How is heritage significance assessed? Heritage professionals have developed ways of formally assessing the significance of natural and cultural heritage places. The following documents. listed in the Resources section of the guide‚ may provide some assistance: Natural Heritage Places - A handbook for conservation: Implementing the Australian Natural Heritage Charter for conservation of places of natural significance‚ 1998‚ Lorraine Cairnes‚ Australian Heritage Commission in association with
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courses. Compare point source. Scientific Principles of Sustainability- To live more sustainably we need to rely on solar energy‚ preserve biodiversity‚ and recycle the chemicals that we use. These three principles of sustainability are scientific lessons from nature based on observing how life on the earth has survived and thrived for 3.5 billion years. See biodiversity‚ chemical cycling‚ solar energy. Compare social science principles of sustainability. Ecological Footprint- Amount of biologically productive
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The world’s habitats and ecosystem have been damaged by human activity and organic resource consumption‚ which has caused a great loss of biodiversity. If strong efforts are not made to restore and sustain conditions‚ our ecosystem will be destine for collapse. It is imperative that we use TEK (traditional ecological knowledge) as a source of environmental ethics to conserve the earth’s habitats and restore our ecosystem “TEK has a strong potential to contribute to more effective and
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What is a hyper-connected world? It is the accelerating inter-connectivity between people globally at all time. This increasing connectivity has in so many ways made our lives so much easier and has also improved the standard of our lives greatly. This inter-connection has virtually managed to influence every aspect of our day to day lives. Social media‚ e-commerce‚ smartphones‚ healthcare – you name it! Digital connectivity has permeated it all and in fact our dependence on it is growing exponentially
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also diverse. Until the arrival of farmers‚ they burnt many forestlands and cut many trees down for planting‚ producing fuel and selling timbers. For this reason‚ highlands in Scotland has encountered with the destruction of forests and loss of biodiversity. Deforestation is now one part of the human’s lives because many people do for responding their own needs and wants. For people who need to deforest in order to survive‚ they may mostly live in rural area. The first significant activity that is
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Kristel Mae Tagle Bs BIOLOGY III Planet Earth Earth is the third planet from the sun. The place where many organisms exist‚ enhance with the beauty of nature. Packed with rich biodiversity‚ streams and rivers. Have you seen this place before? Maybe yes‚ but for how long? How much it matter to us if it is lost? What can we do to save them? Those are questions that that will hopefully strike our nerves. In this new millennium‚ many changes have occurred that altered the condition of the nature
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Mt Henry Peninsula Population Study Mount Henry Peninsula is an area of significant biodiversity. The various plant species that are found in this region rely on a specific combination of abiotic and biotic factors. Plants found in one location may not necessarily occur in another‚ where the conditions are different. The following extract is part of a study commissioned by the City of South Perth. “The Mt Henry Peninsula and its associated foreshore is the largest area of bushland in the City
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rainforest is home to almost half of Africa’s animal species and is the second largest rainforest in the world.(“pbs.org”‚ n.d.) The Congo plays an important role in climate regulation‚ both locally and globally‚ and contains a wealth of biodiversity‚ including thousands of endemic plants and animals. Identify factors in this ecosystem that affect diversity. How do these factors work together to produce diversity and evolutionary differentiation? There are many factors in
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health and safety. Sustainable destinations reinvest the profits from their tourism activities in environmental conservation and historic restoration and preservation. They demonstrate a thriving culture‚ strong social networks and increasing biodiversity. They show effective planning‚ substantial land and marine protection‚ increased energy and water conservation‚ and a reduction in solid waste per guest over time. They have an effective recycling and wastewater sanitation program that is carefully
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD SCI 207 Dependence of Man on the Environment Week 1 Biomes and Diversity. As you have learned in the readings‚ extinction is a natural selection process. You have also read that humans are often responsible for accelerating this process. Using at least two scholarly sources‚ address whether or not we as humans should be concerned with the extinction rate. Additionally‚ discuss whether or not humans strive to preserve representative samples of all biomes on the planet
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