Essays about: "rainforest"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 72 essays containing the word rainforest.

  1. 41. A simple waterbalance of a subcatchment to the Kapuas River

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Sarha Rodin Holst; Johan Persson; [2014]
    Keywords : Kapuas River; Sosok; water balance; simple methods; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In developing countries across the world people are depending on rivers as a source of water for drinking, cooking and bathing. This is also the case in the Indonesian part of the island Borneo where this study was made. The largest river is the river Kapuas which, together with its tributaries, supplies the area with water. READ MORE

  3. 42. The water balance in Graminha Basin

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Beatrice Aulin; Henriksson Linnea; [2014]
    Keywords : MFS; Water Balance; Atlantic Rainforest; Iracambi;

    Abstract : Today, only 7 % of the Atlantic Rainforest, that once covered Brazil, remains scattered across the southern parts of the country. As the forest is rapidly disappearing, the government of Brazil has emerging interest of preservation. Thus more and more areas are turned into national parks and reserves. READ MORE

  4. 43. Speech Recognitionon the Android Platformunder Adverse Noise Conditions

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : James Huang; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study investigates the offline transcription capabilities of the Android Speech RecognitionEngine (ASRE). The need for this study comes from an original specification for an application tobe used to prevent illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. READ MORE

  5. 44. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora spp. in equids from three municipalities in Pará, Brazil

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Emma Norlander; [2014]
    Keywords : Toxoplasma gondii; Neospora; horse; donkey; mule; Brazil; Pará;

    Abstract : This study presents a survey of the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora spp. in equids in three municipalities in Pará, a Brazilian state with the Amazonian rainforest and the Amazon River as dominating features. Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora spp. READ MORE

  6. 45. Remote sensing of deforestation along the Trans-Amazonian Highway

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Johan Westin; [2014]
    Keywords : Trans-Amazonian highway; remote sensing; deforestation; Amazon rainforest; BR230; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Deforestation is one of the biggest environmental challenges today. Especially severe has the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest been where at least 20% has been cleared the last 40 years. READ MORE