Sökning: "Rainforest"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 88 uppsatser innehållade ordet Rainforest.
1. Kontinuerlig rötning med hydrokol för högre biogasutbyte
Master-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)Sammanfattning : Befolkningsökningen och därmed efterfrågan på energikällor som tillhandahålls från fossila bränslen leder till allvarliga miljöproblem på grund av utsläpp av växthusgaser. En annan utmaning är att effektivt hantera organisk avfall som till exempel matavfall som genereras världen över. LÄS MER
2. To Keep the Forest Standing: Analyzing Proposals to Safeguard the Brazilian Amazon Through Mandatory Due Diligence
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenSammanfattning : The Brazilian state has failed to protect the Amazon rainforest, its biodiversity, and its forest-dependent population. Scientific evidence proves the vital importance of the Amazon biome for life on Earth, as well as its crucial role in maintaining global climate balance. Recently, deforestation rates in Brazil have skyrocketed. LÄS MER
3. Changes in Gishwati-Mukura Forest and effects on biodiversity, floods, and landslides - recommendations for sustainable forest management
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresursläraSammanfattning : Rainforests are of great importance for biodiversity and several ecosystem services. In Rwanda, a considerable decline in rainforest covers have been observed during the last decades. The Gishwati-Mukura Forest is one of the rainforests in Rwanda that has experienced a substantial reduction in forest cover, 99.4 %. LÄS MER
4. Folkets Industri
Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/ArkitekturSammanfattning : The project and the idea of combining a community center with a biogasplant took shape in the first project of the year. In that group assignment we investigated a chosen area above Lista church in Eskilstuna from the perspective of FNs goal "water and sanity for all". LÄS MER
5. WWF i Tridom
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The NGO WWF runs conservation projects in the Tridom rainforest area to preserve biodiversity. They have financed and trained eco-guards whose task is to protect the forest from poaching. In the same area, the indigenous population Baka lives off and in symbiosis with the rainforest. LÄS MER