Chapter 2. Forest and Terrestrial Biodiversity of Mauritius 2.1 Overview of Biodiversity Mauritius has an area of 1‚865 km2‚ of which 30% is considered forested. The area of good quality native forest‚ (i.e. that with more than 50% native plant cover‚ Page & d’Argent 1997)‚ is estimated to cover less than 2% of the island (NEAP 1999‚ MWF unpublished‚ Fig.2.1). The rest consists of plantation forestry‚ deer-ranches or highly degraded vegetation invaded by alien plant and animal species. As a result
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heads in the toilet with no wounds/bruises or bloody noses as evidence of abuse‚ cyber-bullying often doesn’t attract the attention of elderly until it’s too late. Cyber-bullying is the usage of internet and mobile gadgets such as web pages and discussion groups as well as instant messaging or SMS text messaging with the intention of harming another person. Websites like Twitter and “Facebook” are the common ways of cyber-bullying. It is being cruel to others by sending or posting harmful material
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Cyber Bullying One of the most dangerous problems on the internet is cyber bullying. Cyber bullying targets many children of all ages. From 4 to 20‚ cyber bullying is a huge problem that many people work together to stop. Cyber bullying can be a variation of a lot of things there are many definitions of cyber bullying. Studies show that as many as 43 percent of kids will experience bullying on the Internet or over mobile devices. (Cool) Over all‚ cyber bullying needs to be stopped‚ although it
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A RESEARCH MONOGRAPH ON CYBER CRIME AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOCIAL SITES TO CYBERCRIMES Abstract Facebook has become a force to reckon with in the field of social networking. It has been ranked as the number one social networking site with a membership of over five hundred million. It has earned trust from many people who have in turn exposed their information without thinking twice into which hands it might fall. Despite the positive contribution and impact that Facebook has provided‚ it
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father decides supporting the government’s regulation on Cyber-Pornography is appropriate. Many people are speaking about Cyber-Pornography because they do not find the subject important. However‚ Cyber-Pornography is a subject where a young child will find plenty of information on the Internet. Cyber-Pornography websites need to display a security feature where a young child cannot access the website. However‚ the better choice for Cyber-Pornography would be to ban all websites.
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For my term paper‚ I researched on Cyber Terrorism. I believe that Cyber Terrorism is a big problem in our society and may even be a worldwide problem for all humanity today. I want to do my term paper on Cyber Terrorism because I had some personal experience with this sort of terrorism. About a two years ago‚ I encountered a Hacker on America Online. I opened an unknown message in my mailbox that was titled "Free Nude Teens". Then about a couple weeks later‚ we received all sorts of bills that
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Cyber Crimes Today Internet has become an integral part of everyone’s life. In fact Internet is a world of virtually unlimited possibilities for all of us. But sadly also for the criminals. Every day they attack our computers‚ steal personal and confidential information‚ or send false messages. So‚ being an Information security student I‚ Shweta gupta would like to tell everyone present here about what actually is a crime over the internet. Any crime that involves the use of computer‚ network‚ devices
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I watched a close friend of mine in high school become the victim of cyber bullying. She slowly started drifting from her friends‚ her family and other people close to her. She changed the way she looked at herself‚ other people‚ and the overall world. Depression is one of the largest known symptoms or effects of bullying in general. Some other effects could be the idea of low self-esteem‚ along with self-worth. The idea of having no trust in other people‚ or the world is another common symptom
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* · Abundant Information Resources The Internet is a treasure trove of information; which offers knowledge on any given topic under the sun. Search engines make information accessible on various subject matters such as‚ government law and services‚ trade fairs and conferences‚ market information‚ new innovations and technical support‚ and even dispense advice on love and relationships matters. * · Inexhaustible Education The Internet has become an essential propagator
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become an integral part of human activity. We rely on them to answer our questions‚ to communicate‚ and recently for cyber warfare. Cyber warfare is anonymous political or social attacks that are conducted via the internet. As time progresses computers will advance and play a larger role in our lives‚ inevitably cyber warfare and the internet will fill a void. The internet allows cyber warfare to exist globally and for individuals to become more powerful. The evolution of the internet has opened the
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