Ancient forests around the world are in peril‚ but we can still save them. Governments and the timber industry need to understand what a crucial role they play in maintaining global biodiversity‚ not to mention how vital they are in regulating the climate‚ so they need to act now. And as consumers‚ we can all help to save the forests. Making sure that the wood and paper we buy has come from well-managed sources (or‚ even better‚ is 100 per cent recycled) is something we can all easily do. We have
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are More Equal than Others On August 5‚ 1997‚ Korean Airlines management received news that no airline wants to hear- one of their planes had crashed. Korean Airlines flight 801 crash-landed three miles away from Guam airport. Plane crashes are an unfortunate and rare occurrence in the airline industry‚ but Korean Airlines had a problem. Their planes were crashing at a rate many times higher than other airlines. In comparison‚ Korean Airlines’s crash rate was seventeen times higher than the
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“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money‚ but you cannot get more time.” In the essay “How America Has Run Out Of Time”‚ Nancy Gibbs discusses how the inclusion of technology into the workforce has a negative impact on the lives of Americans. Technology was designed to make work easier and faster providing extra time that can be spent freely. Instead‚ it had the opposite effect causing longer work hour and less time for family. I believe technology in the work place may have
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JAMES WILLIAMS Year 12 Industrial Technology Timber & Furniture INDUSTRY REPORT [pic] Index Historical background to the industry P. 3-6 Brief history P. 4 Significant developments P. 4-5 Future of industry P. 6 Structural Factors P. 7-10 Specific areas of industry P. 8 Vocational areas P. 8-9 Changes in vocational culture P.10 Technical Factors P. 11-13 Significance of technical factors P.12-13
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NOTICE: This PDF file was adapted from an on-line training module of the EPA’s Watershed Academy Web‚ found at http://www.epa.gov/watertrain. To the extent possible‚ it contains the same material as the on-line version. Some interactive parts of the module had to be reformatted for this noninteractive text presentation. A self-test is included at the end of the file. This document does not constitute EPA policy. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation
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means that the knowledge and ability of environment protection‚ ecological reconstruction and the material means are all the essential factors of green technology‚ only these three factors are combined and interacted‚ that they can constitute the practical green technology. Environment protection and ecological knowledge are the indispensability factors of green technology. And its innovation is the application of environment protection and ecological knowledge. The connotation of green technology can
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Agroforestry is an integrated approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse‚ productive‚ profitable‚ healthy and sustainable land-use systems. ( Agroforestry ) Alleycropping - Part 1 ( Agroforestry ) Alleycropping - Part 2 ( Agroforestry ) Riparian Buffers - Part 3 ( Agroforestry ) Riparian Buffers - Part 4 ( Agroforestry ) Silvopasture - Part 5 ( Agroforestry
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No One’s Life Is More Valuable than Another No one is ever more important than someone else‚ whether you are comparing a professional doctor to a regular fast food working person. They might not have had the same opportunities as others did. For example‚ one could have grown up wealthy‚ while the other grew up barely getting by. Therefore the doctor in my opinion had the chance to go to medical school and become what he/she is‚ while the other one couldn’t because of where he/she grew up and didn’t
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Types of Timber in Sri Lanka .スリランカにおける木材の種類 Prepared by Leslie Armstrong Introduction Sri Lanka is a verdant island with an abundance of natural vegetation. With so many trees vying for attention‚ choosing remarkable examples is a challenge The trees of the island have long been prized for their large pristine timbers‚ rich coloring‚ and various valuable structural qualities. There are more than 400 woody species found in home gardens and government forests. Some species are planted while
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A Life Source The Truth About The Taguibo Watershed THE BASIN OF LIFE: THE ETERNAL VALUE OF THE TAGUIBO WATERSHED It was in 1960 when the Taguibo Watershed area became a part of the concession of Butuan Logs Inc. which resulted in the Philippine Army declaring it a “No Mans Land” in 1984. Eventually‚ 4‚367.44 hectares out of the 12‚438 hectares was proclaimed Taguibo River Watershed Forest Reserve under Presidential Proclamation No. 1075 dated September 4‚ 1997.
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