INTRODUCTION According to Oxford Dictionary‚ biodiversity means the state of having a large amount of different number of animals and plants which make a balanced environment. Biodiversity is also known as flora and fauna. The meaning of flora is all the plants growing in a particular area while fauna means all the animals of an area or a period of time. Rafflessia for flora while tiger for fauna is a case in point. Crisis on the other hand means a time of great danger or difficulty‚ the moment
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Ramirez1 The Danaus plexippus or more commonly known the Monarch butterfly is probably the most famous and known specie of butterfly that exist all over the world. Its fame is due because of their beauty. Every fall‚ the people of Mexico gather around in the forest and wait for the arrive of the Monarch Butterfly to contemplate the beauty of the insect. They are also famous because they migrate farther than any other specie of butterfly. It takes approximately a month and a half to the Monarch to
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Conservation Versus Preservation Letter to the Editor NAME SCI/275 Environmental Science February 10‚ 2013 Instructor Name Letter to the Editor Dear Editor‚ I am writing to you in regard to the Bridger -Teton National Forest. It is “the largest intact ecosystem in the lower 48 United States. Offering nearly 1.2 million acres of designated Wilderness‚ over 3‚000 miles of road and trail and thousands of miles of unspoiled rivers and streams.” (USDA Forest Service) I am
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only as a fenced-in zone‚ with no human influence.” the human influence has enriched more than it had degraded the biological richness of the Western Ghats .“People living within the rich biodiversity have nurtured nature. They must benefit from conservation‚” Well be it gadgil report or kasturirangan report let me tell you that -The extremely fragile Western Ghats region is highly prone to natural calamities and chances of an Uttarakhand-like tragedy in the region cannot be ruled
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Chapter 2. Forest and Terrestrial Biodiversity of Mauritius 2.1 Overview of Biodiversity Mauritius has an area of 1‚865 km2‚ of which 30% is considered forested. The area of good quality native forest‚ (i.e. that with more than 50% native plant cover‚ Page & d’Argent 1997)‚ is estimated to cover less than 2% of the island (NEAP 1999‚ MWF unpublished‚ Fig.2.1). The rest consists of plantation forestry‚ deer-ranches or highly degraded vegetation invaded by alien plant and animal species. As a result
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Conservation of Energy In explaining the laws of conservation of energy‚ energy cannot be destroyed or made. Although‚ energy can be transformed or transferred from one form to another‚ for example: The total amount of energy in any system never changes but stays constant over time. Second example: Coal is burned‚ and then used as thermal energy for heat‚ next the steam is used for mechanical energy. Energy is never destroyed but changed to forms like thermal energy‚ gravitational energy‚ electromagnetic
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Environmental Science Lab ENV 116 - Online – Fall 2011 Water Conservation in the Home (page 1- 8) 20 Points This assignment is due November 6 It can be submitted for late credit through November 13 A photo of your project must be included with your assignment to receive full credit for this exercise. Introduction Providing adequate water supplies for domestic use‚ industry‚ irrigation‚ fish and wildlife habitat and navigation is one of many key environmental issues facing the world
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Canada‚ 14(3)‚ pp. 743–753. Isabelle‚ E. D.‚ & Jeremy T. K. (2006). Conservation Biology. Protected Areas and Prospects for Endangered‚ 20(1)‚ pp. 48–55. Kerr‚ J. T.‚ & J. Cihlar. (2001). National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Remotely sensed habitat diversity predicts butterfly species richness and community similarity in Canada‚ 98:11265–11370. Kerr‚ J.T.‚ & T. V. Burkey. (2002). Biodiversity and Conservation. Endemism‚ diversity‚ and the threat of tropical moist forest extinctions
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Conservation Centers in India A number of Conservation Centers have been set up in India for the purpose of studying‚ propagating‚ conserving and for the betterment of the highly endangered species of wildlife‚ both flora and fauna. These Conservation Centers can be divided into Wildlife Reserves‚ Conservation Centers and Wildlife Sanctuaries. Famous Wildlife Reserves in India Sariska Tiger Reserve‚ Rajasthan Bandipur Conservation Center‚ Karnataka Bandhavgarh Conservation Center‚ Madhya Pradesh
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The Action of Tiger Conservation As the population of tiger in the world dwindles nowadays‚ everyone has the responsibility for the conservation of tiger especially tiger range countries. Over the past 100 years‚ tiger numbers have declined by 95 percent which leave only 3‚200 and three sub-species have become extinct – with a fourth not seen in the wild for over 25 years (World Wild Fund for Nature [WWF] International‚ 2008). Since it is estimated that wild tiger number halved to 3‚200‚ we
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