https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9 Amazon Basin Classwork en-us 2017-08-31 19:51:47 UTC 2017-09-05 21:00:36 UTC hello@padlet.com sophief2 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184077202 2017-08-31 19:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184077202 sophief2 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184077730 2017-08-31 19:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184077730 1405910 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184091512 Large forest fires destroying over 200,000km2 of forest. Increased erosion on unprotected soils. Heavy leaching causing lack of regeneration. 

]]> 2017-08-31 21:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184091512 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184091720 By burning to clear forest, it causes atmospheric pollution in these areas, when smoke is released it also emits greenhouse gases like co2 (Carbon Dioxide) which can relate to smog and global warming. Like when you visit countries like Malaysia and Philippines (equatorial countries) the air feels thicker than in NZ.]]> 2017-08-31 21:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184091720 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092124 Tourists from 1st world countries visit native areas like the Amazon to experience different traditions and cultures and look at the scenery]]> 2017-08-31 21:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092124 140406 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092250 Tourists from countries, such as America and Germany, are visiting wilderness regions such as the Amazon Rainforest. This is so they can see the different scenery as well as vegetation and wildlife. ]]> 2017-08-31 21:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092250 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092377 Deforestation also breaks the Humus cycle, through decreasing the amount of leaves and branches that create fertility within the soil. This influences the leaching of nutrients with leaving the soil more vulnerable leaving the soil more infertile.]]> 2017-08-31 21:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092377 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092920 Deforestation disrupts different animal species and causes them to be displaced or die out. Clearing for industry, and farmland an example in Palm Oil plantations, in Indonesia, where Orangutan species are reaching low.]]> 2017-08-31 21:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092920 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092954 Ecotourism, the visitation of tourists to the Amazon to admire the landscape and wildlife. Is considered a sustainable use of the land with little development, through educating the public with positive interactions between people and the environment]]> 2017-08-31 21:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092954 140406 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092983 Forests are being burned at accelerating rates. 
Biodiversity is lost in terms of 1500 flowering plant species, 750 tree species, 400 bird species and thousands of insects species.
Lack of soil and humus protection as as nutrients are exiting from the soil to a dramatic extent which leaves it infertile.
Pollution of rivers by mining as forest cover and topsoil has been unsuccessful as well as unsustainable.]]> 2017-08-31 21:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184092983 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184093320 High rainfall causes erosion and leaching to occur at a quicker rate]]> 2017-08-31 21:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184093320 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184094198 More economically developed countries such as America and Germany visiting the less economically developed countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. ]]> 2017-08-31 21:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184094198 140406 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184095131 2017-08-31 21:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184095131 sophief2 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184095240  Ecotourism is tourism specializing in forest environments and varied scenery. It has developed by the Brazilian government by it's identifying of national parks and the construction of hotels and eco-lodges and boat tours.]]> 2017-08-31 21:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184095240 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184097172 2017-08-31 21:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184097172 sophief2 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184097223 2017-08-31 21:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184097223 1405910 https://padlet.com/sophief2/5h1u0cilt5r9/wish/184097454

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