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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Redwoods and the Conservation Movement

Northern California's redwood forest is a source of both natural beauty and potential financial boon. This paper examines the issu...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Rain Forests and Fictional Newira People

In five pages this fictional overview of a rain forest group includes the people's story of creation, religion, economics, and liv...

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 Forest Thematic Unit Overview

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 Interdisciplinary Unit for Second Grade

Objectives Related to Pennsylvania Standards * Know at least ten animals that live in rain forests and some that have become extin...

Importance of Rain Forests

or Arbor Day). There can be no argument how rain forests give life to the entities that flourish within its protective cover. Th...

Rain Forest Deforestation

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

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 ...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...