Amazon Rainforest Flash Cards
Carbon-oxygen cycle
The crosses in witch carbon and oxygen cycle among plants
Biodiversity
The variety of plants and animals living in one area
Deforestation
The moving of clearing away of trees from a forest
Sustainable development
Using recourses in ways that they meet the needs of people without hurting the ability of future generations
Tropical rainforest
The broad leaf evergreen forests in wet and hot region near the equator
Three layers of the rainforest
Forest floor, lower story, and canopy
How should the recourses of the rain forest be preserved and used and why is the rainforest conflict considered a global issue?
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Native Americans
Been in rainforest for 12,000 years Use the land for fishing, hunting, and crops without causing damage to the rainforest They defend there position by saying they have a right to preserve themselves and their way of life
Rubber tappers
They came to the rainforest in the 1870’s they use their recourses by collecting the sap from trees without harming them to make rubber products suck as car tires, and erasers the defend their position by saying they have worked their so long and that there action has not harmed the rainforest in any way
Loggers
They came to the rainforest in the 1960’s they use there recourses by cutting down the trees for furniture and paper and they defend there position by saying it’s great for the economy of Brazil
Settlers
They came to the rainforest in the 1960’s they use their recourses for the land for the farmland although the land is not shared equally the wealthier people get bigger pieces of land they defend their position by saying that their is no land for them in Brazil and they need to feed their families
Cattle ranchers
Came in the 1960’s they use their recourses for the land for their cattle the cattle eats the grass in the rainforest and they defend their position by saying the cattle that the raise can feed people all over the world
Environmental groups
They came in the 1970 the use the plants to try to discover cures for deiseas and they try and find new species of animals they defend their position by saying all animals have the right to exist so we must preserve the rainforest
Indigenous
originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country
