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    harmonised approaches in the management‚ conservation and sustainable development of global forests is essential to meet the socio-economic and environmental needs of the present and future generations. To achieve this goal‚ the UNCED also realised‚ among others‚ the need to sustain the multiple roles and functions of all types of forests‚ as well as the need to enhance forest conservation‚ management‚ and global forest cover as outlined in Programmes A and B of Chapter 11 under Agenda 21‚ respectively.

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    E-Business Makes Protection of Intellectual Property More Critical‚ Complex than Ever Intellectual property is often defined as the creation of the mind such as inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two parts. Industrial property‚ which is geared towards businesses‚ includes inventions‚ patents‚ trademarks‚ industrial designs‚ and geographic indications of source. Copyrights which are geared towards

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    Tittle: protection *click* Intro: Some people say that the government should be more responsible for damage done to the environment by harmful corporations. A reason behind this maybe is that the government holds all the supremacy. Other people disagree and say that the government should not be responsible for protecting environments for damaging corporations. Other people may say this since the government has many other problems that are at a higher priority. The government should be more responsible

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    identifies with a gender that is different from what they were born as. This has been a center of hate and discrimination everywhere‚ including the workplace. Some believe that Transgender people do not need extra protection under the law‚ I believe that transgender people need more protection rights because of their high poverty rates‚ high unemployment rates‚ and how low the average annual earning is for a fourth of

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    Water and Forests

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    FOREST A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities‚ depending on various cultural definitions‚ what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have different classifications according to how and of what the forest is compose. These plant communities cover approximately 9.4 percent of the Earth’s surface (or 30 percent of total land area)‚ though they once covered much more (about 50 percent of total land area)‚ in many

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    Structural Use of Timber

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    of Timber in Timber Framed Buildings | Civil Engineering Construction 1 | | Adam Roberts | 13/12/2011 | | Table of Contents The History of Timber Framed Construction 1 Modern Timber Frame Construction 2 Multi Storey Timber Frame Construction 5 Benefits and Drawbacks of Timber Framed Construction 7 References 8 The History of Timber Framed Construction Timber framed construction has been “used in Europe and Asia since the 9th century” (Wikipedia‚ 2011) . Timber framed

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    Forests

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    FORESTS; A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with a high density of trees. Forests cover approximately over 9.4% of the earth’s surface * USES OF FORESTS; Forests are important to the survival of human beings mainly because we are dependent on a significant degree of vast areas of forests. The following states the various uses of forests; * Habitat for wildlife. * Home for plants. * Flora and fauna. * Forest plants can be used for medicinal purposes

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    Some Live More Downstream than Others: Cancer‚ Gender‚ and Environmental Justice Jim Tarter In Jim Tarter’s essay of “Some Live More Downstream than Others: Cancer‚ Gender‚ and Environmental Justice”‚ he mainly talks about the relationship among cancer‚ environmental issues and social justice. And he inspires people to be involved and motivated to care about the environment as well. He was diagnosed with cancer at twenty-seven‚ but was cured after treatment. However‚ his friend‚ sister and aunt

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    PARTY IN GLITZ AND GLAM I hopped off the plane at I C A With a dream and my cardigan Welcome to the land of fame excess (whoa)‚ am I gonna fit in? Jumped in the cab here I am for the first time Look to my right and I see the wonderful sign This is all so crazy‚ everybody seems so classy My tummy’s turning and I’m feeling kinda home sick Too much pressure and I’m nervous That’s when the taxi man turned on the radio And a Jay-Z song was on And the Jay-Z song was on And

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    paragraph describing how we will be economically interdependent  when we open our hotdog stand. You may use the rubric check your  ideas   Let’s open a hot dog stand! This is what we will need:  ● ● ● ● ● ● Hotdogs  Buns  Condiments  Electricity (to cook the hotdogs)  Paper plates and napkins to serve the hotdogs  Paragraph Describing Economic Interdependence    We want to open a hot dog stand.  Well by looking at our supply list of  needs to start this business endeavor we will be economically  interdependent for most if not all of our needs

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