what is the positive and negative impacts of the rainforest lodge in sukau,sabah?
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the positive side is they get some financial aids to maintain the rainforest and more publicity to the rainforest so more research done,\nthe negative side more intrusions to the area disturbs the natural habitat
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Well that is a tricky question, because do you mean environmental like related to the planet or environmental as in a company's surroundings.\n\nEnvironmentally, all natural occurances affect business.  For example, snow could shut down a distribution center for a company in Florida, limiting the arrival of a new product.  But on the counterside, it increases business for a snow lodge, which is a positive effect, but one none the less.\n\nAs for surroundings, look at Porter's Five Forces.  Everything affects business, legal issues  consumer trends, new technology, all have an effect on how business runs.
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positive: \n\necon: brings in people, people spend money in your city\nenviro: tourists may be the reason a city might plant more trees and parks and edifice to attract more tourists\ncultr: broadens native horizons, shares native culture with outside world\nsoc: boosts understanding and pulls people closer\n\nnegative:\n\necon: businesses may lowers prices for competitiveness in gaining customers, workers may have less wage money\nenviro: trash from tourists, no where to bury them!\ncultr: contamination of a pure and pristine culture by mixing it and making it less "whole" \nsoc: some tourists might stay, and not all tourists are good people, so they may settle and bring bad influence to the society.
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what about the forest conservation?\nproducts of? what livers there? give us a hint
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In addition to rainforests--coral reefs. Over-fishing, pollution, and warming are negatively impacting the reefs in many parts of the world.
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Tropical Rain Forest riddled with reminders of how many trees are being cut down every minute.\n\nToo political?\n\nHooters.
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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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Hi there, \n\nHere are 5 sentences about rainforests - \n\n(1) We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. \n\n(2) One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries. \n\n(3) Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land is perceived as only the value of its timber by short-sighted governments, multi-national logging companies, and land owners. \n\n(4) Nearly half of the world's species of plants, animals and microorganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next quarter century due to rainforest deforestation. \n\n(5) Experts estimates that we are losing 137 plant, animal and insect species every single day due to rainforest deforestation. That equates to 50,000 species a year. As the rainforest species disappear, so do many possible cures for life-threatening diseases. Currently, 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources. While 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients, less that 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists. \n\nHope this helps. If not, I'd be glad to assist you further. Bye!!\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny
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I don't know how close you are to Southern Illinois University Carbondale, but their Touch of Nature Environmental center has an outside ceremony spot in the trees and an inside reception hall (good if it rains!) their site has some pictures.
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hilly, earthquakes, mud slides, gay/lesbian rights movement,\ncrowded (populated), big houses, beaces, hot weather, on the coastline, longest state, huge zoo, seaworld, \nwell thats what i got .. hope it helps :o)
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Despite their uniqueness and extraordinary value, tropical rain forests are being destroyed and badly degraded at an unsustainable rate. Some scientists estimate that in the early 1990s tropical forests were being destroyed at a rate of approximately 28 hectares (70 acres) a minute, or about 14 million hectares (35 million acres) each year—an area about the size of the state of Wisconsin. This figure marked a decrease since the 1980s, when approximately 16 million hectares (40 million acres) were destroyed each year, largely due to a reported decline of deforestation in the Amazon River basin in the early 1990s. However, satellite images indicate that rates may have rebounded in the late 1990s as burning in the Amazon increased again. Over the past three decades alone, about 5 million sq km (about 2 million sq mi)—or 20 percent of the world’s tropical forests—have been cleared. During this time, deforestation in tropical Asia reached almost 30 percent. High rates of deforestation are inevitably followed by alarming rates of plant and animal extinction because many rain forest species cannot survive outside their pristine rain forest habitat. Some scientists estimate that dozens of rain forest species are becoming extinct every day.
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An objective analysis of the effect of constructing a sea-level canal across Central America is attempted. This canal, unlike the present Panama canal, has not been built, though it is a feasible proposition. The canal would run almost north-south, and would be 50 miles long. Proposed routes are noted; these resulted from a joint study by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Atomic Energy Commission and the Panama Canal Co. in 1964. Extracts from their report are reproduced. In evaluating the report, the author takes account of some biological and physical features of the area, with particular attention to the potential effects of allowing mixing of Atlantic and Pacific biotas. The work of the Committee of Ecological Research for the Interoceanic Canal (CERIC), established to investigate the possible effects of building the canal, is reviewed. Finally, an alternative plan, involving the construction of a third, larger, set of locks on the present canal is presented, and the author concludes with the hope that ecological impact of canal building will be given as much attention as economic etc. when the decision to build, or not to build, the new canal is taken.
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We let a forest fire free burn and we learned how fast a ecosystem can regrow itself.\nRe-populated it with wolves. Now wolf hunting is allowed to control the population.\nHighly studied area. (Super Volcanoes, geysers, wildlife)\nThe park service tries to limit the impact of humans.
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check out www.acra.gov.sg
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761552810/Rain_Forest.html\n\nhttp://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/fcpage.php?fcpage=Indigenous+Knowledge&language=EN\n\nboth the above look useful
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aww i hate that. the rainforest are already reduced to a 4% of the entire world area and they still want to cut. get the National wildlife and forestn preservation for support.
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There's entirely too much information available on this subject.  I suggest you start with a simple internet search with using words or phrases like 'tropical deforestation issues' or 'impact of tropical deforestation'.  There's a ton of info to find.  Also try your local library.  I'm sure there are tons of magazine and journal articles written on the subject.