SAVE THE MANGROVES! With the monsoons around the corner‚ it is a matter of concern to save the mangroves in Kandivali Mangroves are buffers between the land and the sea. Coastlines throughout the world are facing serious problems of coastal erosion and threat of rising sea levels due to global warming. To control such assault of the sea on land‚ nature has provided mangroves‚ a tropical ecosystem which is more dynamic than the sea itself. Kandivali is one among many other such areas in Mumbai
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political subdivision among the cities and municipalities of NCR. The area distribution of the city per Barangay is shown in Table 2.1. Table 2.1 Area Distribution (in Hectares) Brgy. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 Area 1.48 4.37 1.84 2.89 1.53 1.47 2.58 1.94 1.43 2.99 1.82 1.89 13.95 2.48 3.61 1.30 1.69 4.61 1.10 2.25 1.78 0.56 4.14 2.44 2.16 1.86 1.90 3.82 1.88 1.18 2.80 2.97 5.88 2.93 3.56 4.43
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ITU Southern and East Africa Workshop on the use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management: Savings Lives Lusaka‚ Zambia‚ 17-18 July 2008 Role of Telecommunications and ICTs in Disaster Management Jacob Munodawafa Executive Secretary July 2008 Copyright 2008 © SATA Secretariat‚ All Rights Reserved 1 Overview of Association of Telecom Operators & ICTs Players in the SADC (Southern African Development Community‚ which is an economic grouping of 14 Member States)
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PRESERVING NATURE VS. RESHAPING NATURE Critical analysis of recent floods in Uttarakhand ______________________________________________________________________________ “The environmentalist goal of ‘preserving nature’ unavoidably conflicts with the requirements of human life: Man ’s basic means of survival is to reshape nature to serve his ends‚ to take the raw materials of his environment and use them to produce values. This requires "touching" nature‚ not leaving it untouched” ____
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of the ecosystem. Every species on this planet as an individual serves its own purpose‚ together they make up an ecosystem that is vital to the earths and humans sustainability These ecosystems provide a diverse food bank‚ pollination‚ clean water‚ flood control‚ pest control‚ waste decomposition‚ and climate stability; these resources are highly valuable to the sustainability of humans and the planet. Biodiversity is the variety of species that inhabit the earth‚ each species has a specific role
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safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. Indian villagers wade through flood water in Sitpur in the Supaul district of India’s northern state of Bihar on August 28‚ 2008. More than a million people remain trapped after a monsoon-swollen river changed course‚ flooding huge swathes of the country’s impoverished Bihar state. Flood victims receive medical treatment at a temporary flood relief camp in East Nepal August 28‚ 2008. The Koshi River in the eastern state of Bihar in India
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shortages arising from weather-related problems. A famine killed tens of thousand of people in 1996-97. (Washington Times; December 8‚ 2000; Thomas Wagner‚ Associated Press) Thousands crossed the border into China looking for food. (Washington Post; July 23‚ 2001;Pg. 16; John Pomfret‚ Washington Post Foreign Service) A large percentage of the population remains susceptible to malnutrition and their living conditions continue to worsen as energy shortages shut down factories and further reduce the ability
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How Humans Contribute to Global Warming Jaelinne Mason SCI207 Dependence of Man on the Environment Prof. Lynne Trevisan November 26‚ 2012 How Humans Contribute to Global Warming Scientists know more than ever before about how the Earth’s climate is changing and what that will mean for people‚ habitats and wildlife across the planet (National Geographic‚ 2012). Glaciers are melting‚ sea levels are rising‚ cloud forests are drying‚ and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace (National Geographic
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References: Attri‚ S.D.‚ 2006‚ “Climate Change and Agriculture-An overview”‚ Vayu Mandal‚ 32 (3-4)‚ 10-26. Attri‚ S.D.‚ Singh‚ Sidhartha‚ Mukhopadhayay‚ B. and Bhatnagar A. K‚ 2008‚ Atlas of Hourly Mixing Height and Assimilative Capacity of Air in India’‚ IMD Met Monograph N0 1/2008 on Environment Meteorology. Gore‚ P.G.‚ Prashad Thakur‚ and Hatwar‚ H.R
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church and state (2 ed.‚ pp. 25-26). Buffalo‚ NY: Prometheus Books. Colson‚ C.‚ & Pearcey‚ N. (1999). Worldviews in conflict. How now shall we live? (pp. 19-26). Wheaton‚ Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers‚ Inc.. Parsley‚ R. (2007). Why worldviews matter. Culturally incorrect: How clashing worldviews affect your future (pp. 34-35). Nashville‚ TN: Thomas Nelson. Prometheus. (n.d.). The American heritage® new dictionary of cultural literacy‚ third edition. Retrieved July 26‚ 2010‚ http://dictionary.reference
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