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Dynamic Planet- Sub unit 3 Battle for the Biosphere 3.2a How have humans impacted the biosphere ? To understand that the biosphere is being degraded by human actions

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Why study the Congo Basin Not the Amazon?

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China to establish giant oil palm plantation in DR Congo mongabay.com July 10, 2009 ,[object Object]

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[object Object],Gorilla is sold in the form of smoked meat already cut in pieces. A piece of hand size smoked gorilla is usually sold for 2,500 CFA (6 USD). ESI has estimated about 300 gorillas butchered a year for the bushmeat market in Pointe Noire. Gorilla illegal market trade is thriving in Congo and the mass arrival of the Chinese in search of natural resources will exacerbate illegal hunting for rare and endangered species.

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gorilla his dad!!! elephant frog green blue butterfly Can money save the Congo basin rainforest? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2008/jun/17/canmoneysavethecongobasin

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[object Object],Farmer applying biochar to a poor soil. Children show charcoal made from palm branches.

The government of Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) has offered 25 million acres (10 million hectares) of land to South African farmers in an effort to improve the central African nation's food security, reports Reuters. The area is nearly twice the amount of arable land in South Africa. The deal was revealed by Theo de Jager, deputy president of Agriculture South Africa (AgriSA), South Africa's lagrest farmers union, in an interview with Reuters last week at an agriculture conference in Durban. ,[object Object]

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