The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It is located in South America, mostly in Brazil. The Amazon Rainforest is known for its incredible biodiversity. It is home to millions of species of plants and animals. The rainforest has a unique ecosystem. The tall...
Located in unprotected regions of the Amazon that are most easily damaged by deforestation, known as the "Are of Deforestation", most of these earthworks were discovered for the first time.The Amazon forest, located mostly in Brazil, may appear untouched, overgrown nature. But it has actually ...
Amazon forest, located mostly in Brazil, may appear like unflawed, overgrown nature. But it has actually been shaped over centuries, by indigenous peoples, who introduced farming into the forest environment and planted like Brazil nuts, pineapples, and peach palms. And a set of 3-satellite tre...
Conversion of forests to land used for other purposes has a long history. Earth’scroplands, which cover about 49 million square km (18.9 million square miles), are mostly deforested land. Most present-day croplands receive enough rain and are warm enough to have once supported forests of one...
Tocantins, inland estado (state) of north-central Brazil. Tocantins is bounded by the states of Maranhão and Piauí to the northeast, Bahia to the east, Goiás to the south, Mato Grosso to the west, and Pará to the northwest. Tocantins was created fr
The Amazon rainforest spreads across nine South American countries but most of it (60%) is in Brazil. Brazilian scientists think they might have found a way to reverse the damage caused by deforestation and turn farmland back into forest. The secret lies in ancient local knowledge of soil. ...
The Amazon rainforest is a huge tropical rainforest located in the vicinity of the Amazon River. The Amazon is located in much of northern South America, mostly in northern Brazil (but also in other northern South American countries).
Cattleraisingaccountsforroughly70percentofdeforestation(森林砍伐)intheAmazon.DeforestationintheAmazonrainforesthasbeendecliningsince2004,mostlyduetothefallingdeforestationrateinBrazil.Thereareavarietyofreasonsforthedecline,includingeconomictrends,newprotectedareas,improvedlawregulations,deforestationmonitoringviasatellite,and...
Every year an area of rainforest the size of New Jersey is cut down and destroyed, mostly the result of human activities.We are cutting down rainforests for many reasons, including: wood for both timber and making fires; agriculture for both small and large farms; ...
some of the plants (mostly in bottom part) have broad leaves to absorb more sunlight (since the sunlight is blocked by top layers) and frip-tip leaves to shed rainwater away quickly. For the tall trees they have buttress roots to support them. However since there are a lot of...