Tropical Rainforests. Threats and Challenges
Description
Follow our indigenous environmental campaigner, as he introduces you to his rainforest world and explores the threats facing it. This title considers the value of rainforests, both locally and globally in terms of their goods and services. It then explores the impacts of deforestation and the threats from logging, cattle ranching, commercial palm oil production and oil and mineral extraction. Climate change, soil erosion, water pollution, loss of biodiversity and the impacts on indigenous communities are all considered.
Runtime
25 min 18 sec
Subjects
- Ecological regions (149)
- Endangered ecosystems (52)
- Biotic communities (246)
- Biodiversity (348)
- Ecology (314)
- Endangered species (108)
- Environmental sciences (779)
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102638&xtid=128822
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