Bener Meriah is one of the districts in Aceh Province, where this area is dominated by pine and tropical forests, but currently, excessive encroachment of protected forests for plantations threatens forest sustainability and also causes forest conditions that are vulnerable to disasters such as landslides and floods, especially during high rainfall.
Hello, my friends, wherever you are, I hope you are all healthy and happy so you can go about your daily activities as usual. I hope you all have a wonderful day.
So, in this blog post, I've decided to write my entry for the February contest, the second of its kind this year held within the #amazingnature community.
First of all, I'd like to thank my friend 
I also want to invite my friends 
Okay, my friends. Please continue to follow my blog, as this is my entry for this February contest, themed Tropical Forests
What is a Tropical Forest, and why is that the theme I chose for this month's Kostes?
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Tropical Rainforest is a dense, evergreen forest located around the Equator with high rainfall, which is very easy for me personally to find the tropical rainforest area, considering that my country, Indonesia, is located on the equator, and that is also the main reason I chose the theme for this contest which concerns Forest. Bener Meriah, is one of the districts in my area where this area is included in the tropical rainforest area, however, in the last few decades the area has always experienced natural disasters in the form of landslides and flash floods, especially when entering the rainy season, this has inspired me to create a blog, why forests are very important on this earth | La selva tropical es un bosque denso y siempreverde ubicado alrededor del ecuador, con abundantes precipitaciones. Personalmente, me resulta muy fácil identificar la zona de selva tropical, considerando que mi país, Indonesia, se encuentra en el ecuador. Esta es también la razón principal por la que elegí el tema de este concurso, que se centra en los bosques. Bener Meriah es uno de los distritos de mi zona que la incluye en la zona de selva tropical. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas, la zona ha experimentado desastres naturales como deslizamientos de tierra e inundaciones repentinas, especialmente al entrar en la temporada de lluvias. Esto me ha inspirado a crear un blog sobre la importancia de los bosques en el planeta. |
My country is Indonesia, which is located on the equator. As we know, along the equator, there are many tropical rainforest areas, one of which is located in Bener Meriah, a district in Aceh Province.
So, a few days ago, I traveled to this area. Of course, my main goal was to enjoy the natural scenery and also to see what the area was like after the disaster that struck my area a few months ago. If you want to see the severity of this natural disaster, you can tag #banjirsumatera on social media and see the damage.
My friends... My country, Indonesia, has the third largest tropical rainforest in the world. Unfortunately, this forest is vulnerable to damage, one of which is in the Bener Meriah area. I personally witnessed this damage, even though tropical rainforests are very functional and play a vital role in maintaining climate balance.
How Can We Find the Characteristics of Tropical Forests?
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My friends, the main and easily identifiable characteristics of tropical forests are that they have high rainfall throughout the year, then the sun shines throughout the year, and from one month to another the temperature changes are relatively small. | Amigos míos, las características principales y fácilmente identificables de los bosques tropicales son que tienen altas precipitaciones durante todo el año, luego el sol brilla durante todo el año y de un mes a otro los cambios de temperatura son relativamente pequeños. |
My friends... The main and easily identifiable characteristic of tropical forests is their high rainfall throughout the year. You can see this rainfall throughout the year, especially in the afternoons. As in the pictures above, I was in a pine forest, which is also part of the tropical rainforest area in Bener Meriah. The situation (in the pictures) was in the afternoon, when rain had begun to fall, accompanied by a light drizzle, and fog began to envelop the area.
Then, another easily identifiable characteristic of tropical rainforests is that the sun shines year-round, and the temperature changes from month to month are relatively small.
My friend.... I also need to say that the tropical rainforest area in Bener Meriah is located at a high altitude in a hilly and mountainous area, with a cool and comfortable temperature during the day, ranging from 22 to 28 degrees Celsius, and at night 16 to 17 degrees Celsius, as is the typical tropical rainforest climate.
Now we talk about the benefits, what are the benefits of tropical rainforests?
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If we talk about benefits, then tropical rainforests are very important for the world, one of which is providing a home for wildlife, besides that, in this tropical rainforest is a fragile ecosystem where each component in it cannot stand alone, from that one component is disturbed then the ecosystem in it will become unbalanced. as I said above, that a few months ago in my area there was a natural disaster in the form of flash floods and landslides and the worst place was the tropical rainforest area in Bener Meriah which I visited this time. a question arises from me now, is it solely due to natural disasters? | Si hablamos de beneficios, entonces las selvas tropicales son muy importantes para el mundo, uno de los cuales es brindar un hogar para la vida silvestre, además de eso, en esta selva tropical hay un ecosistema frágil donde cada componente no puede mantenerse solo, si se altera un componente, el ecosistema en él se desequilibrará. Como dije anteriormente, hace unos meses en mi área hubo un desastre natural en forma de inundaciones repentinas y deslizamientos de tierra y el peor lugar fue el área de selva tropical en Bener Meriah que visité esta vez. Ahora surge una pregunta: ¿se debe únicamente a desastres naturales? |
When it comes to benefits, tropical rainforests are crucial to the world. I'm sure you've often heard discussions that forests are the lungs of the world. Furthermore, tropical rainforests store hundreds of billions of tons of carbon, protect against floods and droughts, stabilize the soil, and most importantly, provide a home for wildlife.
My friends... The ecosystem within a tropical rainforest is a fragile one, with each component unable to stand alone. Therefore, if even one component is disturbed, the entire ecosystem will become unbalanced. Therefore, I urge all of you in this community to work together to protect the tropical rainforest, if it exists in any of my friendly countries.
As I mentioned above, a few months ago, a natural disaster occurred in my area, including flash floods and landslides. The worst-hit area was the tropical rainforest in Bener Meriah, which I visited this time.
This raises a question for me: was it solely due to a natural disaster?
Finally, What Are the Impacts of Tropical Forest Destruction?
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The impact is very big, and the easiest and most frequent thing we feel is landslides and flash floods, which we consider to be natural disasters, even though they are nature's way of showing its anger at us humans who have caused extraordinary damage to the forests. | El impacto es muy grande, y lo más fácil y frecuente que sentimos son los deslizamientos y las inundaciones repentinas, que consideramos desastres naturales, aunque son la forma que tiene la naturaleza de mostrar su enojo hacia nosotros los humanos que hemos causado daños extraordinarios a los bosques. |
My friend..... The natural disasters that have occurred in my area over the past few months are not merely natural disasters, but rather nature's way of expressing its anger at our actions, which have caused wanton destruction to the forest.
Why do I dare to say this? Because, during my trip to Bener Meriah, I saw several barren areas, deforested and cleared for land by irresponsible individuals. Furthermore, the rivers I passed had all their large trees cut down, and along the riverbanks were illegal mines. If you also read some articles about #naturaldisasters, Sumatranfloods, you will surely discover what is happening behind these disasters.
However, all of you who follow my blog can see that this destruction is evidence of the government's failure to protect the Bener Meriah tropical rainforest.
These are some short posts from me on this blog, along with a few photos I took with my cell phone. This is also my entry for a contest held by the Extraordinary Community in February.
For this contest, I chose the theme of forests, specifically tropical forests.
Also, on this occasion, I would like to invite all my friends in this beloved community to work together to preserve forests, especially those categorized as protected forests and pristine forests. Change must begin with small changes within ourselves to have a significant impact in the future.
And here are some images that show that what happened in my area a few months ago wasn't simply a natural disaster, but rather nature's way of expressing its anger at our actions in destroying the forest. In these images, you can see logs carried by flash floods, some of which look very neat, not simply carried by the river current. You can also see trees that have been felled along the river, even though these large trees play a crucial role during times of heavy rainfall and the tropical rainforest entering the rainy season. This was once a beautiful area where we felt so close to nature when we were here, but now that beauty has disappeared before our eyes and has turned into destruction.
That's all for this post. I hope you all enjoyed and enjoyed what I've shared.
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Photography | Bener Meriah tropical forest |
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