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Destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest, 1990.
This paper discusses the destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest: History background, ecology and environmental and social damage.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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"Settlers and developers have attempted to exploit South America's Amazon River for over 400 years. However, the last few decades have witnessed the greatest destruction of this extremely fragile ecosystem. The result has been world-wide attention on the river and its rain forest due mainly to the projected environmental consequences of this destructiveness. In fact, many are referring to it as "one of the great tragedies of history." But along with the ecological damage. this devastation also has wreaked economic end social havoc. The purpose of this paper will be to discuss the destruction of the Amazon rain forest and these effects as a result of development and deforestation. In addition, a review of what is being proposed and what is being done to rectify the situation also will be included."
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Amazon Rain Forest Destruction Reviewed, 2004.
An examination of the destruction of the Amazon rain forest from two different perspectives.
1,406 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper presents an examination of two disciplines and how they approach and address similar issues. The writer explores the destruction of the Amazon rain forest from the perspective of the commercial beef growers ,as well as the perspective of the ecological advocates.
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"As the world becomes more crowded it is becoming evident that decisions have to be made regarding resources available to mankind. With the advancement of the world today, and the globalization efforts expand the desire to provide for man now and prepare for the future are beginning to clash. One of the points of controversy is the Amazon Rain Forest because of its dual capability. The Amazon Rain Forest is currently providing areas for cattle to graze which of course provides food for the immediate need, however, the Rain Forest also has a large potential impact on the survival of mankind in the future as long as it is not destroyed today. The tug of war between the cattle ranchers, who are clearing the land now and the ecologists who are trying to stop the destruction of the forest has continued for years. Sociological and Ecological themes hit heads as the arguments and vying for first position continue."
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Cattle Ranchers and the Amazon Rain Forest, 2004.
Explores the destruction of the Amazon rain forest from the perspective of the commercial beef growers ,as well as from the perspective of the ecological advocates.
1,358 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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As the world becomes more crowded, it is becoming evident that decisions have to be made regarding resources available to mankind. One of the points of controversy in today's battle between saving our natural resources and providing for man's future is the battle over the Amazon rain forest. The paper shows that the Amazon rain forest is currently providing areas for cattle to graze, which, of course, provides food for immediate need. However, the rain forest also has a large potential impact on the survival of mankind in the future, as long as it is not destroyed today. The paper describes the tug of war that exists between the cattle ranchers, who are clearing the land now, and the ecologists, who are trying to stop the destruction of the forest. Sociological and ecological themes conflict as the arguments and competition continue.
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"According to ecological research there is already 16 percent of the forest gone through destruction., This is equal to 1.6 million square miles of forest. The ecologists believe that the destruction has sped up the global warming process which in turn is speeding up other future problems for the world. The argument between the cattle ranchers and the ecologists is centered on this and other consequences of the ranchers efforts(Brazil, 2003)."
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The Amazon Rain Forest, 2002.
Discusses the impact the destruction of the forest has on the area and the people of the region.
2,490 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of the Amazon Rain Forest destruction and how it is impacting the indigenous people who live there. The writer explores the forest, the ways that it is being destroyed and the direct and indirect negative impact the destruction has on the many tribes in the area.
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"The destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest has been well publicized, but the spotlight is not focused on the indigenous people who live there. With deforestation, fires, medicinal products being made out of plants from the area without the profits going to the tribes, and disease spreading like wildfires, there are many threats to the indigenous populations of the Amazon Rain Forest and the consequences of the current path will prove to be devastating."
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The Destruction of the Rain Forests, 2002.
A discussion of the issues concerning the destruction of tropical rain forests from a bias that they have enormous significance to the planet's environment.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This essay will examine the debate over the destruction of the tropical rain forests from a number of perspectives. It will be argued that the tropical rain forests, and the bio diverse ecosystems that they support, are of enormous significance to the planet's environment. This being said, it will also be argued that man is an integral feature of this environment, and that the economic systems that define human cultures must therefore be factored into any discussion of viable or sustainable development of the rain forests.
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Destruction of Rain Forests, 2002.
This paper presents an investigation of the effect that the destruction of rain forests will have on the future.
910 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper examines the importance of rain forests for the ecosystem and elucidates current concerns about its destruction by explaining some of the consequences of destruction. In looking at the causes of the problem, the paper explores the perception that the problems were local and not global, the problem of basic greed and selfishness and political problems. The paper concludes with a discussion of the impact of this destruction on the future of the ecosystem.
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"Within the last few decades mankind has come to the understanding that the world?s resources are not unlimited. The rain forest has been a focus of concern for environmental groups around the world. Years ago society used whatever resources it wanted with little thought to the impact that would have on the future. Today society realizes that the things it does to the environment will have a domino affect across ecology. Things that mankind perpetuates on the rain forest are causing its very destruction and this destruction threatens the future of the ecosystem mankind is so familiar with."
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Destroying the Rain Forests, 2002.
Examines the results of cutting down rain forest, focusing on the Amazon rain forest in South America.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 53.95
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Cutting the rain forest threatens biodiversity. Cutting the rain forest destroys a valuable carbon sink to protect against greenhouse gases. Cutting down the rain forest threatens the indigenous people in the rain forest. Finally, attempts to repair the damage have failed.
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People of the Rain Forest, 2002.
This paper describes the Jivaro, people of the South American rain forest of Ecauador.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper summarizes lives of the Jivaro (Shuar) tribe which was once revered for their fierceness and head-shrinking rituals. The paper states that the Jivaro tribe is being forced from their lands and further into the jungle by white civilization. The author feels that the Jivaro tribe is in a more positive position because they have an incredible knowledge of the anti-cancerous plants that grow in the rain forests.
Table of Contents
The Jivaro
The Region and Language
A Patrilineal Society
Life in One House
Survival
Craftsmanship
Head Hunters
Religious System
Marriage, Birth and Death
Saving Their Culture
The Jivaro Today
Conclusion
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"The Jivaro's, who prefer to be called Shuar Indians, are caught between the cultures of the past and the encroaching modern civilization. Some of the problems they are dealing with on a daily basis include deciding whether ?a new, paved road to the outside world" will help the tribe or destroy them. The tribe feels roads would enable them to take their cattle of market and buy needed supplies but are concerned because the roads bring white men who destroy the jungle."
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The Brazilian Rain Forest, 2002.
An ecological examination of deforestation and agricultural growth in the Brazilian rain forest region.
2,509 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 76.95
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This research explores the twin problems of deforestation and agricultural growth in the Brazilian rain forest. The research sets forth the ecological context in which these issues have arisen, as well as ways in which the problems have affected the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere of the region. It then discusses the range of past and projected responses to the problem with a view toward forecasting possible lines of development and resolution.
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"Such issues have been at work in Brazil for decades. As early as the 1950s and 1960s, partly in cooperation with UNESCO, Brazil's government undertook economic-development projects in Brazil, in Amazonia (Amazon, 1967) and in another major rain forest system called the Atlantic Forest. Such aggressive industrial development occurred in the latter region over the years that the great mass of the Atlantic Forest has all but disappeared. Only remainder patches of unspoiled lush vegetation survive in the current period, from the million-kilometer area of former times (Dean, 1997)."
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Environmental Impact of Rain Forest Deforestation, 2002.
Examining the importance of rain forests to the environment and the tragic impact of their deforestation.
1,158 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains the process which occurs in the environment which makes rain forests such an important element to the balance of the earth and the air we breathe. It explains the causes and effects of deforestation and how this is developing into a worldwide concern. The paper also suggests some solutions to the potential disaster.
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"From all types of habitats on the earth, rainforest provides a perfect shelter for millions of species. The forests commonly occur in tropical countries, where annual rainfall reaches over 400 cm and some between 200 and 400 cm every year (Bryant, 2000). Frequent rainfalls, combined with the warm temperature throughout the year, provide the plants and animals good condition to grow and increase their population. Many associated species grow from the food provided by the tree, creating special multifarious communities of the tropical countries. Bryant said, about ?half of all species? on earth occupies the remaining 3.6 million square miles of the rainforest left nowadays, which only counts for seven percent of the earth?s land surface.
Rainforest plays an important role to create a climate and energy balance all over the earth. In ?Rainforests and Global Warming? (2000), it is explained that the forest equalizes the carbon dioxide amount and the biomass of the vegetation. The world receives high capacity of carbon dioxide from volcanic activities and another human-activity related emission. The vegetations in the forest help taking up the gas and ?convert it into cellulose and release oxygen through photosynthesis.? "
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Rain Forest Preservation, 1995.
This paper discusses the role and examples of Conservation International & other non-profit groups in saving the South American rain forest by using economic approaches.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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"The conservation movement in the United States has grown in the last few decades. An outgrowth, of this movement, is the ability of some producers to market products for a higher price, if they can claim that the raw materials of the product were obtained in a manner which is safe, does not cause pollution, or saves an unblemished portion of the world's ecology. The local people living in, and around, the rain forests need an economic reason not to destroy the resources of the rain forests, but to harvest the natural bounty within them. By exploiting the "green" movements and helping connect the indigenous people to the international markets, the conservation organizations have the means to impact the amount of rain forest which will be saved. Economics can provide the incentive to save the rain forest."
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"Road Through The Rain Forest" by David M Hayano, 1996.
Critical review of study of impact of modern world on Awa people of Papua New Guinea.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"David M. Hayano, in Road Through the Rain Forest, tells a compassionate, empathic and humanized story of the lives of the individuals of the Awa people of Highland Papua New Guinea at a time when their culture is undergoing dramatic changes brought about by the incursion of the world of progress and technology. It is a very personal narrative in which the author, striving for a "living anthropology," includes his own life as an integral part of his work. As the author writes,
These are not dramatized men and women, but actual individuals, some living, some dead, of flesh and blood. . . . Conventional ethnographies are usually writings about people with no personal names, no utterances, no feelings, no individual life experiences. Rather than beating the life out of the..."
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Destruction of Tropical Forests, 1993.
Explores environmental consequences and political and economic realities surrounding the destruction of tropical forests.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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"The destruction of tropical forests has long been a source of alarm to professional ecologists and environmental activists, and increasingly it has become a matter of public concern in Western industrial nations. Citizens of industrialized nations often respond to the issue of tropical deforestation as if they are teaching backward people how to cope with their ecosystem. One reason for this attitude is the perception that deforestation is the result of innumerable individual decisions that are rational on a small scale (e.g., subsistence farming, ranching, or lumbering for profit) but that have consequences that are irrational on the large scale (e.g., alteration of hydrological patterns, effects on global climate, or reduction of biodiversity). This issue is controversial because it involves industrialized nations bringing pressure on developing ..."
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Deforestation in the Amazon, 2007.
This paper examines the environmental issues relates to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
2,559 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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The paper looks at the causes and effects of the problem of deforestation in the Brazilian part of the Amazon, the solutions attempted so far to control the deforestation, the extent of their success and the proposed solutions. The paper describes how the Amazonian rainforest constitutes the world's most diverse ecosystem and contains more than half of the world's estimated 10 million plant and animal species. The paper explains that it is being destroyed at an alarming rate mainly due to human activity such as commercial logging, mining and oil exploration. The paper concludes that a greater commitment is required from the international community if we are to save this priceless heritage for our future generations.
Outline:
The Problem
Attempted Solutions
Proposed Solutions
Conclusion
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"In Brazil alone, where the bulk of the Amazon rainforest lies, over 530,000 square kilometers of rainforest have been destroyed since 1978. Even more alarming is the fact that the rate of destruction shows no signs of abating as between August 2003 and 2004 alone, some 26,000 square kilometers of forest in Brazil- an area larger than Israel--was deforested. (Butler, "Deforestation in the Amazon,") Some estimates indicate that if the destruction of the Amazonian rainforests continues at the current rate, we will manage to completely consume the remaining rainforests in the next 50 years. (Butler-"Local and National Consequences") Needless to add, this would be a tragedy of catastrophic proportions."
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Weapons of Mass Destruction, 2003.
This paper discusses the use, storage, proliferation, and control of weapons of mass destruction.
3,050 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper explains that there have been many efforts to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, with many of leaders of countries signing several different treaties, but nothing can stop the production of such destructive weapons. The author points out that the majority of the nations and organizations, such as our allies, rogue nations, and terrorist groups, have some sort of a weapon of mass destruction. The paper stresses that, as destructive as chemical weapons are, far bigger threats to international security are biological weapons, which, if not decreased, can cause more causalities than chemical weapons.
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"The variations of the different types of chemical weapons hurt a nation?s chances of a defense or readiness against a chemical weapon because chemical weapons are hard to stop spreading. As mentioned by the government document, chemical weapons have been used before when ?Chlorine gas and mustard gas were widely used during World War I.? Many countries can produce chemical weapons on a mass scale and have the resources that are necessary to produce the chemical weapons. A nation?s only defense would be retaliation, which could mean an all out nuclear war which will meet any human?s fear or global destruction. With this risk of global chaos existent, many of the world?s leaders should be put at blame. If world leaders such as the United States established treaties to decrease or even eliminate chemical weapons, this problem would cease to exist because other nations would follow along."
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