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Mapa Mental por Alex Connaughton, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Alex Connaughton
aproximadamente 7 anos atrás
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Tropical Rainforest - Ecosystem
- Distribution
- Spread evenly
around the
equator
- Tend to be between the tropics
- Main areas
- Amazon in Brazil
- Congo in Central Africa
- Amazon in Brazil
- Spread evenly
around the
equator
- Climate
- Hot and wet
- low latitude
- low pressure
- convectional rain
- low latitude
- Always above 25 degrees C
- 4000mm of rain falls annually
- More between June and October
- More between June and October
- Hot and wet
- Animals
- Biodiverse - 15 million
different species of plants
and animals
- Herbivores
- Insects
- Fruit bats
- Macaws
- Butterflies
- Insects
- Omnivores
- Howler monkeys
- Chimps
- Lemars
- Howler monkeys
- Carnivores
- Jaguars
- Pythons
- Jaguars
- Biodiverse - 15 million
different species of plants
and animals
- Nutrient Cycle
- Most nutrients are stored in the biomass
- living trees
- Vegetation
- living trees
- The soil isnt fertile and
doesnt have many
nutrients
- Decomposition occurs quickly
- Few nutrients in leaf litter
- Few nutrients in leaf litter
- Most nutrients are stored in the biomass
- Importance
- Safe environment for fish
to spawn ,breed and
maintain stock levels.
- Tourism businesses for the locals
- Soaks up
rainwater to
prevent flooding
downstream
- Helps regulate greenhouse gasses
- Takes in CO2
- Takes in CO2
- Safe environment for fish
to spawn ,breed and
maintain stock levels.
- Human activities
- Road and rail development
- Deforestation
- Deforestation
- Logging for furniture
- Ranching
- overgrazing
- overgrazing
- Hydroelectric power
- Mining
- diamonds
- gold
- diamonds
- Settlements
- Food production
- bannanas
- bannanas
- Road and rail development
- Impacts of deforestation on
the water cycle
- Less interception
- Less transpiration
- Increase in run-off
- Causes drought and desertification
- Less interception
- Sustainable managment
- Wildlife corridor
- Strips of forest planted so wildlife
can breed and move safely
- Strips of forest planted so wildlife
can breed and move safely
- Debt-For-Nature
- Central American countries spend money on
conserving wildlife so Western Governments
reduce their debt
- Costa Rica spent $27 million on
conservation projects with the USA
- Central American countries spend money on
conserving wildlife so Western Governments
reduce their debt
- Eco-tourism
- Creates local jobs
- People find out about
the rainforests
- Costa Rica
- $45 to climb canopy walkways
- 70% of tourists visit
protected environments
- $45 to climb canopy walkways
- Creates local jobs
- Virunga National Park in Africa
- Biodiverse -700 bird
species and 200 mammal
- Home to 220 mountain
gorillas - critically endangered
- 40,000 saplings planted to
create buffer zone (to breed)
- 40,000 saplings planted to
create buffer zone (to breed)
- 60,000 jobs created
- Electric fences used
- Dogs to track poachers
- Eco-tourism - Mikeno Luzury Lodge
- Biodiverse -700 bird
species and 200 mammal
- Wildlife corridor
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