INTRODUCTION Echo systems around the world help sustain life for millions of species. Echo systems that are mainly forests provide a home for a large majority of the species alive. Therefore the trees in these forests are considered to be the most important species. Although it is true‚ that most species are not able to sustain without each other. There are many benefits that we get from our forests. Some of these include cleaner drinking water‚ a home for plants and animals‚ economic growth‚ clean air‚
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Objectives ✱ Discuss health in terms of its dimensions and historical‚ current‚ and future perspectives. ✱ Explain the importance of a healthy lifestyle in preventing premature disease and promoting wellness. ✱ Discuss the health status of Americans and the significance of Healthy People 2010 and 2020 and other national initiatives to promote health. ✱ Understand the importance of a global perspective on health‚ and recognize how gender‚ racial‚ and cultural backgrounds influence disparities
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Ancient forests around the world are in peril‚ but we can still save them. Governments and the timber industry need to understand what a crucial role they play in maintaining global biodiversity‚ not to mention how vital they are in regulating the climate‚ so they need to act now. And as consumers‚ we can all help to save the forests. Making sure that the wood and paper we buy has come from well-managed sources (or‚ even better‚ is 100 per cent recycled) is something we can all easily do. We have
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On 4th October 2001‚ I went on geography field trip to Ashdown Forest. We got out of the coach and started to walk towards the river source. Unfortunately due to the lack of weather there wasn’t any water. It was dry rather than muddy. We took some notes of landscape then we started walk towards the waterfall which was also dry. We could see where the drop was and where the hard rock eroded away soft rock. We took some measurement of the fall (width and depth). Secondly we walked toward the V-shaped
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INTRODUCTION the term forest is defined as an area of land with at least ten per cent (10%) of tree crown cover‚ naturally grown or planted and/or fifty per cent (50%) or more shrub and tree regeneration cover and includes all forest reserves of whatever kind declared or gazetted under this Act and all plantations. The Forest Ordinance of 1959‚ is the law which governs the Forest Law of 2002‚ having the objective to effect governmental control for economic gain rather than sustainable development
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IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS Introduction Trees are mankind lifeline. If they are destroyed‚ there is no way that human beings can survive. From the oxygen that we breathe in‚ the food that we eat‚ to the clothes we wear‚ we owe it all to the trees. Not only this‚ trees act as purifiers of air and receptacles of our waste products. Trees have great economic value too. We get fuel‚ fodder‚ timber‚ medicines and numerous other valuable products from the trees. It is‚ therefore‚ not surprising that trees
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Mbuti are a pigmy tribe living in the Itori Forest in Zaire. They are classified as specialized hunter gatherers. The research that will be discussed in this paper will show that the method of subsistence‚ and the environment in which it is practiced‚ has a profound impact on the way the Mbuti live. Because they are hunter gatherers‚ there is closeness to nature that is realized in the way their social structure is set up‚ as children of the forest. The Mbuti pattern their entire lives on the
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performance forms like myths and rituals‚ dance and mime‚ music and masquerade and are also greatly influenced by such diverse Western dramatic and theatrical modes as classical Greek drama‚ Shakespearean and Jacobean theatre‚ and modern European and American antirealist and avant-garde forms and techniques. Keywords: Theatre‚ Rituals‚ Myths‚ Soyinka Wole Soyinka is‚ no doubt‚ Africa´s leading playwright‚ but the African audiences for his major plays are very small indeed. He addresses himself to the
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Submitted by EAST‚ TALIA (TYE5025) on 1/23/2012 1:15:59 PM Points Awarded 14.00 Points Missed 1.00 Percentage 93.3% 1. Most Americans support science because: A) The scientific method allows scientists to learn the Truth. B) All Americans are fascinated by science. C) All Americans are bored silly by science. D) Science has helped make our lives easier‚ safer‚ etc. E) All scientists are sexy. Feedback: Without science and technology‚ the great majority of us would be
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FOREST CONSERVATION Forests are one of the most important natural resources that have been gifted to mankind for their sustained existence on earth. Without question‚ they provide us with huge amounts of tangible and intangible benefits‚ without which indeed‚ all life‚ less to say human life‚ would fall under the risk of extinction. Hence‚ it is vital for us to realize this importance of forest cover‚ conserve them‚ and ultimately work towards a sustainable way to maintain our forests and meet
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