Rainforest diversity and destruction.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:08:20
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 1 pages (404 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 1 pages (404 words)
Rainforest Destruction
1.
-The world's largest rainforests occur in the tropical regions of the Americas, Asia and Africa. Smaller areas of rainforest exist on many pacific islands and in northern Australia.
-Half the world's Rainforests grow in the American Tropics.
-The Amazon jungle is the world's largest tropical rainforest. The forest covers the basin of the Amazon.
2.
In 1950 rainforests covered about 8,700,000 square miles. Today less than half the original extent of the earth's rainforest remains. Scientists …
Is this Essay helpful? Join now to read this particular paper
and access over 480,000 just like this GET BETTER GRADES
and access over 480,000 just like this GET BETTER GRADES
…These include:
Afforestation - Trees should be replanted in areas of deforestation.
Shifting Cultivation - Farmers should move on after 2-3 years to allow the rainforest to recover.
Rubber tapping - More sustainable methods of exploiting the rainforest should be pursued e.g. rubber tapping
Measuring trees - Trees should only be cut down when they reach a certain size. This will ensure younger trees survive longer and will encourage careful management of the rainforest.
Need a custom written paper? Let our professional writers save your time.