By - Kabeer Awasthi
➣ ABOUT LUMBERING
Lumbering is when one person cuts trees for the benefit of commercial uses like making paper for newspapers and magazines. The people that cut down the trees are called lumberjacks, usually, lumberjacks use a saw or a mechanical machine called the chainsaw.
➣ CASE STUDY OF LUMBERING IN CANADA
Canada lies in the north of North America, Canada is covered with thick forests which are found close to the Hudson bay and the Rocky mountains. In Canada, the summers are short while the winters are long. Lumbering is done wide across Canada, it also holds the title of the leading exporter of wood. Lumbering in Canada is usually done in the winter when the land is frozen as it is easier to take them by road. some trees that are lumbered in Canada are the pine and fir as the wood is soft so it can be cut easily and the leaves of the pine and fir are like a blade so even in the winters these leaves do not fall.
➢ CASE STUDY OF LIFE IN THE AMAZON RIVER BASIN
The AMAZON RIVER BASIN is home to many plants and animals but there are also tribes that live there. Most of the tribes are now gone but most of the time live there scattered away from each other. in a tribe people make small huts to live in. The men of a family go out to fish or hunt and the women stay home taking care of the crops. the staple food of the Amazonians varies from fruits like pineapple, tapioca, sweet potato etc and grains like maize and wheat.
➢ INTERPRETE LUMBERING IN CANADA
Lumbering in Canada is usually done in winters as it is easier to take the logs on top of eachother on the truck. the people who perfor lumbering are called lumberjacks. These lumberjacks work in the winter and wonce their work is done they go to their families home where they perform fishing and farming, once summer is finished they return back to their huts in the winter and so the cycle continues.
➢ COPMPARE LIFE IN LUMBERING WITH THE LIFE IN THE AMAZON RIVER BASIN
lumberjacks only work for the winter and then in the summer they move to their families home, while the amazonians stay in wone big village and do not shift ehlsewhere unless they are forced to leave their village. lumberjacks have sources of entertainment in their house but as for the villagers they do not have any source of entertainment hence they have to spend their time in the forest.
