Briefly outline the characteristic of the Tropical Rainforest biome. Growing international concern of the Tropical Rainforest clearance. Give detailed accounts of pressure of activities, which lead to forest clearance.

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Briefly outline the characteristic of the Tropical Rainforest biome.  Growing international concern of the Tropical Rainforest clearance.  Give detailed accounts of pressure of activities, which lead to forest clearance.

The Tropical Rainforest (TRF) has its own biome that is the key to such a wide diversity of flora and fauna.  The TRF biome is situated around equatorial regions and occurs on a number of continents (South America, Amazonian, and Central Africa, The Congo).  The TRF biome is characterised by climatic, topographic, biotic and biotic factors.  The climate of the TRf is characterised by all year round warm temperatures (above 21°c), precipitation and also light intensity.  These conditions provide ideal conditions for plants to photosynthesise.  Topographic factors, which characterise the TRF biomes, are altitude, aspect and slope angle.  The a biotic factors are parent rock type which affect the soil texture, pH, structure, organic content, depth, water and oxygen content and also nutrient content.  Finally, biotic factors which include the element of competition for food, space, nutrients and light (in the case of plants).

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In recent years, the TRF has come under increasing pressure to be developed by humans in order to exploit its vast wealth in natural resources.  This problem has only grown as technology and global demand has increased.  It is now accepted that the rate of forest clearance is of great international concern.  Clearance of the world’s forests affects us all as the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere governs our climate and weather patterns.  Recently, world climates and biomes are slowly becoming endangered as global warming threatens to change weather patterns.  

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