Jungles are overgrown with wild tangles of vegetation and dense forest. Jungles and rainforests are similar‚ but while rainforests have thick canopies of tall trees that block out light‚ jungles allow more light in‚ making it easier for plants to grow. The extra light creates dense areas of plants and vegetation that can be difficult to navigate. Jungles are often found surrounding rainforests. Jungles are home to a wide range of plants and animals. Over half of the world’s species
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Essay on The Importance of Degradation to the Environment "Jimmy‚ let’s see if you know the creatures of the rainforest. What sound does this one make?" "That’s right‚ a chainsaw goes RRRRRRRRR." A simple cartoon in a magazine‚ that’s all people see it as. There is constantly talk about the environment being destroyed and we’ve become immune to the topic. It just washes over us‚ without the idea actually sinking in. Everything that is being done on this planet somehow affects someone‚ something
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on the importance of rainforests and why we must save them. We all know that Malaysia has the oldest rainforest in the world ‚ but do we really understand what rainforests do? Rainforests safeguard our existence on this planet because they help maintain the environmental balance within the ecosystem. This is because rainforests contain many trees and plants. These absorb the carbon dioxide in the air and release oxygen for us to breathe. When rainforests are destroyed‚ there
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Adapting to water pressure. 4. Long tail and fins to make them swim with speed. 5. Camouflage The Uguanda The Uguanda is a carnivorous mammal that lives in an extreme tropical rainforest that is only around in Australia’s famous rainforest in Wollongong. The Uguanda is spread all around the rainforest‚ there are millions of them. The Uguanda’only live for a short time‚ between 7 months and no longer then 2 years. However Uguanda’s‚ have a big competition to get there food‚ due to a big
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fact that a pharmaceutical company is making all sorts of medicines and health products. Their intention is to use the rainforests resources to make the products that is used to help people with their health from the medicines they create. This scenario has the issue of the rainforest being cut down but not kept up with when it comes to being replenished and how the rainforests are becoming desolate places. There are many different people that have a say in this matter and it is issue that has to
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people to firmly and completely protect rainforests that are scattered throughout the globe in order to preserve such a diverse piece of the planet. A well planned system aimed towards
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and into the rest of the world as trade increased. Chocolate is mainly grown in Ghana and Africa where production can greatly effect the environment through intense farming and deforestation. Because chocolate is grown in areas where Tropical Rainforests are usually located farmers cut down and destroy wildlife habitats to clear room for land used in chocolate production. During cocoa cultivation and farming‚ nutrients are leached out of the soil due to poor irrigation and the neglect of proper
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usually written in a response to a previous letter‚ or in response to a current issue. In the OPENING STATEMENT‚ the writer gives the details of what they’re referring to. For example‚ “In response to Wayne Smith’s letter ‘Nurseries are to blame for rainforest weeds’ (Cairns Post‚ 3rd February‚ 2005)‚ I wish to say that I agree with him.” 3. Following the OPENING STATEMENT‚ the writer gives their OPINION. For example‚ “Until there are stricter regulations on the sale of weeds‚ the Wet Tropics is doomed
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The rainforest is a beautiful place filled with fauna and flora. Is the rainforest being destroyed? In a matter of fact it is. It is caused by many reasons. The three most popular ones are logging‚ construction and especially furniture. This essay will discuss how we are destroying the rainforest. The most significant danger to the rainforest of the three that will be outlined in this essay is logging. Logging can be used for many things. People mostly take up logging for the cold hard cash. But
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I feel alive. I know it sounds strange but I catch my first breath and I lunge onto it and gasped for another‚ and then another‚ until it becomes natural instinct. I take my first look at the world‚ the canopy of the rainforest‚ which I now call home. I see mother eagle‚ looking threatening to any living thing that comes remotely close to our nest. She makes me feel weak as I watch her‚ but the wings on my mother make me feel safer than I can ask for‚ she soars through gushing winds to gather my
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