Essays on Deforestation

The development narrative in the documentary, Second Nature (1996), can be seen as story with a beginning, middle and end as defined by Roe (1994). Narratives frame the dynamics of a system and then discuss how they evolve to produce a set of outcomes (Leach,...

Deforestation is slowly destroying our world, God gave us the job to protect and take care of the things he made. Environmental Stewardship is the idea that we are entrusted with care and protection of our planet. But, because of the terrible things we do,...

The earth is in a way alive, it breathes and over time has formed a habitat for us human to thrive in. In the Film Dirt “The Movie” the outermost layer of the earth, the crust, is explored providing various messages as to why the...

When Sierra Leone was finally granted independence, people looked forward to a better future. Instead, the next 30 years were filled with instability, military coups and corruption. So during the reign of Joseph Momoh, some had enough of the system. Established years prior to the...

Imagine a world without forests, it is said that the forest covers 30% of the Earth’s surface, which provides vital habitats for million of spices in this surface we live in. The forest also provides a lot of different important sources, such as clean air...

Forests are the biggest terrestrial environments on the earth and be a significant role in giving ecological, financial and social advantages. In any case, the total services that they could give significantly relies on forest stand conditions. Forest health, a more formal and logical term,...

Imagine looking around the forest, seeing thousands upon thousands of trees over the horizon. Hearing the parrots sing in harmony. Smelling the flower right next to you. Just imagine. Isn’t that great? But that is nearly impossible right now due to deforestation. Deforestation is an...

With the introduction of settlers to New England in the 1600’s, deforestation occurred at a rapid pace. This was major product of the agricultural growth of farms and lumber production. Vermont and Massachusetts were major areas for lumbering due to their location near bodies of...

The Amazon Rainforest is a large, tropical region that extends across eight countries. These countries are Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and overseas French territory of Guiana. According to Alina Bradford, in her online article about deforestation, the rainforest is over 1.4...

In parts of the world usually located between latitudes 28 degrees north and south of the equator, averaging 17 degrees Celsius year round, and boasting a large amount of biodiversity and frequent precipitation, lay tropical rainforests. At one point, tropical rainforests covered 14 percent of...