Deforestation & Endangered Animals

Deforestation & Endangered Animals The book Running Wild is about a Boy in the Wild with an Elephant and it has shown me many problems in the forests like deforestation for starters, deforestation is killing our animals because we are cutting down trees to use them for something we want when the animals actually need the trees to survive in the forest. Now we only have around 7,500 Sumatran Orangutans and that is people just being greedy, taking the trees that they live in and then it kills the animals too. Did you know that every minute a forest the size of 20 football fields is cut down. This is horrific. Forests cover 30% of the earth's land and within 100 years rainforests could be completely wiped out. If you think about that is too quick, do you want you, your children and grandchildren to grow up with a healthy planet or not? If we stop Deforestation it will stop a lot of flooding because the trees soak up all of the water and it slows down the water rushing down the hills and mountains. We are cutting around 50 million trees a year and ruining lots of habitats. This is very serious, think about it, this is our own greed, we are cutting down palm trees to make our food tastier. There are other ways and maybe you could think about using them. In the past 25 years forests have shrunk by 502’000 square miles and this is terrifying. 20% of Greenhouse gas emissions are from Deforestation and so that is also making climate change. Sumatran Elephants, Sumatran Tigers, Sumatran Orangutans and Sumatran Rhinos are all going extinct and we need to do something about this. In 1900 we used to have around 100,000 Sumatran Tigers and now we only have 400-500 Sumatran Tigers in the wild. We only have around 2400-2800 Sumatran Elephants and this is terrible, there are around 7500 Orangutans left in the wild. Sumatran Orangutans will be extinct in around 10 years unless everybody takes action and trys to look after the forests. With people poaching and so much habitat loss we are down to just 80 Sumatran Rhinos, we have to do something about this! It is just outrageous! More than 99% of the 4 billion species that have evolved on earth are gone. At least 900 species have gone extinct in 4 centuries. Scientists estimate that around 150-200 species of plants, birds and mammals get extinct every 24 hours. In conclusion we need to do something about this if you want to help the earth go out and plant some trees, try and buy foods that don’t have palm oil in them, try and buy recycled things and recycle all of your things that can be recycled. There is so much more you can do! One little thing actually does a lot so just do your little bit and then tell as many people as you can like your friends and your family. Every little thing counts.

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Oona's Story

             

       🌿 Oona’s Story 🌿

It was coming. I knew it was but I knew I couldn't tell him, so I ran and kept running until my toes began to hurt. I needed to get him out of here safely, but how? As we were running through the jungle this boy kept slapping me and telling me something but how was I, an elephant, supposed to know what he wanted? So I went faster. 

As we were running through the jungle there were leaves everywhere, I decided to grab a few and eat them on the journey. It was gonna be a long one I knew that for sure, As we came up to a big hill I slowed down to a speedy trot. There was that boy looking behind us, he let out a big gasp and I wondered why.

He said something but I didn’t know what he said. I knew that he had said something and It sounded like waves and I knew what waves meant and as soon as he said waves, I took off at a speed that was very fast. I didn’t even know I could go that fast. 

There was that boy sitting on me just looking sad, so I tried to cheer him up by grabbing some leaves and munching them up as slowly as I could.I looked behind me and saw the boy and he was laughing very hard. He looked hungry, at least I thought he did so I decided to get him some food. 

 I picked the nicest orange coconut that I could find and then wrapped it in my trunk and lifted my trunk so it was right in front of the boy. He at once lifted his head, grabbed the food and gave me a big hug. After that every time I passed a coconut tree I gave him one. 

That night we slept on the floor. He grabbed heaps of leaves and put them on the ground so the leeches didn’t get him. The next day he was walking down the river and I was scared that he was going to leave me here. I needed him and he needed me, so I chased after him and then he just stood there and hugged me. I think I had just changed his mind!

Indonesia vs United Kingdom

Indonesia:

Climate

The climate of Indonesia is almost entirely tropical, the coastal plains are normally averaging to be 28 degrees Celsius and the inland and mountain areas are around 26 degrees Celsius with the higher mountain region averaging about 23 degrees Celsius.  

Main jobs 

The ten most popular jobs are: 

1. Teaching 

2. Bank Employees

3. Government Employees

4. Marketing

5. Indonesian Migrant Workers

6. IT

7. Journalist

8. Accountant 

9. Doctor 

10. Nurse

What the Government is like

The Government in Indonesia is a democratic which means the public votes people into power. 

Food in Indonesia

A typical Indonesian meal normally has steamed rice and one or two main dishes with fish, meat, chicken or vegetables, sometimes including soup which are all served together.

Cultures in Indonesia

Indonesia was in the middle of an ancient trading route between the middle east and south east Asia, which has led to Indonesia having a range of different cultures and religions.

Population

Indonesia has a population of 276,727,161 and is made up of over seventeen thousand islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. 

Money Systems

In Indonesia they use Rupiah so 48 400 Rupiah is 5 dollars in New Zealand. 

Native Animals

Here are 11 native animals you can see in Indonesia

1. Komodo Dragon

2. Orangutan

3. Maleo

4. Helmeted Hornbill

5. Babirusa

6. Anoa

7. The Black Ape

8. Cendrawasih

9. Javan rhinoceros

10. Sumatran Tigers

11. Bali Starlings

Size of Country 

Indonesia has a lot of space with 1.905 million square kilometres.

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United Kingdom: 

Climate

The UK gets cold, wet winters and warm, wet summers. It rarely gets extreme hot or cold weather. In the UK the weather is very changeable. The average daily high temperature in winter is 9-5 degrees Celsius.

Main jobs 

In the UK the most common jobs are:

1. Accountancy, banking and finances

2.Business, consulting and management

3. Charity and volunteer work

4. Creative arts and design

5. Energy and utilities 

6. Engineering and manufacturing

7. Environment and agriculture

8. Healthcare

What is the Government like

 The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy in which the reigning monarch does not do anything to do with the political stuff instead the government does all of that.

Foods in the UK

Some food that you would definitely find in the United Kingdom would be: 

Cottage pie 

Fish and Chips 

Bangers and Mash 

Full English Breakfast

Sunday Roast

Steak and Kidney Pie

Cultures in the UK

There are many different cultures in the United Kingdom but around half are Christian.

Population

In the United Kingdom they have a population of 68,299,300 people. 

Money Systems

In the UK they use Pound Sterling. 1 pound sterling is 1.95 Dollars in New Zealand.

Native Animals

Here are some animals that are Native to the United States.

1. Common Shrew

2. Red Squirrel

3. Curlew

4. Little Owl

5. Orkney Vole

6. Scottish Wildcat

7. Grey Seal

8. Wood Mouse

9. European Hedgehog

10. Fin Whale

Size of the Country

The size of the UK is 242,495km squared. And Indonesia has 1.905 million square kilometres.

As you can see these two countries are very diverse from one another. One is much bigger than the other. They both have very different foods and climates as you have read. Like Indonesia is a very tropical country and the United Kingdom is a lot cooler than what Indonesia is, like in winter in the United Kingdom they have an average temperature of 5-9 degrees Celsius.

Tsunami

This is the New book my group is reading it is called Running Wild and is by Michael Morpurgo. This is one of the tasks I had to do. Hope you Enjoy : )

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea End

 I think what made this story so good and effective was that so many things happened like being with Aunty Megs made the story really good and happy and Allie being with the albatross made her happy so it made the reader happy as well. In the book they used a historical event because Arturs favourite poem  was The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

 I really enjoyed the parts with Aunty Megs in it because she made Marty and Arthur very happy and they had a great time with Aunty Megs. I did love Henry too, he was so cute he would always steal their socks and lie on their laps when they were feeding him. 

Marty and Arthur had a special relationship because they went through a lot together like being at Piggy Bacon’s House but no matter how terribly Piggy Bacon treated them they always looked after each other and made each other happy.

 After Marty died it seemed like everybody else did like Aunty Megs, Big Black Jack and Barnaby and then he got kicked out of the Ark this shows you how strong Arthur was to continue with his life. 

I liked how the story always had some sort of connection like the albatross and the key. The key was always with Arthur and Allie brought it on her journey as well. And the Albatross was with Arthur at the start of the book, it was one of his first memories and then Allie had an albatross follow her for most of the journey.

In the end I was very surprised I did not think that they would find Kitty because I thought she would’ve moved away or died. I thought at the start of reading this book that the key unlocked a weapon to kill Piggy Bacon with.