costing the lives of whales rather than saving them. From 2007 to 2010‚ a compromise was proposed within the IWC stating a non-zero whaling quota‚ but a much lower and reasonable quota than previously. This compromise was quickly shutdown by the conservationist groups. They were infatuated with the “political symbolism of a zero-hunting rule” and did not consider the facts and figures (Hurd 2012). The moratorium allows for the killing and capture of whales for scientific reasons‚ and in 2008‚ over 2
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Endangered animal Tapir A tapir is a large browsing mammal‚ similar in shape to a pig‚ with a short‚ prehensile snout. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America‚ Central America‚ and Southeast Asia. There are four species of Tapirs: the Brazilian Tapir‚ the Malayan Tapir‚ Baird’s Tapir and the Mountain Tapir. All four species of tapir are classified as endangered or vulnerable. Their closest relatives are the other odd-toed ungulates‚ including horses and rhinoceroses. English
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“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong‚ we may use it with love and respect.” Aldo Leopold is considered to be many to be the father of wildlife management and as a conservationist‚ forester‚ philosopher‚ educator‚ writer‚ and outdoor enthusiast I can see why. Aldo Leopold touched the lives of people not only while he was living but decades after his death he still continues to touch and inspire people. Reading about Aldo
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MY ROLE IN PRESERVING NATURAL RESOURCES Natural resources are materials and components (something that can be used) that can be found within the environment. Every man-made product is composed of natural resources (at its fundamental level). A natural resource may exist as a separate entity such as fresh water‚ and air‚ as well as a living organism such as a fish‚ or it may exist in an alternate form which must be processed to obtain the resource such as metal ores‚ oil‚ and most forms of energy
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wanted to do more for the country. He had ran with William McKinley they had had an easy win over the democrats. In March 1901 Theodore was sworn in as vice president of the United States. Theodore was one of the First president to be a conservationist. Most Americans thought that the country’s natural resources were “inexhaustible”. Theodore shocked congress with his first message to congress that there was “the forest and water problems” (Elish Dan) which were some of the most important ones
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GEO REVISION LAST YEAR Includes: Volcanoes Earthquakes Rocks Mining Weathering VOLCANOES Litos: Rock Structure of the earth Core (magma 6000c) Mantle (magma 3000c) Crust Magma in the mantle moves because the upper mantle contains heavy magma‚ which is less hot‚ it goes downwards and the lower mantle contains light magma because it is very hot and goes upwards so it moves in a circle‚ which is called CONVECTION CELL. Plates on the crust are not statistic because they are so
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This is a 19 million acre expanse of wilderness in the north-east corner of Alaska (Fig. 2) It has been in the spotlight in recent years as the centre of a battle between conservationists and the oil and gas industry. However there is also a less well known but equally bitter battle between the oil and gas industry and conservationists in an area further west called the Western Arctic Reserve (WAR). 75 70 65 60 55 50 Jan 2006 July 2006 Jan 2007 July 2007 Fig. 2 Alaska’s oilfields. North Slope Oilfield
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Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Introduction The Indian subcontinent boasts of serving as the natural habitat of a large and varied wildlife. The sub-continent with its varied geographical spread from the Himalayas in the north to the Cauvery basin in the south and the Kutch region in the west to the plains of Assam in East present a diverse range of environmental conditions for some of the most magnificent as well as the rarest wildlife species of the world in India to exist. The beauty
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Before the occupation of Warsaw Antonina and her husband created a menagerie that they both cared about just as much as if these animals were their own children. In fact these animals were treated like human beings with some allowed to wander around Antonina and Jan’s home even using the bathroom facilities like people do. Antonina cared for these animals with her whole heart. She was curious about them and sought to know as much as she could. She was concerned about their health and safety and she
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A Terrible Beauty Is Born “A terrible beauty is born“‚ this line is taken from the excellent poem “Easter 1916” by William Butler Yeats. W.B Yeats uses these words to describe the Easter Rising which resulted in the death of fifteen republican leaders along with their comrades. These events in Irish history have brought celebration but also a great deal of sorrow which Yeats describes perfectly with this clever oxymoron – A terrible beauty. A lot has changed since “Easter 1916” was written‚ yet
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