los Organos. This reduced Cuba’s forest cover to 53 percent and by 1960 it was down by 13.5 percent. Ultimately‚ mining‚ farming‚ sugar planting‚ supplying timber and setting up cattle ranches‚ demolished Cuba’s forests over the centuries. Deforestation‚ in any case‚ is both detrimental to the environment and to the economy of Cuba. Forest products are extremely important to the economical well-being of Cuba because they play a primary role in the production of tobacco‚ sugar‚ and citrus fruits
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Deforestation is a real threat to Haiti; its rapid occurrence has caused significant problems. In 1923 forests covered 60% of the land‚ in 2006 there was less than 2% of forest left. Haiti gets 77.3% of its electricity from burning fossil fuels; wood and charcoal. Its rapid population growth‚ poor agricultural practices and excessive wood harvesting has meant that 97% of the island is deforested with extensive soil erosion. Soil erosion has lowered the productivity of land decreasing agricultural
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Deforestation in the tropics Rainforests are being destroyed at an astounding rate. The land is being cleared away for the pure interest of money and nobody of these capitalists thinks about it’s importance. It supports millions of plant‚ animal and insect species. Tropics produce more than 20% of our oxygen on the planet and that’s not all‚ we use huge amount of plants from there to provide ourselves with medics and drugs. I understand capitalistic view and I respect it‚ but it is not normal
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Video Games: Creating Monsters or Not? “Stay alive at any cost! Find the key! Shoot the bad guys!” This is how one sixth-grader describes the way of playing video games. Such video games can seem like harmless fun‚ but what if the violence gets personal and addicts young teenagers‚ affecting their behavior and their view of reality? Some studies have shown that violent game players just do not leave it there on their game screens; they transfer the violent acts they get attached to‚ to the real
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It has long been the belief that bad parenting can have a negative impact on children. There are a variety of contributing factor that are identified as having a negative impact on parenting style‚ such as substance abuse‚ mental health issues‚ life stress and lack of financial and social resources and etc. To further complicate matters there are certain factors that place children at higher risk of experiencing abuse or neglect by a parent who doesn’t have the skills to be a good parent. Maternal
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I got this from the internet>>google Good and Bad Effects of Playing DOTA Good Effects 1.You can meet many people and you can be friends with them 2.You can learn how to interact with people you meet 3.You will develop your critical thinking because your going to make or plan some strategies to win the game 4.You will develop your self confident because you are going to do your best to win the game 5.You will win money in case you have a betting game. 6.You can develop your leadership because
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What are the affects of poor parenting: I always believed that you could see the effects of bad parenting‚ by studying the youth of today opposed to the youth of sixty years ago. The effects of bad parenting can be measured in many different ways. One of the things that we all forget about is "lead by example". What we as adults‚ teach our children‚ is what our future generations will be as people. Another way you can observe the results is by looking at our prisons and jails. How many of the
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Transcript of Effects of Modern Technology to the Studying Habits of the S Effects of Modern Technology to the Studying Habits of the Selected Students of Far Eastern University CHAPTER I Step 2 Chapter III Chapter IV Introduction: Metamorphosis is the only thing that is constant in this world. Everything is subjected to change‚ whether it’s small or huge. And these changes have its complementary effects‚ either good or bad. Technology is a concrete example of those things that are undergoing
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The bad effects of social media In today world 96% of people use some type of social media whether it be Facebook ‚ Twitter or some other type of social media. Social media play such a big role in our everyday lives that some people can’t imagine not using it at least once a day. The one thing that all social media have in come is the negative effects it has on young kids and teenagers in today’s society. Researchers are calling today’s teens and college student’s “iGeneration‚” a generation
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mention his family and friends closest to him. Drugs can take over his entire life if he does not take consideration of the short and long terms effect this will have on his life and the family and friends surrounding him. Abusing drugs can have a harmful effect on one’s family‚ his physical‚ mental health‚ and the future of his life. Abusing drugs can effect someone in physical and mental ways. Drugs can lead to lack of eating‚ loss of weight‚ dark eyes‚ teeth decaying‚ acne‚ and loss of hair. It
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