What are human impacts on rainforests in the Amazon, Australia, and Congo? Include sources. What is an environmental impact assessment (EIA)? How is it done and why is it important? What are the negative effects of deforestation in the ecosystem?
Significant human impacts on tropical forests have been considered the preserve of recent societies, linked to large-scale deforestation, extensive and intensive agriculture, resource mining, livestock grazing and urban settlement. Cumulative archaeologi
A 50,000-year record of late Pleistocene tropical vegetation and human impact in lowland Borneo. Quat. Sci. Rev. 37, 61–80 (2012). Article Google Scholar Barton, H., Denham, T., Neumann, K. & Arroyo-Kalin, M. Long-term perspectives on human occupation of tropical rainforests: an ...
The impact of changing landscapes In just the past 40 years an area the size of Europe has beendeforestedworldwide, and over the past century half of the world'srainforests have been destroyed. "We are changing landscapes and encroaching into systems at a scale that we have never done before...
Nonlethal wildlife tourism has potential to support the sustainable use of protected rainforests; however, activities associated with tourism may negatively affect ecology and wildlife behaviour. Abundance and diel activity pattern of wildlife is crucial to understand how they resp...
The growth of vegetation is subject to a multitude of influencing factors and tends to be more abundant in regions with adequate water and temperature, as exemplified by tropical rainforests (Han et al., 2019). Conversely, in regions characterized by high temperatures but limited precipitation, ...
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However, some people feel that we can have a positive impact too. Conservation means trying to save habitats. Ecotourism is an approach to travel and holidays where people visit natural areas such as rainforests, except rather than destroy the environment, they help to preserve it. Visitors to ...
Identify biodiversity hotspots on Earth. What should be done to protect these areas? What are some of the characteristics of rainforests that support such huge biodiversity? Select any endangered species to research online. Investigate what environmental conditions pose the biggest threats to this specie...
M. Climate and land-use change will lead to a faunal “savannization” on tropical rainforests. Glob. Change Biol. 26, 7036–7044 (2020). Article ADS Google Scholar Salazar, L. F. & Nobre, C. A. Climate change and thresholds of biome shifts in Amazonia. Geophys. Res. Lett. 37, ...