Biome travel brochure project
Tropical rainforest
Belem Brazil
Caption
This map shows the areas that have forest vegetation, non forest vegetation, deforested areas and the river.
Deforestation
Deforestation has impacted alot in the Amazon. As seen in the picture above the area around the city you are visiting, witch is Belem, has been deforested, on your cities side of the river. on the oposite side of the city, part of it has non forest vegetation, while the otherside of the river has some forest vegetation.
Fun Facts
About 90% of all the photsynthosis hapens in the canopy, that number wich may continue to decrease.
90% of the plants used by the Natatives of the Amazon have not been discovered by science.
The Amoazon rainforest ecosystem cover up 47% of national land.
Did you know that the amazon rainforest is disapearing at an alarming rate, witch is 200,000 square miles per year.
scientist estimate it could disapear within 40 years.
The rainforest used to cover 14%, but now only covers 6% of the total land on earth.
The Amazon pink river dolphin is becomming endangered at an accelerating pace.
Wildlife Protection
Brazil has numerous places dedecated to protecting the wildlife;. You can also visit some of them too.
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This has a list of all the brazillian National parks, and where they are located.
Price of vacationing there.
The average price of vacationing there is around $100, but some have no exact price.
You should also bring some extra money because you might need it to send on stuff.
Citiations
Link
Once you click on the link, click on the part under the question that says where you are going. Then click what type of traveler are you; it is optional. last click on the button on the bottom that says go.
Limiting factors
Some of the limiting factors include competition for food, high amount of predators and endangerment.
Transportation
You will be taking a plane to Belem's international airport.
Quotation
"There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher mammals in their mental faculties....
The difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree and not of kind.
We have seen that the senses and intuitions, the various emotions and faculties, such as love, memory, attention and curiosity, imitation, reason, etc., of which man boasts, may be found in an incipient, or even sometimes a well-developed condition, in the lower animals
We have seen that the senses and intuitions, the various emotions and faculties, such as love, memory, attention and curiosity, imitation, reason, etc., of which man boasts, may be found in an incipient, or even sometimes a well-developed condition, in the lower animals."
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)