dessertation on deforestation
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Deforestation is the loss or continual degradation of forest habitat due to either natural or human related causes. Agriculture, urban sprawl, unsustainable forestry practices, mining, and petroleum exploration all contribute to human caused deforestation. Natural deforestation can be linked to tsunamis, forest fires, volcanic eruptions, glaciation and desertification. The effects of human related deforestation can be mitigated through environmentally sustainable practices that reduce permanent destruction of forests or even act to preserve and rehabilitate disrupted forestland.
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Let the forest bloom and grow
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How can we save humans from extinction.
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deforestation removes the protective layers of the earth ,and the soil dries out by the sun ,if the land has been used for agriculture ,the now dry and dusty soil impregnated with agro chemicals (.including pesticides) ,are easily washed into the rivers by the rains.\nhere the mud effects aquatic life because the waters PH levels are  raised in acidity.\nwhich can affect sexuality as well as kill marine life.\nso most of the Damage is in the rivers and coastal areas and lagoons.\nby the time it all reaches the seas things are too diluted to have a marked difference.\n\nbut there are always limits to tolerance .\nif things go on long anough and in increasing quantities ,the life in the sea will also be affected .it already has with the red killer algae(Red tide),a result of chemical contamination
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Try the Harvesters program.\n\nCoach
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Environmental degradation and massive overpopulation.
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I'm not sure about the rainforest portion, but this site had some good info:\nhttp://www.frontiercoop.com/learn/eo_patchouli.html
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Forests: lumberjack, hunter, ranger, charcoal burner, owner of rubber plantation, collector of plants,\n\nWild life: park ranger, hunter, photographer, safari guide, collector of wild food such as truffles, \n\nI hope this list helps a bit!
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You not only have to stay on the land but you have to build on it.  You have to remove the trees and brush and make it farmable within a certain amount of time.  I'm not sure if non-canandians qualify for it.
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about 1000 on a simple tree times roughly the amount of trees in the world which is over a 100,000,000 making 100,000,000,000,000 leaves on earth
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better land management\nwater management\nuse of fertilizers\nand\nmarketing
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Hi Danieller, I have put together all the information on this topic for you, so if you decide to go with it, all the research is done.\n\nThe Amazon Rainforest\n\nHelp with Rainforest School Reports\n\nhttp://www.rain-tree.com/schoolreports.htm\n\nhttp://www.extremescience.com/AmazonRiver.htm\n\nThe Amazon Rainforest\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A925913\n\nThe Amazon region has a great forest that presents the largest biodiversity of the world. It is a plane equatorial area, covering 5.5 million square kilometers, that corresponds to more than half of the European continent.\n\nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/20248/\n\nThis Unit Lesson is inspired by the following facts :\n\nhttp://earthrenewal.org/rainless.htm\n\nThe Disappearing Rainforests\n\nThe Amazon Rainforest has been described as the "Lungs of our Planet" because it provides the essential environmental world service of continuously recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen. More than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest.\n\nhttp://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm\n\nhttp://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html\n\nhttp://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/South_America/Brazil/\n\nhttp://www.brazadv.com/brazil_tours/amazon_rainforest.asp\n\nWorld: Americas\n \nAmazon rainforest finds unlikely guardian\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/82957.stm\n\nThe expansion of Brazil's soya market is fuelling an emerging cycle of deforestation. Over three-quarters of a million hectares of soya was planted within the Amazon deforestation belt by the end of 2001.\n\nhttp://weblog.greenpeace.org/amazon/\n\nAn area the size of Eire lost since 2003 \n\nIllegal logging and cattle ranching are still encroaching on the Amazon rainforest, but increasingly the large-scale cultivation of soya is to blame for the destruction. And it's not just the forest that suffers. Soya farmers often force indigenous peoples off their land before bringing in the bulldozers to clear and then burn the forest. The use of slaves to clear the land has also been reported.\n\nhttp://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/forests.cfm?ucidparam=20060307133001&CFID=4989237&CFTOKEN=73924303\n\nAmazon 'stealth' logging revealed\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4362760.stm\n\nDemand for Brazilian beef threatens rainforest\n\nhttp://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1314&language=1\n\nAn acre of Brazilian rainforest is destroyed every nine seconds. \nIn Brazil there have been 90 distinct indigenous cultures that have become extinct this century. \n\nhttp://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/cbio/brazil.html\n\nThreats and Solutions\n\nhttp://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/forests/the-amazon-rainforest/threats-and-solutions\n\nAmazon Photos\n\nhttp://www.leslietaylor.net/gallery/gallery.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Contact:\ndouglas.kneeland@fao.org\n\nNorth American Forest Commission\nhttp://www.fao.org/forestry/foris/webview/forestry2/index.jsp?siteId=6826&sitetreeId=31118&langId=1&geoId=0
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the great forests of the world create most of the air we breath so we are cutting of our air supply
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I personally have not invested in Reforestation, but I have seen many of the effects first hand in the area of Papua New Guinea that my mother is from.  In a monetary sense I think it is a bit of a crock.  The rainforest Hard wood that recieves the highest prices takes at least 20 years to grow before you can harvest enough wood to make a decent enough return on the cost of collecting and dividing the tree into peices.  I can not see how they would be able to give you these kinds of returns over the shorter periods, especially if there is no decrease in the amount of illegally harvested timber on the world market.  I think that they would be able to command a higher price if they can prove that the wood they supply is harvested ethically, but I do have serious doubts as to the ability of this firm to make these kinds of returns to investors.\n\nI believe that the Re-forestation  of Rainforest would have significant effects Environmentally and Economically for the associated communities, however the time span for regrowth of Rainforest and the bio-diversity that accompanies it is much longer than all the projections listed on this website.  I would not call them a scam but I think that they are being a little overoptimistic.  I believe returns are possible however I do not believe these numbers are possible and I can not understand why there is such a large jump in the projected figures for year 22 and year 25 as tree growth is a pretty linear affair.  I am all for Invetment with environmental benifits but I think these guys are dreaming.
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a tree that grows money... would end world poverty!\nwould plant them everywhere and let them grow wild.
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Well, I suppose if every tree in the world were chopped down and no more were allowed to grow, deforestation would stop.  I hope you get some serious answers but I don't think there is an answer.  Its been happening since the dawn of civilization.  Some areas in Central America have been deforested several times over.  Its a repeating cycle.  Area attracts people, population increases, trees cut down, ecosystem changes, civilization there declines, people leave, forests return.