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rain forests
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Exploring the Tradeoffs between Accessing Resources and Protecting the Amazon Rain Forest
Students explore the effects of human development on the Amazon rain forest in order to access valuable resources b...
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Animal Farm
Costa Rica’s Hacienda Baru transformed from a cattle ranch into a popular ecotourism destination.
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Efeitos locais e globais do desmatamento na Floresta Amazônica
Os alunos deverão analisar o mapa para identificar e descrever as muitas paisagens da Floresta Amazôni...
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Amazonia: Vital and Fragile
The heart of the Amazon is its rivers and forests, home to thousands of plant and animal species. Zoom in to see so...
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Taking a Position on Human Activity in the Amazon Rain Forest
Students learn about three scenarios that involve heavy construction in the Amazon rain forest. They read case scen...
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Local and Global Effects of Deforestation in the Amazon Rain Forest
Students analyze a map to identify and describe multiple landscapes in the Amazon rain forest, the organisms that i...
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Big Cats and Their Habitats
Students use media resources to identify big cats and map the species ranges of the world's big cats. Then they det...
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rain forests
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biosphere
The biosphere is made up of the parts of Earth where life exists. The biosphere extends from the deepest root syste...
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Yasuní National Park
National Geographic photographers document the diversity of life in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park, no...
Historic Article
Megatransect Protects African Wilderness
On September 20, 1999, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Mike Fay began his “Megatransect” of t...
Lesson
Making a Decision about Building a Road in the Amazon
Students will analyze a real-world environmental case of building a road through the Amazon rain forest. They will ...
Article
Exploración de los pros y contras entre la explotación de los recursos naturales y la protección de la selva amazónica
Mediante el análisis del mapa Amazonia: El Impacto Humano, los estudiantes exploran los efectos del desarrol...
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Efectos locales y globales de la deforestación en la selva amazónica
Los estudiantes analizan un mapa para identificar los diversos estratos de la selva amazónica, los organismo...
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Amazonia: The Human Impact
Mining, logging, ranching, agriculture, and oil and gas extraction have put unsustainable pressure on the deli...
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Exploring the Relationship between Human Activity and Habitat Loss in the Amazon
Students analyze a map to identify and describe the relationship between habitat loss, land cover, and indigenous t...
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