The tropical rainforest
biome called “Borneo”.
By: Umar Ibrahim 6A
Map of Borneo
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Three+animals+in+Borneo&
um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl
Brief description
Borneo is the 3rd largest island in the world.
It is known to be really rich in biodiversity compared to other
rainforests/jungles/islands etc.
It also holds the 20th largest mountain in the world. Which is called
Mount Kinabulu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo
http://www.climbingmountkinabalu.com/
Abiotic factors
The average rainfall for Borneo is 3295mm
It can start to rain hard but the hard rain doesn’t last for a long
duration.
Sabah a place in Borneo doesn’t really have wet or dry seasons. It is
normally warm throughout the year, but sometimes it can have tropical
rain showers and storms.
http://www.borneo-hotels.com/info/weather.htm
Plants
Rafflesia arnoldii –It grows as a flower without any leaves. This plant
gets its food from the vine that it grows on.
Nepenthes- This plant isn’t a normal plant. This is because they are
carnivorous plants. They have digestive fluids and water inside their
pitcher and when a fly falls in the fluids it will become food for the
plant.
Lianas-This plant is a vine, starting life on the ground. It needs its
sunlight so it uses other plants for support to get to the canopy, they
mostly use the trees.
http://www.ehow.com/list_7377291_plants-borneo-rain-forests.html
Lianas-
Pictures of the
plants
Nepenthes-
Rafflesia Arnoldii-
Lianas: http://www.tutorvista.com/biology/plants-in-a-tropical-rainforest
Nepenthes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nepenthes_villosa.jpg
Rafflesia arnoldii: http://www.thegorgeousdaily.com/rafflesia-arnoldii/
Animals
Sun bear-These animals are known to be nocturnal and omnivorous,
feeding on a range of different producers and animals. They have
immensely large claws for climbing trees and a long tongue to eat honey
with.
Clouded leopard- These animals live in tropical forests. They have 2
inched canines, and feed on deers, birds porcupines etc.
Banteng- These animals are related to the cattle except that they are
wild. They feed on leaves, branches and grass. They are known to be
nocturnal to avoid hunters.
http://www.konicaminolta.com/kids/endangered_animals/library/fiel
d/banteng.html
http://www.mongabay.com/borneo/borneo_wildlife.html
Pictures of the animals
Banteng-
Clouded Leopard-
Sun bear-
Clouded Leopard:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/cloudedleopard/
Banteng: http://khoirs.blogspot.com/
Sun bear: http://www.flwblog.com/2011/07/malayan-sun-bear-animalpictures/
What minerals or medicines can be
found in Borneo?
Minerals:
Coal
Gold
Borneo is said to be extremely rich with two minerals, Coal and
Gold.
Borneo also contains natural gas. But is not known to be rich
because of natural gas.
http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/safeguarding_the_natural_world
/forests/forest_work/borneo_forest/
http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/forum/showthread.php?31-The-Very-RichEast-Borneo
Pictures of minerals
Coal-
Gold-
http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-etfs-size-up-200day-average-as-dollar-weakens/
http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photocoal.html
How has science helped?
Science has helped because science’s role play is to
experiment with the items we find such as: gold, coal,
tin iron etc, and while experimenting with it, finding
out whether or not it can be used as a resource to help
us. And that is what science is doing and has done.
Human activities
The first human activity in Borneo is logging. This is cause by the fact
that some societies cant afford to get a job, so they cut down trees and sell
them. The trees are then used for furniture such as: tables, chairs, drawers
etc.
The second human activity is the destruction of the habitats, this is sort
of related to logging. Except its for a different reason which is to clear an
area to expand accommodations, hospitals, parks etc.
The last human activity is poaching. Poaching is when you kill an animal
either for fun or for a reason. A reason of why people do this is for their
fur and horns.
Bibliography for human
activities
http://save-the-trees.tripod.com/id2.htmlhttp://
bushwarriors.wordpress.com/tag/rhino-hornsmugglers/
http://www.sciencelives.com/logging.html
How does the use of natural resources affect
economics, societies etc?
Logging- Logging will soon affect Borneo’s societies because if
there aren’t any trees in parts of Borneo then less oxygen will be
able to come around societies.
Destruction of habitat- If this problem continues on then soon
there wont be any habitats to cut down, so societies wont have
enough money for several things because there money is also going
to be used for buying and trading.
Poaching- If this carries on animals soon the trigger off the food
chain. Then the other species have less to eat, and if more animals
are extinct food will be scarce for carnivores.
Did you know…
Did you know that a man had injected poison into a few
rhinos, into their horns. He did this because the Chinese
thought that the horns had medicinal properties, but they
don’t. And he wanted the poaching of rhino’s to stop. So
whoever uses the horns for a cure will get poisoned and
eventually die. The poison wont affect the rhinos because
the rhinos horns don’t have blood vessels to carry the
poison around their body.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinctioncountdown/2010/09/01/toxic-avenger-one-mans-desperateidea-to-save-the-rhinos-poison-their-horns/
That’s the end of my
presentation!