OIL CONSERVATION In view of the need to reduce the ever-increasing gap between demand and indigenous supply of crude oil and petroleum products the Government has accorded top priority to conservation of petroleum products. Towards this end various steps to promote conservation of petroleum products in the transport‚ industrial‚ agricultural and domestic sectors have been initiated. These include adoption of measures and practices which are conducive to increase fuel efficiency and training
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capabilities demanded‚ are acquired. It is to a nation‚ what the mind is to the body‚ just as a deceased mind is handicapped in the co-ordination and direction of the bodily activities setbacks in the education system would act as a hindrance to economic development. Thus‚ the single most significant complex of social-control tools for national development is found in the educational system; be it formal or informal. (Uwadia ‚ 2010). It is also accepted that the development of any nation depends
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turned up no evidence of surviving Black Rhinos. The western black Rhino was once widespread across the savannas of central-west Africa but it has decreased due to hunting in the early 20th century. The population rose again in the 1930s due to conservation efforts‚ but was to no avail as these slipped away. The population was in the hundreds by 1980 and decreased to 10 by 2000. This sub-species of Rhino becomes the second declared extinct this year. Last month the Vietnamese Rhino‚ a subspecies
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the public becomes increasingly pragmatic regarding cross-strait issues over economy. The survey was conducted by CommonWealth ‚ one of Taiwan’s most prestigious magazines regarding economic and financial matters‚ and the results was released Jan. 1 2008 (1). Despite of the lack of confidence with Taiwan’s economic performance among local people‚ the U.S.-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence ranked Taiwan sixth in the world and third amongst Asian countries in terms of a low-risk investment
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Part - A Special Economic Zones Special Economic Zones: Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are growth engines that can boost manufacturing‚ augment exports and generate employment. The private sector has been actively associated with the development of SEZs. The SEZs require special fiscal and regulatory regime in order to impart a hassle free operational regime encompassing the state of the art infrastructure and support services. The proposed legislation on SEZs to be enacted in the near future
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Wildlife conservation Introduction Developing India is metamorphosing the environments; especially it is giving an antagonistic emanation for Indian Wildlife. Developing cities‚ villages‚ leads to massacres of trees. This demonstration of trees is leading to the end of wildlife in India. We are slaughtering the impeccable seraphic ventures just for our sake. Species have been relinquishing‚ since this development began. We have reached to a height when much percent of the species have been dematerialized
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and collapse of basic wildlife protection capacity during the last decade. This “mission-drift” has resulted from several causes: lack of political will‚ deterioration in the quality of forest administration‚ and the influence of international conservation paradigms that blindly promote “sustainable use” as a solution‚ while failing to recognize the overexploited status of the forest resources targeted for such use. What‚ in your opinion‚ are the most urgent threats to wildlife? By far the
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The main environmental issue here is whether Sarawak should sacrifice forests in order to promote the economic growth of its country or cease construction to preserve the traditional environment and standards of living. It is essential to the people of Malaysia that the construction of the dam continues‚ as it will benefit them in the future through industrialisation. This dam can be seen as a source of employment for the nation‚ the creation of international interest‚ and increased economic growth
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Soil conservation includes all such measures which protect the soil from erosion and restore its fertility. These measures are of two types-(a) small measures to check soil erosion at local or even individual level‚ and (b) large measures at government level involving larger area and heavy investment. (a) Small Measures-These include afforestation‚ regularised land strip cultivation or contour farming or terrace farming in hilly areas‚ use of stubble mulch system‚ increasing cohesiveness of the
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the economy‚ which in turn will foster stock market returns in Nigeria. We therefore recommend that policies that will attract foreign portfolio investment should be pursued in order to enhance stock market returns. Keywords: Capital market‚ Economic Growth‚ Inflation‚ Interest rate‚ All Share Index‚ Market Capitalization‚ Equity‚ Nigerian Stock Exchange. I. Introduction Nigeria in the last few years had
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