Location of the Caribbean Islands
Facts on the Caribbean Islands
* There are more than 7,000 islands
* 2% of the islands are inhabited * Most spoken languages are: Spanish, English, Dutch, Haitian, Creole, and Papiamento * Parts of the Pirates and the Caribbean were shot on the Caribbean Islands. * Jamaica is where the first James Bond movie was shot at. * Shortest runway on Earth is 1,300 feet long on the Island Saba. * More churches in Jamaica than anywhere else in the world. |
Geography Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba
Endangered Animals and Plants
Past, Current, Future state of Biodiversity
Cuba:
Past: people decreased, plants, animals, fossil fuels, and diseases Current: air and water pollution, not enough farming land, deforestation, and biodiversity loss Future: overfishing, water and air pollution, still not enough land for farming and more animals will loose their habitats. |
Jamaica:
Past: plants, animals, climate changes, humans changing land, pollution, over-harvesting of valuable species. Current: climate change, changing land formations, air and water pollution and over-over harvesting on species Future: economic growth, prevention or reduction of soil erosion, absorption and breakdown of pollutants, storage and recycling of elements essential for life |
Bahamas:
Past: species and their habitats Current: species and habitats, marine life, air and water Future: Marine life, habitats for animals and plants, pollution of water and air |
Solutions to Biodiversity |
Obstacles to these solutions |
* Protecting areas
* Preventing species from dying out * Climate Change * Make agriculture better |
Climate can't really change
People hunt animals so they become endangered Pollution has to be stop by not using gas ans burning things. There is no way that people can get anywhere without cars that run on gas. Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Rapid global warming can affect an ecosystems chances to adapt naturally. |
Implications if nothing is done |
Causes for Biodiversity |
If nothing gets done then plant, animals and other things will die out and not exist anymore. Climate will stay the same because people have made it worse.
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Human population growth
Habitat destruction Pollution Agriculture Global Warming Hunting, fishing and gathering |
How is this hotspot similar or different to what is happening globally
Cites
*HTTP://WWW.INFOPLEASE.COM/COUNTRY/JAMAICA.HTML
* HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GEOGRAPHY_OF_JAMAICA
* HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/CUBA#GEOGRAPHY
*HTTP://SUCCESSFULREEFKEEPING.COM/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2010/11/BAHAMA_CORAL_REEF.JPG
* HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GEOGRAPHY_OF_BARBADOS#CLIMATE_2
*HTTP://WWW.TOPUERTORICO.ORG/GEOGRA.SHTML
*HTTP://CDNSTATIC2.MYDESTINATION.COM/LIBRARY/IMAGES/72523_1680_948.JPG
*HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GEOGRAPHY_OF_PUERTO_RICO
* HTTP://WWW.WORLDATLAS.COM/WEBIMAGE/COUNTRYS/NAMERICA/CARIBB/DOMINICANREPUBLIC/DOLAND.HTM
*HTTP://CEDESTINATIONS.COM/WPCONTENT/UPLOADS/2014/05/DOMINICAN-REPUBLIC.JPG
* HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC#GEOGRAPHY
*HTTPS://UPLOAD.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/WIKIPEDIA/COMMONS/THUMB/D/D6/ACACIA_COVENYI02.JPG/500PX-ACACIA_COVENYI02.JPG
*HTTPS://UPLOAD.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/WIKIPEDIA/COMMONS/2/2C/MONTE_IBERIA_DWARF_FROG_(ELEUTHERODACTYLUS_IBERIA)_(8571333101).JPG
*HTTPS://S-MEDIA CA CHEAK0. PINIMG.COM/736X/F4/6 7/3 E/F4673EBF08CC 1F6AF8BB2FAF073B41CB.JPG
* HTTP://IRIEONLINE.COM/WEBSITES/PLANTAPALM/VCE/SPECIES/PICS/ZAMIA_SP_BAHAMA.JPG
*HTTPS://WWW.EDF.ORG/NEWS/CUBA-CROWN-JEWEL-CARIBBEAN-BIODIVERSITY-THREATENED
* HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GEOGRAPHY_OF_JAMAICA
* HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/CUBA#GEOGRAPHY
*HTTP://SUCCESSFULREEFKEEPING.COM/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2010/11/BAHAMA_CORAL_REEF.JPG
* HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GEOGRAPHY_OF_BARBADOS#CLIMATE_2
*HTTP://WWW.TOPUERTORICO.ORG/GEOGRA.SHTML
*HTTP://CDNSTATIC2.MYDESTINATION.COM/LIBRARY/IMAGES/72523_1680_948.JPG
*HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GEOGRAPHY_OF_PUERTO_RICO
* HTTP://WWW.WORLDATLAS.COM/WEBIMAGE/COUNTRYS/NAMERICA/CARIBB/DOMINICANREPUBLIC/DOLAND.HTM
*HTTP://CEDESTINATIONS.COM/WPCONTENT/UPLOADS/2014/05/DOMINICAN-REPUBLIC.JPG
* HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC#GEOGRAPHY
*HTTPS://UPLOAD.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/WIKIPEDIA/COMMONS/THUMB/D/D6/ACACIA_COVENYI02.JPG/500PX-ACACIA_COVENYI02.JPG
*HTTPS://UPLOAD.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/WIKIPEDIA/COMMONS/2/2C/MONTE_IBERIA_DWARF_FROG_(ELEUTHERODACTYLUS_IBERIA)_(8571333101).JPG
*HTTPS://S-MEDIA CA CHEAK0. PINIMG.COM/736X/F4/6 7/3 E/F4673EBF08CC 1F6AF8BB2FAF073B41CB.JPG
* HTTP://IRIEONLINE.COM/WEBSITES/PLANTAPALM/VCE/SPECIES/PICS/ZAMIA_SP_BAHAMA.JPG
*HTTPS://WWW.EDF.ORG/NEWS/CUBA-CROWN-JEWEL-CARIBBEAN-BIODIVERSITY-THREATENED