Case Study 8: Ecosystem, Amazon rainforest
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- Created on: 12-05-14 20:02
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- Case Study 8- Ecosystem, Amazon rainforest
- Main features of ecosystem
- Humid climate, high sunlight impacts
- High temperatures yearly (27-30*C)
- Average rainfall over 2000mm
- Ideal conditions for plant growth
- Nutrients stored in vegetation
- Rain-forest is easily damaged by human activity
- Causes of destruction
- Logging
- Demand for hardwood for furniture
- 1 tree removed = lost of 30 trees
- Mining
- Large area cleared for mining ores and minerals
- Ranching
- 20% of forest is cleared for ranching
- Peasant farmer
- Migrants settle and farm in rainforest
- Logging
- Impacts of human activity
- Trees cut (20% cleared btwn 1960-1990)
- More soil erosion because tree canopy is destroyed
- Nutrients cycle destroyed
- Main features of ecosystem
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