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9th Grade - Geography - Unit 5 - Resources of the Rainforest: Background and Destruction

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Resources about Resources

How does the Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem Work

Facts about Rainforests
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Tropical Rainforests - Characteristics & Climate
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Rainforest water and nutrient cycles
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Rainforest vegetation levels
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Adapting to rainforest life
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Distinct Characteristics of Rainforests
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Adaptations
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Destruction of Rainforests

Global Forest Watch
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Causes of Deforestation in the Amazon
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Amazon Deforestation
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Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects
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How Small-Scale Gold Mining is Devastating the Peruvian Amazon
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Destruction Mining
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Small Hydropower a Big Global Issue Overlooked by Science and Policy
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Pipeline leaks into Amazon
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Amazon rainforest
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Shifting cultivation
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Threats to the Tropical Rainforest
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Rainforest Sustainable Management

Philippines Footprint Report: A look at Northern Mindanao
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Sustainable management of the forest
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Management of tropical rainforests
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Value of Rainforests

Importance of the Tropical Rainforests
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Forests Generate Jobs and Incomes
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One football pitch of forest lost every second in 2017, data reveals
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US and Brazil Agree to Amazon Development
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