Rainforests in Africa by Arianna H. https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx By Ellie Chi & Arianna Hurtt en-us 2018-03-08 21:24:24 UTC 2024-11-09 00:48:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png Interesting facts ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236032739 Some countries with rainforest include Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sierra Leone ]]> 2018-02-27 17:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236032739 Challenges - Deforestation ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236545360 Recently in the rainforests, people have been clearing the forests out at a rapid rate. Slash-and-burn has wiped 90% of the forests in only 20 years. This has caused displacement of native African tribes and animals.]]> 2018-02-28 17:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236545360 RAINFOREST CHALLENGES ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236547776 Info and stats on rainforest challenges, such as deforestation, native tribe troubles and past events. ]]> 2018-02-28 17:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236547776 Challenges - The Baka Tribe ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236550253 The Baka, a native tribe of Africa's rainforests, are facing the problem of deforestation. The people of the Baka struggle to find food. Despite the government's plans to preserve some parts of the rainforest, there are currently no plans goals to give the Baka and control over the forest.]]> 2018-02-28 17:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236550253 Challenges - Rubber Harvest ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236550890 -Starting in the late 1800s and the early 1900s, the rubber harvest started.      -When European loggers arrived in Africa,  a commercial rubber harvest started under European control. 
-The harvest was known for its harsh conditions. Europeans treated the natives as slaves, and thousands died harvesting wild rubber.]]> 2018-02-28 17:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/236550890 People-Meals echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238242440 Top:Mixing starch
Middle:Roasting buffalo
Bottom: Rain forest greens]]> 2018-03-05 17:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238242440 People-Making a Meal in Order echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238245097 2018-03-05 18:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238245097 Ecology-Animals/Plants echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238245853 -About 400 species of birds in a 4-mile patch of rainforest
-About 150 types of butterflies
-About 60 types of amphibians 
-About 8000 species of plants (oil palm, mahogany, and okoum plants can be found in the rain forest)]]> 2018-03-05 18:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238245853 People-Music echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238247695 -When disaster strikes the Baka thinks the rain forest is sleeping. They wake it up with music
-Water drums
-Yelli
-Limbindi
-Hunting Song
-Abak]]> 2018-03-05 18:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238247695 People-Music echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238249703 The Baka use these wooden thumb pianos or lamellophones.]]> 2018-03-05 18:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238249703 Conflicts and Ecology-Animals echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238252277 -People killing about 2,000 chimps and about 3,000 gorillas each year
-People are hunting animals and selling or eating them]]> 2018-03-05 18:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238252277 Challenges - People echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238771356 -The government has to make a choice between protecting the rain forest and building new companies to make more money.
- Some people have already started to build on rain forest land, causing animals and tribes to have to move.]]> 2018-03-06 17:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238771356 People-Baka echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238772706 2018-03-06 17:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238772706 Ecology-Temps and Rain echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238778593 -West and Central Africa get 67-79" of rain each year
-The temps are humid with lows of 73 degrees ]]> 2018-03-06 17:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238778593 Interesting Facts ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238781502 -Côte d'Ivorie exports coffee, cocoa beans, and farms palm oil in their rainforests
-The production rate has been decreased due to deforestation.]]> 2018-03-06 18:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238781502 Ecology-Plants echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238782659 -It is very rare to find 2 of the same species of plants or trees in one acre of the rainforest]]> 2018-03-06 18:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238782659 ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238785246 Deforestation in the rainforest]]> 2018-03-06 18:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238785246 People-Women echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238913310 -Women make mongombs which are vines that makes fish come up to the surface
-the women hit the fish with a machete ]]> 2018-03-06 21:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238913310 Challenges - Baka echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238914244 -Some people in the city make fun of the Baka 
-The Baka are usually less than 5 feet tall]]> 2018-03-06 21:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238914244 People-Rite echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238914601 -An initiation rite is only for men.
 -They use it to mark off areas
-It is made of palm tree leaves]]> 2018-03-06 21:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238914601 People-Bark cloth echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238915073 -A bark cloth is designed by women and beat by men
-It is only worn on special days]]> 2018-03-06 21:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/238915073 Challenges - Native Tribes echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239801647 -Tribes may have to leave their homes because of people who are building new things in the rain forest. Also people are killing many animals and that may lead to extinction and starvation with the tribes]]> 2018-03-08 17:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239801647 People-Words from the Tribe echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239804883 "The forest gave birth to us all, "
-Baka ]]> 2018-03-08 17:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239804883 Ecology-Congo River echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239806615 -The Congo River is 2,900 miles long and is the 2nd largest river in Africa. It is the 5th biggest river in the world]]> 2018-03-08 17:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239806615 Baka Culture ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239809526 A quick video]]> 2018-03-08 17:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239809526 echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239814912 2018-03-08 18:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239814912 Photo Gallery ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239946987 2018-03-08 22:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/239946987 People - More Quotes ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241130970 "We've always believed the trees belong to the Baka, but, according to the law, they belong to the stake"]]> 2018-03-12 21:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241130970 Resources for Craft ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241132310 -Wood
-Plant Fibers
-Rubber
-Water]]> 2018-03-12 21:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241132310 Resources - Plant food ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241133966 -Yams
-Starch
-Tobacco
-Mushrooms
-Cassava
-Palm Oil
-Peanuts
]]> 2018-03-12 21:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241133966 Interesting Facts ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241176145 A list of countries that have tried to keep track of deforestation rates:      
-Cameroon
-Central African Republic
-Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 
-Gabon
-Equatorial Guinea 
-These countries aren't doing very well with tracking. 
-However, they've donated land to create a reserve covering one million hectares of rainforest.]]> 2018-03-13 01:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241176145 Interesting Facts - Deforestation ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241177456 -2/5 of rainforest has been cut down, and caused
-Every minute, about 20 football field sized pieces of rainforest gets cut down somewhere in the world.
-In less than 100 years, all of Africa's rainforests and most of the other trees will be deforested if the rate of deforestation continues.
-Most land is cleared of trees for agricultural reasons.]]> 2018-03-13 01:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241177456 ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241178895 Deforestion]]> 2018-03-13 01:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241178895 RAINFORESTS IN AFRICA ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241624271 2018-03-13 20:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241624271 ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241628585 2018-03-13 20:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241628585 ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241628829 2018-03-13 20:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241628829 Resources - Animal Products ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241631566 -Fish
-Small Game
-Honey
-Buffalo]]> 2018-03-13 21:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/241631566 Ecology-Plants echi8548 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/243539899 -Scientists have only discovered 10 percent of the plant species in the rainforest]]> 2018-03-19 14:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/243539899 ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/244299574 Resources of Africa]]> 2018-03-20 22:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/244299574 ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/244299852 Another Map of Resources]]> 2018-03-20 22:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/244299852 ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/244299979 A Map of Africa's Rainforests]]> 2018-03-20 22:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/244299979 ahurtt6343 https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/244301552 How much of Central Africa is covered by forests?]]> 2018-03-20 22:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ahurtt6343/oee7drens5hx/wish/244301552