WAZA that over 600 million people visit zoos each year * It is estimated (by us) that there are more than 2‚800 zoos & aquariums in the world. * The oldest running zoo in the world is Vienna Zoo in Schonbrunn which dates from 1752. Conservationists say zoos advance their educational and preservationist efforts‚ but others see zoos as prisons where innocent creatures are unjustly held captive. Are you against keeping animals in zoos? Or do you prefer it? Now I’ll give some facts on ZOOS
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members elected Muir president‚ an office he held until his death in 1914. In the first decade of the 1900s‚ the Sierra Club became embroiled in the famous Hetch Hetchy Reservoir controversy that divided preservationists from "resource management" conservationists. The Sierra Club served its members as a social and recreational society‚ conducting outings‚ improving trails and building huts and lodges in the Sierras‚ it had some 7‚000 members in 1950. In September 2005‚ the Sierra Club held its first
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Other than the development and conservation of the mosque‚ it includes re-arrange the community settlement who live in the area of the mosque. Most of the residents in this area are a temporary residents and the settlement pattern is unplanned. Several traditional town house and shop houses that already exist can be adaptive re-use to become an economy growth centre. These economic activities operated by local people with the incentives prepared by the government. The historic activities should
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PROJECT (FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES ON THE BANKS OF RIVER MITHI) Introduction (pg. 1) The Mythic River is a river in Falsetto Island‚ the island of the city of Mumbai. It is a confluence of tail water discharges of Powai and Vihar lakes. The river is seasonal and rises during the monsoons. The overflowing lakes also contribute to the river flow which is stopped by a dam in other times. During this season the river is a favourite with the anglers who catch large fish that have escaped from the lakes
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Michael E. Castillo Armstrong Rhet/Comp II October 1‚ 2014 Human Nature Critique In his article‚ "Human Nature"‚ investigative historian Mark Dowie argues the fact that people’s ideas of what nature and wilderness completely invalidate the true meaning of what nature really is. His main claim is that the western way of thinking about wilderness and nature as separate from humanity has led to environmental destruction and ethnic cleansing. In the beginning of the article‚ Dowie introduces
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the product of four billion years of evolution. But the word “Biodiversity” itself is actually quite new. "Biodiversity" was coined as a contraction of "biological diversity" in 1985. Clever eh? And as politicians‚ scientists‚ and conservationists became more interested in the state of the planet and the amazing complexity of life we became quite attached to this new word. And why were we talking so much about Biodiversity? Simple. The world has begun‚ relatively recently‚ to
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This is directly challenging a cultural belief (Johnson‚ n.d.).Wildlife conservation has been a problematic global issue in recent years. Rhinoceros are large animals from Africa and Asia which are in danger of extinction. Braam Malherbe is a conservationist for protecting our planet’s biodiversity (Malherbe‚ 2013). He has joined many campaigns for protecting rhinos. Also‚ he shared his editorial ‘The rhino wars- a comprehensive overview of the situation and the solutions’‚ which focused on the potential
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I HOLD THE FUTURE: PRESERVING THE PHILIPPINES BIODIVERSITY The sum of all the different species of animals‚ plants‚ fungi‚ and microbial organisms living on Earth and the variety of habitats in which they live is called Biological Diversity or also known as the Biodiversity. Scientists estimate that upwards of 10 million—and some suggest more than 100 million—different species inhabit the Earth. Each species is adapted to its unique niche in the environment‚ from the peaks of mountains to the depths
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did a wider awareness begin to emerge. The US environmental movement emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ with two key strands: preservationist such as John Muir wanted land and nature set aside for its own sake‚ while conservationists such as Gifford Pinchot wanted to manage natural resources for human use. Among the early protectionists that stood out as leaders in the movement were Henry David Thoreau‚ John Muir and George Perkins Marsh. Thoreau was concerned about the wildlife
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HIS 101 Fall 2013 Quiz 1 (Boyer‚ chapters 1 & 2) Name: _______________________________________________ Multiple Choice: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Why did the Paleo-Indians flourish in the Americas? a. They flourished because of the bountiful and accommodating environment. b. They flourished because of their ability to defeat rival Indian tribes. c. They flourished because of the onset of a new Ice Age. d. They flourished because
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