Wildlife Overview
Wildlife traditionally refers to non-domesticated
vertebrates, but has come to broadly refer to all
wild plants, animals and other organisms.
Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems.
Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife.
What Is A Tropical Rainforest?
DEFINITION:
A tropical rainforest is a place roughly within 28 degrees north or south of the equator.
In general, a rainforest is a forested area that receives over 60 inches of rain per year.
(*Specific types of rainforest are labeled in terms of their elevation and average temperature.)
CLIMATE
A Minimal difference between seasonal temperature.
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access (via roads, avigable rivers, and coastline) to the land
Humans have been successful in their efforts to avoid predators, produce food, and create trade, thereby enhancing their well-being.
The gains associated with domestication of crops and grazing animals have been counterbalanced by tradeoffs. Modern agroecosystem, industrialization of fisheries
1)Concept of Biotope
Biotope
: an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of plants and animals
: the concept of habitat as a prerequisite for an organism's existence
1. What dows UNDP do?
1) what is the UN?
The United Nations (UN) an international treaty that spells out the rights and duties of member states. is a unique international organization of 192 sovereign states established in 1945. Its goal is to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, and to promote social progress, a better living standard and hum