Essays 151 - 180
This paper addresses the concepts of sustainable development and other environmental policies that relate to forest management and...
In ten pages deforestation is examined in an overview of humanistic and environmental impacts with the emphasis on forested system...
In six pages this paper discusses rain forests in terms of protection and habitat management. Six sources are cited in the biblio...
In six pages this paper examines the destruction of the ecologically important rain forests of South America, Africa, and Malaysia...
In six pages this paper considers the environmental degradation of Brazil's rain forest in a consideration of agricultural and log...
In 7 pages, David M. Hayano's ethnography of New Guinea's tribal societies in The Road Through the Rain Forest: Living Anthropolog...
In five pages this report examines the Amazon River basin's rain forest and its global importance. Four sources are cited in the ...
numbers of subsistence farmers and increased growth of land controlled by large holdings. Today, "one-thirtieth of the total numb...
set by humans that have impacted past, current, and future deforestation of the Amazon rainforests (Turcq, et al, 1998). In B...
This 5 page paper discusses some of the concerns about the increase in air pollution due to road traffic. The writer examines conc...
Pertinent to the description is that located near Orlando, Florida, the Ocala National Forest receives more visitors than any othe...
social forestry. A strong economy and strong local communities are essential for this stage to exist. While a great number of act...
In eight pages the sustainability concept is defined and then considered within the context of Canada's forests. Ten sources are ...
Objectives Related to Pennsylvania Standards * Know at least ten animals that live in rain forests and some that have become extin...
or Arbor Day). There can be no argument how rain forests give life to the entities that flourish within its protective cover. Th...
of its timber and other valuable commodities. At the center of this raging debate resides the fundamental principles of sustainab...
an influential metaphor in the environmental movement" (Vandermeer, 1996, p. 290) - supports the fact that rainforests do not exis...
replaced them at the same rate, maintaining a rough equilibrium," Wilson states. However, this is no longer the case. The rate of ...
and shrill, altering all who can hear it of the threat that is imminent (Stephens, 2004). Again, because of their ability to comm...
The Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (with less than 200 pairs remaining), the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot, and the gi...
at $2 million. These authors then suppose that a spotted owl is discovered nesting in the middle of this tract. According to the l...
behavior. The influence of such forces can seem so over-powering that the parent eventually stops trying, emotionally abandoning c...
parents first attempt at abandonment is thwarted by Hansels cleverness as he drops shiny stones on the path to show them the way h...
In four pages student posed questions on the novels Conrad's The Light in the Forest, Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and Steinbeck's T...
The author writes, chapter by chapter, about the lifestyle of the Pygmies and how they get along in the world with others. He begi...
as well as medical research. In essence, all problems with the rainforests can ultimately be traced to deforestation. Two o...
holds that by destroying ancient old growth forests, such as the one slated for destruction in this case, we are essentially depri...
Primrose, the chubbier and blonder of the two, is an average girl, like Penny, and she really has no concept of the war that is go...
is pushing the timber industry to salvage what they can of the "dead and dying trees," by greatly increasing logging quotas (Webst...
be a common component of a pine silvaculture operation. In this case the burn would be carried out for the purpose of eliminating...