What is TK? Traditional Knowledge (TK) or Indigenous Knowledge (IK) or Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK) and local knowledge E is defined as knowledge and values which have been acquired through experience‚ observation‚ from the land or from spiritual teachings‚ and handed down from one generation to another What Does TK Include? Traditional knowledge includes types of knowledge related to various categories like Knowledge of plants and animals and their properties Minerals and soils
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represented her as the Queen- Queen Elizabeth I. This may be illustrated through Act 4 Scene 1 where Hippolyta marries Theseus and becomes the Queen of the Amazons. Shakespeare bases Hippolyta’s character on the ancient Plutarch’s portrayal of her in his ‘life of Theseus’. This ideology covers the big mythological battle between Theseus and the Amazons. In the play Hippolyta uses long silences when speaking‚ this could show her expressions towards her wedding; there is no hurry for her wedding
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them‚ it is impossible to receive completely accurate data. However‚ it is estimated that a sum of 3 to 6 billion trees are cut down a year globally. 2. According to this bar graph found on news.mongabay.com‚ the loss of forests in the Brazalian Amazon in 2009 was about 300‚000 hectares; in 2010‚ about 210‚000 hectares; and in 2011‚ up to about 900‚000 hectares. Now that I have established the issue of the deforestation and its facts‚ the next point I would like to discuss are the causes and
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Tropical rainforests are important to man as they have many valuable resources. Most of the perfumes‚ soaps‚ cough drops and cosmetics we purchase have natural oils from the rainforests such as bay oil‚ coconut oil‚ eucalyptus oil‚ palm oil‚ rosewood oil‚ camphor oil and star-anise oil. Tropical rainforest also produces other products; latex and rubber products are made from the latex sap that are found in rubber trees and red dye is created from annatto. Tropical rainforests provide natural fibres
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common ecosystem is the rainforest. The lowland rainforest’s elevation is about 800 meters. It is the most biologically rich ecosystem in Madagascar. They are very humid and rainy. Typically lowland rainforests have very well developed canopies. Lowland equatorial evergreen rain forests are forests which receive high rainfall (more than 2000 mm‚ or 80 inches‚ annually) throughout the year. These forests occur in a belt around the equator‚ with the largest areas in the Amazon Basin of South America
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РROJЕСT RЕРORT ON MАRKЕTING STRАTЕGУ OF АMАZON.СOM АND АMАZON.IN SUBMITTЕD BУ RITU KАDIАN SАMBIT S.РRАHАRАJ SHАRАD АGGАRWАL MАSTЕR OF BUSINЕSS АDMINISTRАTION (Mаrkеting & Sаlеs) АMITУ UNIVЕRSITУ‚ UР Аmаzon.сom Сomраnу Рrofilе Аmаzon.сom inс. Is thе lеаding onlinе rеtаilеr thаt dеаls with еlесtroniс рroduсts аnd сloud hosting sеrviсеs. Thе сomраnу wаs foundеd bу jеff bеzos in 1994 but thе wеbsitе‚ whiсh is thе mаin mаrkеting аnd sеlling рlаtform
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The "Lady in Blue" The "Lady in Blue" is a popular Spanish legend in the Southwest and particularly New Mexico. The legend of the lady started with New Mexico Indians in the 17th century and remains popular today. The "Lady in Blue" was in fact a real person""Maria de Jesus de Agreda‚ or Sor Maria‚ as she was called. Sor Maria founded the Convent of the Immaculate Conception at Agreda. Sor Maria had a very strong reputation throughout Spain for her wisdom and sanctity‚ as well as her mystical and
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Since I was a little girl‚ I’ve always been able to read people well. When I go places‚ such as out with my friends‚ or even on vacation I tend to people watch. I always ask the question “why”. Why do people do this‚ what makes them say that. I currently work in retail right now‚ I have been since I was a sophomore in high school. People honestly fascinate me. In order to be what I want to be I will have to go through about 9 years of school. I either want to be an industrial psychologist‚ which
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Equatorial climate Is a type of climate that is hot and wet throughout the year. Rainfall is heavy and falls during most afternoons. There are no winters or summers(seasons). One day is similar to the next. Biome A very large ecosystem such as rainforests. Erosion Process of transportation Conditions in which the earth’s surface is worn away by the action of water and wind Desert An environment or region that receives very little precipitation (rain). Defined as areas that receive an annual precipitation
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Deforestation Mitigation Strategies Tropical rainforests cover approximately thirty percent of the earth’s land area‚ around 2.5 million square miles‚ the size of the lower 48 states‚ despite the fact 80‚000 acres (32‚000) hectares are destroyed per day for economic reasons. Tropical rainforests are biodiversity hotspots. Rainforests are carbon sinks absorbing about half the carbon dioxide humans release into the atmosphere. Continued deforestation will affect the entire world with the ecological
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