UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP): The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) coordinates United Nations environmental activities‚ assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its headquarters in the Gigiri neighborhood of Nairobi‚Kenya. UNEP also has six regional offices and various country offices. Its activities cover a wide range
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associated with social inequity. Considering most biodiversity are located in developing countries‚[9] depletion of this resource could result in losses of ecosystem services for these countries.[10] Some view this depletion as a major source of social unrest and conflicts in developing nations.[11] At present‚ with it being the year of the forest‚[12] there is particular concern for rainforest regions which hold most of the Earth’s biodiversity.[12] According to Nelson[13] deforestation and degradation
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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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biodiverse regions of the world and hosts three of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots - or treasure-houses - that is the Western Ghats‚ the Eastern Himalayas and Indo- Burma.Since India is home to a number of rare and threatened animal species‚ wildlife management in the country is essential to preserve these species. According to one study‚ India along with 17 mega diverse countries is home to about 60-70% of the world’s biodiversity. India‚ lying within the Indomalaya ecozone‚ is home to about
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING UNIT I ENVIRONMENT‚ ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT DEFINITION: It is defined as the sum total of water‚ air‚ and the inter-relationship that exists among them and with the human beings‚ other living organisms and materials. SCOPE: As a subject it has a wide scope. It encompasses a large number of areas and aspects‚ which may be summarized as follows 1. Natural resources 2. Ecology and biodiversity 3. Environmental pollution and control 4. Social issues in relation
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The aim of this study was to estimate of the value of Orang Asli traditional ecological knowledge among public in the Peninsular Malaysia. This was achieved through the application of a choice experiment (CE)‚ which was utilised to directly assess the economic value of the sustainable management of natural resource that are provided by the Orang Asli. The remainder of the paper is organised as follows. The theoretical background is outlined in section two. In section three we describe the data used
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continue to produce more fur and leather‚ the biodiversity and the balance of nature will be broken seriously. It seems quite difficult to prevent the threat of fashion industry entirely. However‚ many experts have put up with a concept of sustainability in materials
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Importance Of Nature Conservation In Civil Engineering Globally‚ civil engineering especially for construction industry is arguably one of the most resource-intensive and environmentally damaging industries in the world. Construction accounts for 40% of the total flow of raw materials into the global economy every year. The sector operates through land use planners‚ who determine the location and nature of development‚ clients‚ including house builders and commercial property developers‚ who determine
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Natural Resources and Energy Paper SCI/256 March 30‚ 2013 Professor Natural Resources and Energy Paper Tropical rainforests like so many other natural places are a scarce resource in the 21st century. They are unique and unlike any other ecosystem. They are in fact crucial to the global ecosystem and vital to human existence. Beyond compare as it relates to their biological diversity‚ tropical rainforests are a natural reservoir of genetic diversity which offers a rich source of medicinal
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Vandana Shiva’s monograph‚ Who Really Feeds the World? is a powerful piece on the pitfalls of mankind in terms of agriculture. At the current moment‚ humanity is falling into an industrialized world that cares more about profit and genetic modification than it does about the sustainability of mankind’s practices on the Earth. Through Shiva’s influential monograph‚ the reader is subjected to the biases that occur throughout the books‚ as well as the beliefs of the writer. It is easy to see Shiva’s
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