implications for health professionals and policy makers interested in the concerns of LGBTQ youth experiencing difficulties related to minority status and will facilitate the development and tailoring of interventions aimed at reaching those most at risk. Conclusion: Therefore‚ the author uses an intersectionality framework to examine how lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender (LGBT) people evaluate the severity of their violent experiences. Previous research focusing on the severity of anti-LGBT violence
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activity. The environmental problems that El Salvador continually struggles with are deforestation‚ soil erosion‚ water pollution‚ contamination and lack of bio-diversity. El Salvador is the second most deforested country in Latin American after Haiti. In fact‚ nearly eighty five percent of its forest has disappeared since the 1960’s. Today‚ less than 6‚000 hectares are now considered to be primary forest. Deforestation in El Salvador occurs as a result of timber exploitation for fuel. The nation’s
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our country today. Deforestation Towards the end of the 20th century‚ the country’s forest cover dropped from 70% down to just 20%. From 1934 – 1988‚ almost 9.8 million hectares of our forest were destroyed. At 2000‚ we had 600‚000 hectares of old growth forest left. With massive deforestation‚ lots of species are also endangered. More than 400 plants and animals are currently threatened with extinction including the dugong‚ tamaraw‚ and the Philippine eagle. Deforestation also contributes to
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CONCLUSION Angiosperms (flowering plant) include in phylum Anthophyta.Angiosperms are plant that have flowers and fruit. Their part of the flower is a carpel which surrounds and protects the ovules and seeds. The fruit surrounds the embryo and aids seed dispersal. The great majority of angiosperms are classified either as monocots or eudicots.Monocot embryos have a single seed leaf (cotyledon)‚ and pollen grains with a single groove while eudicots (true dicots) have two cotyledons‚ and pollen
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unsustainable forest clearing‚ it threaten the life of Orangutans in Malaysia and Indonesia. Greenpeace quickly appealed Nestlé to end their business relationship with Sinar Mas‚ an Indonesian supplier that sourcing of palm oil that in consequence of deforestation. To stop Nestlé from purchasing palm oil Sinar Mar‚ Greenpeace launched a campaign by uploading a video clip to YouTube where the officer bites off a finger of Kit Kat turns out to be the bloody finger of Orangutan. The video clearly depicts
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The tropical rain forests once blanketed the Earth like a wide green belt around the equator. Just a few thousand years ago forests covered 14 percent of the Earth ’s land surface‚ or 5 billion acres. Humans already have destroyed half of this rain forest area‚ with most damage occurring in the last 200 years. Many of the main causes of the rainforest destruction include: logging‚ agriculture-shifted‚ cultivators‚ agricultures-cash‚ crops and cattle‚ ranching‚ fuelwood‚ large dams‚ mining and
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Climate Change in Nigeria Climate change has always occurred in different Nigeria; however the effects have become more noticeable recently over the years. The effects have affected the daily lives of many for better or worse. A peer reviewed research done by an unknown source‚ which was accepted by the Journal of Geography and Regional had concluded that the average temperature of Nigeria has increased by 1.7°C in the period of 1901-2005. The increase has however been higher in semi-arid areas
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What is illegal logging ***Illegal logging is not always a clearly defined term‚ but can be described as forestry practices or activities connected with wood harvesting‚ processing and trade that do not conform to law. Illegalities occur right through the chain from source to consumer‚ the harvesting procedure itself may be illegal‚ including corrupt means to gain access to forests‚ extraction without permission or from a protected area‚ cutting of protected species or extraction of timber in excess
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into sight. The man was carried off on a stretcher by the attendants before a policeman approached me. I was relieved‚ at last‚ to see the most safe. Effects of Deforestation Nowadays‚ development seems to be a must for all the countries in the world and it is unavoidable. This is where deforestation will take place. Deforestation refers to the act of cutting trees down or burning the trees in an area of
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earthworms‚ termites‚ bacteria‚ and protozoans. They are very important because they decompose the rotting trees‚ decaying fruit‚ and dead animals in the forest. They also provide nutrients to the land. Human Impact on The Amazon • Deforestation- Many acres of the Amazon have been eliminated each year for farming‚
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