The Amazon Rainforest Threats to the biome There is overhunting, over fishing and deforestation Successful Management Strategies The Central Amazon Conservation Complex (CACC ) was established in 2003 and brings together four reserves: Jau national park Anavilhanas ecological station Mamiraua reserve Amana reserve Other Successes Sustainable development rules (SDR's) have improved biodiversity. Populations of key species have increased since the creaton CACC. Failures The reserves are large and understaffed, this means that the area is hard to monitor and control illegial activities. Background Information The Amazon rainforest is located in South America. The Amazon covers nearly all of the Amazon basin and is mainly in Brazil. ¬ The Amazon is considered the lungs of the world as it is the largest tropical rainforest and covers 40% of South Amazon.

It is one of the biodiverse places on earth and is home to up to 1 million species. There are no seasons in the rainforest and an average rainfall between July and September is 1,750mm. Whereas between December and April 2,500mm. The annual average range is 26 degrees to 26.7 degrees Deforestation: 13% of the orginial forest has been cleared.

Cattle Ranching is responsible for 60% of the deforestation that has happened. The Causes: Mining Logging Cattle Ranching The Impacts: They are massive Forest fires Soil erosion Loss of biodiversity (loss of habitat) Over hunting and Over fishing: Most people live a traditional lifestyle They rely on hunting and fishing The Causes: Population growth The local population consume 2.2 to 5.4 million primates a year. The Impacts: Local wildlife reproduce slowly Many species are endangered.

Loss of certain species affects others. CACC aims to protect biodiversity by protecting endangered species in the area while continuing to allow the locals to live anduse the land in a sustainable way. The whole comples cover 49,000km including many habitats: Dry rainforest Rivers Lakes Seasonally flooded areas Dry grasslands This is managed by Brazilian Institute Of The Environmental And Natural Resources (IBAMA) This has protected the surrounding areas from major developments. There are no: Dams Pipelines Mines Commercial logging activities Economic Alternatives Programs promote sustainables activities and reduced proverty, the average household income has increased by 50% to 99% in certain areas Local farmers belong to producers associations, this means they do not sell through middle men (commission), more profit is gained by the farmer increasing income. Ecotourism provides income for locals and promotes conservation. In Marimaua a low impact lodge was built which recycles waste and uses solar power. It brings both jobs and money to the local community.

Local education and health improvement projects have been successful: Local people have been trained as health workers. Better rainwater collection technology means local communities have access to clean drinking water. These changes have i mproved the quality of life, drop of 53% infant mortality. 80 teachers from locals schools have been trained to educate children about the environemnt. 1800 children have had classes on conservation. Threats to the biome In Amana and Mamiraua there are 100 volunteer guards but there needs to be more to cover the area effectively.

Restricting access to areas that need total protection is difficult because the zones are too big and there is a limited number of staff In Jau national park there are only 4 permant staff this means that hunting and fishing are a lmost impossible to stop. 26 volunteer guards have been trained for the Jau national park. (4 permantent staff) to help guard the areas.

Head of conservation and three rangers are the only permanent staff. Climate change is another threat to the amazon along with infastructure development (roads and HEP dams). Small scale farms also affect the rainforest as they need clear land that is not protected by a canopy.

Climate change leads to drought, in 2005 and 2010 they had severe droughts. Poaching is a major problems as the species are attractive to the poachers for their tusks and skins.

They use other body parts for ornaments or medicines. Population growth is a threat as new settlements are built on land where trees have been felled. HEP dams cause flooding of the forest effecting the trees and adding to the leaching.

Both Australian and Chilean wines have already been mentioned: Two red wines that are relatively cheap (just under NOK100, which is cheap here in Norway) but still highly regarded is the Chilean Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon and the Australian Jacob's Creek Shiraz Cabernet. When it comes to white wines, I usually prefer German wines.

The name of my favorite escapes me right now (I just know how the bottle looks ), but I'll edit it in when I remember it. Edit: It's the Moselland Ars Vitis Riesling. Click to expand.My wife (and a Sister-in-Law) really like some of the 'Qualitatswein mit Pradikat' Spatlese and Auslese Reislings. Lcally though, they're hard for me to find a store that carrys anything better than Blue Nun, Black Tower and other mainstream minimum quality offerings.

On the occasions that I do find a real QmP, it pains me to spend roughly $30 per bottle to pick one up.especially when they go for $5-$7/bottle at the military Class 6 Store that my brother's qualified to go to. Fortunately, we've gotten him 'trained' to gift cases of nice QmP's at Christmas -hh. My wife (and a Sister-in-Law) really like some of the 'Qualitatswein mit Pradikat' Spatlese and Auslese Reislings. Lcally though, they're hard for me to find a store that carrys anything better than Blue Nun, Black Tower and other mainstream minimum quality offerings. On the occasions that I do find a real QmP, it pains me to spend roughly $30 per bottle to pick one up.especially when they go for $5-$7/bottle at the military Class 6 Store that my brother's qualified to go to.

Fortunately, we've gotten him 'trained' to gift cases of nice QmP's at Christmas. I thought i had replied to this thread, but apparently not. Anyway, I recently went to Hunter Valley in Oz and stopped by Rosemount Estates.

Rosemount is owned by Lindemans, I think, and since I don't like Lindemans, I wasn't expecting to like Rosemount. Anyway, I enjoyed quite a few of their wines, but there was one bottle I tried that I think is one of the best bottles of ANYTHING I have ever had. It was a dessert wine.

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Very sweet, but unlike all the other dessert wines out there, it was a bit thicker and tasted a bit more syrupy. Sounds gross, but it's not. Also, I believe there's supposed to be some brandy mixed in there as well. Tastes fantastic.

Horrible thing is that I forgot the name of that wine. Ravenswood - any (California) The Vinter's Blend Zinfandel is an excellent value.Rosemount - Shiraz (Australia) -Okay, but I prefer the cab-shiraz -Bonny Doon - Big House Red (California) -Good choice. They also have a very nice Shiraz called 'Blaguer' -Two Brothers Winery - Big Tattoo Red (Chile) -I'm not so hot on this one. Not much interest here -Los Vascos - Cabernet (Chile) -Yes, very nice.Jacob's Creek - Shiraz (Australia) -haven't tried this one.Smoking Loon - Cabernet (California) -Smoking Loon has never done it for me. It really tastes smoky, and to me, that's not good drinking.Rabbit Ridge - Zinfandel (California?) -Another good one, though they seem to have gone downhill a bit in recent years.Seghesio - Zinfandel (California) -Meh. I have no idea what wines I like (don't drink it much), but what I don't like is when people who never drink wine say 'I hate merlot' or 'Merlot sucks' just because they've seen the movie Sideways.

I really don't find wine enjoyable, so I've never paid attention to what I was drinking (I take one sip and give it to my girlfriend), but - though most probably will cry foul - the one wine I actually 'liked' was a giant $6 bottle of Sutter Home. Was cheap, and didn't taste like some sort of brackish.

Absinthe on the other hand, is something I truly enjoy. Nothing like a Un Emile or Nouvelle Orleans. Click to expand. I think I've had that same Kendall Jackson Chardonnay, and its a pretty good one for when I don't have any Chaddsford Winery Chardonnay (Roth) in my stock. Chaddsford is probably out of the price range of interest to the OP, but its a semi-local (we're 100 miles from the winery) gem that we've been buying from for more than a decade: FWIW, my all-time favorite Cabernet Savignon to this day remains Chaddsford's 'John Moorehead', 1987 vintage. If I could go back in time, I'd easily buy three cases, price be damned.

More recently, Eric's been bottling a pretty nice Pinot Noir, and he's recently put up a Cab Sav, which I've yet to try.