Rainforest Case Study

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On this picture you see the rainforest of the East Kalimantan in Indonesia. Rainforest are very important for us because it helps stabilizing the climate, gives home to animals, is a source for medicines and food, and an interesting place to visit for tourists. But it is also have certain characteristics but why does it have these? So therefore I am investigation the rainforest in Indonesia. As you see on the picture it is very green, it rains and you see one animal, why is that? The rainforest have a very interesting climate because, rainforests are mostly found very near to the equator, so the sun rises high in the sky every day, which means that it is very hot, hotter then in Europe. But in a “rain” forest the rain is 75 inches at a minimum, and most rainforests get …show more content…

We are cutting down rainforests for reasons, such as pulp for making paper and road construction. Rainforests are also disappearing and damaged by climate change, which is giving droughts in parts of the Amazon. Drought causes that trees die and dries out leaf litter, which makes the chance of fires bigger. [5] In 2005 and 2010 the Amazon experienced the worst droughts ever recorded. The smoke took care of health problems, and blocked the system of rain clouds, while the burning gave large amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, causing the effects of climate change. Indonesia has experienced several droughts too, which means that the rainforest I have chosen can also dry out. [5,6] I definitely think this is geography, because it has influences on our nature but also indirect on the humans. It also changes throughout the time in human and nature perspective, because of the deforestation. It also has a lot of reasons why something is why, and that is also very environmental. We cannot live without these trees, or life would be very difficult. I think we need to protect these rainforests, and help the nature, so actually

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