The Kenyan Natural Resource Management project The project location is an area called Cherangany Hills‚ an area covered by rich forest and includes numerous national parks‚ swamps‚ lakes and conservation areas. A large indigenous population known as the Sengwer People‚ also called Cherangany or Dorobo by some are also from this area. This project that was intended for financial and industrial improvement of the native people of Cherangany Hills actually caused a lot of chaos and heartbreak and displacement
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conclude‚ more trees will be cut to sustain the demands of the people and the diminishing number of trees will result to less oxygen produced and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In addition to that‚ charcoal production is one of the causes of deforestation in the world. To lessen the production of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and to protect the environment‚ the researchers decided to produce briquettes from algae and waste papers. An unnaturally high abundance of algae blocks sunlight from
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The Lorax vs. Jabberwocky Compare and Contrast Essay The Lorax and the Jabberwocky are two stories told in completely different universes yet they have many things in common as well as many things that are as close as not. The two stories take place in mystical worlds where common day things are distorted and transformed such as the Jabberwocky and the Lorax themselves. Both the stories take place in a mystical world and that is just one of the things that these two stories compare and differ in
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consider themselves a part of the Korean nation. Regardless of that‚ the countries do have their differences. The entire peninsula is cut off from Northeast China by rugged mountains and sizable rivers (Rowntree 365). The north suffers from heavy deforestation‚ however it has more natural resources. The south has made extensive reforestation efforts post WWII and so they have more greenery. In terms of culture‚ there are more intense differences. In the South‚ k-pop and Korean drams have gone global
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destruction. Wasteful destruction of rubber shoes‚ moreover‚ leads to an increase in harvesting of latex and eventual destruction of the environment. The planet is suffering‚ take an example of Africa‚ the continent faces environmental crisis. Rapid deforestation is leading to land degradation‚ pollution‚ climate change‚ and the loss of bio-diversity. This threatens the future of the people of Africa. In other words‚ an impoverished land is leading to impoverished people. In this case poverty is linked
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Deforestation in the tropics Rainforests are being destroyed at an astounding rate. The land is being cleared away for the pure interest of money and nobody of these capitalists thinks about it’s importance. It supports millions of plant‚ animal and insect species. Tropics produce more than 20% of our oxygen on the planet and that’s not all‚ we use huge amount of plants from there to provide ourselves with medics and drugs. I understand capitalistic view and I respect it‚ but it is not normal
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Haiti possesses the western third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola‚ which it offers with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is marginally littler than the condition of Maryland and lies only southeast of Cuba. Haiti is exceptionally uneven. Truth be told‚ the word Ayiti was a Taino (the first occupants of Haiti) word for place where there is mountains. The capital of Haiti is Port–au–Prince‚ which lies in the focal point of the nation‚ on the coast. Other essential urban communities incorporate Cap
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THE CAUSES ‚ EFFECTS AND PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL LOGGING A Research paper in English IV In Partial Fulfillment of the Course in English IV Submitted to: Submitted by: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This research would not have been possible without the guidance and help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed and extend their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of the study. First of all‚ I would like to thank
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negatively the economic and ecological system of optimal forest management. A staggering 80% have already been destroyed or degraded and much of what remains is under threat from illegal logging and destructive illegal logging. Its effects include deforestation‚ the loss of biodiversity and fueling climate change. (http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2002/timber mafia/resources/resources consequences2.html). According to the text of the 1998 G-9 meeting held in Birmingham on forest management‚ “
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“The conifer forests of the North American west have been under a massive assault over the past decade by bark beetles: one species alone‚ the mountain pine beetle‚ has killed more than 70‚000 square miles’ worth of trees‚ equivalent to the area of Washington State” (Michael D. Lemonick). Just like other insects‚ bark beetles favor warmer environments. As the average temperature is getting warmer‚ the beetles are coming sooner in the year and more destroying trees than before. Normally‚ bark beetles
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