest deforestation rate in the world. One of the solutions to clearing would be to convert to industrial hemp. Several nations including Norway, have decided to give financial aid to countries that will
As a result of our need for wood, with the growth of the population demanding more space and resources, and of course the need for money, we are loosing one of the most important organism on our planet, forests and rainforests, which we also call the lungs of the earth. It is true that wood has been a major resource for us since the beginning of times, especially throughout the industrial revolution, it has been and still is our main source of warmth, living space and profit. However, imagine having
Corporate use of land and resources has a highly negative impact on animals, humans, and the ecosystem as a whole. The palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia are ruining the ecosystem of that area. Those same plantations are causing animals to go extinct. The article, “Last Stand of the Orangutan” written by United Nations Environment Program talks about orangutans. Orangutans are endangered and are at risk of going extinct due to logging, forest fires and palm oil plantations. (United Nations
consumer products (Rainforest Rescue 1). Palm oil grows on trees in rainforests. In order for Palm Oil to grow the temperature must be moist and hot. Therefore, the rainforest and regions near the equator are prime location for the growth of this oil. Most of the Palm Oil trees are farmed and used as an ingredient in an item that is sold for commerce. Currently about half of the products, that people use and buy on a day to day basis, contains the ingredient Palm oil (Rainforest Rescue 1). Palm oil
over time helping them to adapt to life in the trees. The sloth is also the world’s slowest mammal, so slow that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South American rainforest habitat. All sloths are built for life in the treetops and they spend nearly all their time in the trees. They hang from the branches, gripping with their long claws. Most sloths sleep some 15-20 hours a day. When they are awake, the barely move
It is easy to deny the reality that the state of the environment plays a large role in the survival of society. People who argue to protect and preserve it are seen as “hippies” or “tree huggers” and discarded by society. On the other hand, those who support deforestation are seen as “killing us all.” This conflict that is often portrayed on modern media is actually one that span all the way back to the beginning of civilization. Jared Diamond, recipient of the Lewis Thomas Prize and physiology professor
Would we, as human beings, be able to live without all the necessities made out of trees if trees could not be cut down? Trees must be cut down in order to get our essential everyday objects. Trees are the natural source of many items in our lives. Also, because soil is renewable, cutting down trees allow new trees to grow in its place. Cutting trees would give us, human beings, a less difficult time living. The article, “Tree Loss” states “ People cut down trees to make room for new farms, housing