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Amazon Rain Forest Deforestation

In eight pages this paper discusses the serious problems posed by deforestation of such areas as the Amazon rain forests. Four so...

Amazon Rain Forest and Deforestation

set by humans that have impacted past, current, and future deforestation of the Amazon rainforests (Turcq, et al, 1998). In B...

Rain Forest Deforestation

The Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (with less than 200 pairs remaining), the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot, and the gi...

Amazon Rain Forest Destruction

In six pages this research paper examines conservation of the Amazon rain forest in terms of its pros and cons and reaches the con...

Environmental Preservation Trends and the Amazon Rain Forests

of its timber and other valuable commodities. At the center of this raging debate resides the fundamental principles of sustainab...

Amazon River Basin's Rain Forest

In five pages this report examines the Amazon River basin's rain forest and its global importance. Four sources are cited in the ...

Consequences of the Amazon's Deforestation

replaced them at the same rate, maintaining a rough equilibrium," Wilson states. However, this is no longer the case. The rate of ...

Sustainable Development of Rain Forests' Natural Resources

to our self-perception as a species and also to the future that we envision for ourselves and our descendants (28). Wilson sees h...

Venezuela's Indigenous Cultures

In five pages this paper discusses the Pemon and Yamamao indigenous tribes that inhabit the rain forests of Venezuela in a conside...

Rain Forest of Malaysia

In 5 pages this paper examines what is being done to protect the rain forest of Malaysia from deforestation. There are 4 sources ...

Vietnam's and Malaysia's Rain Forests

forestry. Much is the same really in both areas. Yet, there are decidedly more problems in Vietnam. While problems do admittedly e...

Commercial Fishing and Acid Rain

In this paper consisting of five pages two articles on acid rain's effects and the costs to the commercial fishing industry are co...

Amazon.com Case Study

and start reading it straightaway, in the case of a CD they can listen to it immediately in a car. Ordering any product online mea...

Overview of Deforestation

In ten pages deforestation is examined in an overview of humanistic and environmental impacts with the emphasis on forested system...

Amazon's Frontiers

(2000) refers to as pragmatists adopt the technology they know they will need in the future. Specifically, the Internet is seen a...

Deforestation and Water Pollution in Brazil and the Colombian Amazon

failure and "three strikes laws" that jail users are drawing substantial criticism. It seems that the best strategy might be local...

Importance of Rain Forest/Coral Reef

holds that by destroying ancient old growth forests, such as the one slated for destruction in this case, we are essentially depri...

Environmental Issues and the Rain forest of Brazil

as well as medical research. In essence, all problems with the rainforests can ultimately be traced to deforestation. Two o...

Value of the Rain Forest, "Medicine Man"

This film review pertains to "Medicine Man," a 1992 film directed by John McTiernan. The writer gives an overview of the plot, whi...

"Medicine Man," Environmental Damage in

This paper pertains to the detrimental destruction of a rain forest environment as dramatized in the 1992 film "Medicine Man." Thr...

World Food Shortage Problems and Environmental Issues

type of agricultural system. They dismiss modern agriculture as a form of "industrialization," or demonize it for its "chemicaliza...

The New Guinea Highland 'Economics'

In 7 pages, David M. Hayano's ethnography of New Guinea's tribal societies in The Road Through the Rain Forest: Living Anthropolog...

Rain Forest Protection

In six pages this paper discusses rain forests in terms of protection and habitat management. Six sources are cited in the biblio...

Man Made Problem of the World's Depleting Rain Forests

In six pages this paper examines the destruction of the ecologically important rain forests of South America, Africa, and Malaysia...

Rain Forest of Brazil

In six pages this paper considers the environmental degradation of Brazil's rain forest in a consideration of agricultural and log...

Venezuela and the Pemon and Yamamao Indigenous Tribes

In seven pages the Venezuelan rain forest inhabitants the Pemon and Yamamao indigenous tribes are discussed in an examination of t...

Rain Forests of the Pacific Northwest

the rain forests - including beaver, coyote, bear, cougar, lynx, mink, raccoon, deer, skunk and squirrel - help to round out a wel...

Rain Forest Thematic Unit Overview

In nine pages this rain forest thematic overview includes unit goals and focus, resources and materials listing, 3 integrated acti...

Ecological and Economic Value of Rain Forests

In five pages this paper discusses the economic, ecological and human health benefits the global rain forests provide. Seven sour...

Destroying the World's Rain Forests

numbers of subsistence farmers and increased growth of land controlled by large holdings. Today, "one-thirtieth of the total numb...