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SST Activity 4.0
SST Activity 4.0
INDISCIPLINARY
PROJECT
CLASS 9 A
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CHARACTERISTICS
OF EVERGREEN
FORESTS
CLIMATE AND EVERGREEN FORESTS
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CANOPY LAYERS:-THESE FORESTS HAVE DISTINCT CANOPY LAYERS , INCULDING A DENSE UPPER
CANOPY WHERE TALL TREES FORM MAIN CANOPY AND SHORT TREES FORM SUB CANOPY .
TALL CANOPY TREES:-EVERGREEN FORESTS ARE DOMINATED BY CANOPY TREES THAT CAN REACH
ABOUT 100 FEET THEY COMPETE FOR SUNLIGHT AND SPACE , RESULTING IN THEIR IMPRESSIVE
HEIGHT.
BROAD LEAVES :- MANY TREES IN EVERGREEN FORESTS HAVE BROAD DARK GREEN LEAVES THAT ARE
ADAPTED TO CAPTURE AS MUCH SUNLIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
EPIPHYTES:-EVERGREEN FORESTS ARE KNOWN FOR THE PRESENCE OF EPIPHYTIC PLANTS GROW ON
OTHER PLANTS AND OBTAIN NUTRIENTS AND WATER FROM AIR AND RAIN
CHARACTERISTICS OF EVERGREEN FORESTS
z FLORA
VINES AND LIANAS :-THESE FORESTS OFTEN FEATURE A VARIETY OF CLIMBING PLANTS
WHICH HELP IN REACHING SUNLIGHT BY CLIMBING UP TREE TRUNKS
FRUITS AND NUTS:- THE FLORA OF THESE FORESTS OFTEN PRODUCE A WIDE RANGE OF
FRUITS AND NUTS.
LAND USE PLANNING :-IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE LAMD USE PLANNING THAT
DESIGNATES PROTECTED AREAS AND SUSTAINABLE LOGGING ZONES.
AFFECTED THE:-
HOW COLONIALISM AFFECTED THE
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LOSS OF INDEGINIOUS:- IMPACT ON TRADITIONAL FOREST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES COLONIALISM DISRUPTED
INDEGINIOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND TRADITIONAL
FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.THE IMPOSITION OF
WESTERN IDEOLOGIES AND DISREGRAD FOR
INDEGINIOUS WISDDOM LED TO THE LOSS OF PRACTICES.