Renewable Energy Projects Cut down use of fossil fuels Small scale projects – solar panel‚ turbines Bio fuels More expensive than fossil fuels Tree Planting Acts as carbon sink Benefits not felt for at least 10 years Energy Efficient Most effective way Remodel factories – optimum use of energy Greener power stations Recycling Green transport – hybrid technology Rising temps More droughts Melting glaciers Water stress experienced by 40% of population Applied at all scales
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NIGERIA The purpose of this essay is to describe Nigeria. Officially it is a federal constitutional republic‚ located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. Its three largest and most influential ethnic groups are the Hausa‚ Igbo and Yoruba. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This
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This report is presented as received by IDRC from project recipient(s). It has not been subjected to peer review or other review processes. This work is used with the permission of Do Nam Thang. © 2008‚ Do Nam Thang. Viet Nam’s rapid growth: at what environmental costs? By Do Nam Thang‚ PhD Viet Nam Environmental Protection Administration Ministry of Natural Resources and Government 67 – Nguyen Du – Ha Noi – Viet Nam Email: donamthang18@gmail.com Paper presented at the Conference on ‘Emergence
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EARTHQUAKES Introduction and Terminology • Vibrations in the earth’s crust that occur when strain in the crust is suddenly released by displacement along a fault line • Focus = point at which an earthquake originates inside the earth. May be many km below surface • Epicentre = the point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus. Strongest shock normally felt here. Most damage usually occurs here. • Seismology = the study of earthquakes – from Greek – seio – to shake
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Ministry of Environment and Forests GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NATIONAL MISSION FOR A GREEN INDIA National Consultations Comments sent by : Name : Organization : Address : Email: Consultation Organised by Centre for Environment Education Ministry of Environment and Forests GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NATIONAL MISSION FOR A GREEN INDIA National Consultations Consultation Organised by Centre for Environment Education How to use this book 1. This is a draft mission document of the “National
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Is climate change naturally or man-made? First of all‚ for anyone that does not know what climate change is‚ it is a change in the world’s climate. A lot of people think weather and climate is the same thing but it is not. The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time. Climate is what the conditions are over relatively long periods of time. My belief of the issue is that climate change is man-made
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Doctor? In the autobiography‚ Out-Island Doctor‚ Evans W. Cottman has a dream of exploring the Bahamas. He contacts a commissioner in the Bahamas and soon makes plans to visit. Cottman arrives in the Bahamas and endures a very difficult sail to Mangrove Cay where he meets a man who influences him throughout the autobiography‚ Percy Cavill. Cottman then has to adapt to a more primitive lifestyle compared to Indiana. After his visits to the Bahamas‚ he decides to move to Crooked Island. Soon after
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Table of Content Cover …………………………………………………………………………… 1 Table of Content ………………………………………………………………… 2 Executive Summary ……………………………………………………………… 3 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 3 1. Environmental impacts ………………………………………………………. 4 2. Site management actions ……………………………………………………… 8 Conclusion and Recommendation ……………………………………………… 11 References ……………………………………………………………………… 12 Appendix A ……………………………………………………………… 14 Appendix B ……………………………………………………………… 15 Tourism Impacts on the Environment
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Bangladesh is Located in the north-eastern part of South Asia. The majestic Himalayas stand some distance to the north‚ while in the south lays the Bay of Bengal. There is West Bengal border on the west and in the east lie the hilly and forested regions of Tripura‚ Mizoram (India) and Myanmar. These picturesque geographical boundaries frame a low lying plain of about 1‚47‚570 square kilometer criss-crossed by innumerable rivers and streams. Mighty rivers are the Padma (Ganges)‚ the Brahmaputra (Jamuna)
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Sloths have many predators‚ like an jaguars and humans‚ there are many more but we are just going to talk about these. Jaguars are the top predator on the ground. Sloths go down to the forest floor once a week‚ and when they go they can’t protect themselves from jaguars. Humans shoot sloths so they can cut down their homes. When they shoot them they stay hanging in the tree because their claws have such a great grip‚ and the hunters have to climb the tree just to get the sloth. But in my opinion
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