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 ramifications of species extinction‚ loss of carbon sinks‚ and
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Introduction: Kaas Plateau‚ also known as Kaas Pathar is a volcanic plateau located near Satara. This 1000 hectare plateau has only recently gained popularity‚ since it was declared a bio-diversity site by UNESCO in June 2012.Kaas Plateau is Maharashtra’s answer to the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand and it comes alive after the rains when the entire region is carpeted with flowers. The plateau is full of wild flowers during the months of August and September and the blooms last for about two to
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WILDLIFE Wildlife means all the flora and fauna‚ which are not domesticated by humans. It includes animals‚ plants and microorganisms. The term wild life generally gives the impression of large and ferocious animals living in the jungle or waters such as lions and tigers‚ crocodiles and rhinoceros. Wild life refers to any living organism in its natural habitat. It includes all plants‚ animals and microorganisms other than animals domesticated and cultivated plants. The majestic lion‚ the grateful
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TOPIC: Why is a decline of large carnivores important? - The roles of large carnivores in the ecosystems They make population of herbivores smaller and thus preserve balance of plants and they also turn grass lands into tundra. They disrupt natural balance of other animals and their natural habitat. That why humans kill them - Positive and negative impacts on the presence and the absence of large carnivores‚ respectively Positive impact on the presence is that they keep plants balance
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INTRODUCTION Ecological crisis are indeed a true crisis of humanity. Whenever man tried to progress and advance further‚ crisis inevitably took place. It has been seen that man always had to pay very dearly when he make some progress. When the Industrial revolution hit Europe in the 19th century‚ the world hailed the advent of the glorious new age. It was a brave new world-a world of steam engines and motor cars. Then came
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TOURISM PLAN FOR NINOY AQUINO PARKS AND WILDLIFE CENTER I. INTRODUCTION The Philippines is one of the dream destinations for many ecotourists all over the world. Enveloped within an otherworldly landscape of sea and jungle‚ where large number of magnificent floras and faunas can be found‚ it truly is one of the few places of its kind. In that‚ it contains all of the major ecosystems that warm weather or tropical tourists look for when deciding on a vacation spot. It could be argued that pretty
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION In this project‚ the wifi hotspot is implemented using HSDPA because of its features like Hybrid ARQ ‚ Adaptive modulation and coding‚ High speed downlink shared channel. This features enhance wifi hotspots to support an evolution towards more sophisticated network and multimedia services‚ the main target of HSDPA is to increase user peak data rates‚ quality of service‚ and to generally improve spectral efficiency for downlink asymmetrical services. HSDPA can achieve
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DETAILS OF SUBMISSION OF THE FULL PAPER TITLE OF THE PAPER : SARPAKAVU PROTECTION ACT [CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS] AUTHORS : MS RESHMA R MR VISWESH VISWANATH DESIGNATION : STUDENT DEPARTMENT : MBA INSTITUTE : SAINTGITS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT PATHAMUTTOM.P.O KOTTAYAM 686532 TELEPHONE :09544433228‚ 09567292623 EMAIL ID : reshmapillai.r@gmail.com
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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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Quiz 8 Protostomes Ecdysozoans: Arthropoda Distinguishing morphological features: 1. Segmented bodies 2. Jointed exoskeletons 3. Hemocoel – body cavity 4. Hemolymph – blood 5. Reduced coelom 6. Paired‚ jointed appendages 7. Distinct head and trunk tagmata Lineages Myriapods Insecta Chelicerata Crustaceans Millipedes centipedes Insects Spider‚ horse shoe crabs‚ ticks‚ mites Lobster‚ shrimp‚ crabs Dioecious‚ short segments‚ separate sexes‚ internal fertilization‚ female eggs
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