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  2. Effects of climate change on the tropics - Wikipedia

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    Climate change effects on tropical regions includes changes in marine ecosystems, human livelihoods, biodiversity, degradation of tropical rainforests and effects the environmental stability in these areas. Climate change is characterized by alterations in temperature, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events.

  3. Environmental issues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    A dense tropical rainforest in the DRC's central river basin and eastern highlands is bordered on the east by the Albertine Rift (the western branch of Africa's Great Rift System). It includes several of Africa's Great Lakes. The civil war and resulting in poor economic conditions have endangered much of this biodiversity.

  4. Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

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    The environmental impact of irrigation includes the changes in quantity and quality of soil and water as a result of irrigation and the ensuing effects on natural and social conditions at the tail-end and downstream of the irrigation scheme. The impacts stem from the changed hydrological conditions owing to the installation and operation of the ...

  5. Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest.It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests.

  6. Habitat destruction - Wikipedia

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    The negative effects of habitat destruction usually impact rural populations more directly than urban populations. [16] Across the globe, poor people suffer the most when natural habitat is destroyed, because less natural habitat means fewer natural resources per capita , yet wealthier people and countries can simply pay more to continue to ...

  7. Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Most of the deforestation takes place in the Congo Basin, which has the second largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon. Roughly half the remaining rainforest in the Congo Basin is in the DRC. [1] There are compounding causes [clarification needed] underlying deforestation in the DRC. Trees are slashed and burned for agriculture in the ...

  8. Deforestation in Borneo - Wikipedia

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    In the 1980s and 1990s, the forests of Borneo were levelled at a rate unprecedented in human history, burned, logged and cleared, and commonly replaced with agriculture. The deforestation continued through the 2000s at a slower pace, alongside the expansion of palm oil plantations. Half of the annual global tropical timber procurement is from ...

  9. Deforestation by continent - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests.