Assessment 3 – Individual Essay Introduction The discovery of Hawai’i and other Pacific Islands by Polynesian explorers is one of the most remarkable human achievements in history. The discovery and migration to the remote islands of Hawai’i began before the birth of Christ. Polynesian explorers began to settle in the largest ocean on Earth over an area of more than ten million square miles and although this migration took over one thousand years to complete‚ navigating these islands involved finding
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Negative Economic Impacts of Tourism There are many hidden costs to tourism‚ which can have unfavorable economic effects on the host community. Often rich countries are better able to profit from tourism than poor ones. Whereas the least developed countries have the most urgent need for income‚ employment and general rise of the standard of living by means of tourism‚ they are least able to realize these benefits. Among the reasons for this are large-scale transfer of tourism revenues out of the
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The Danube Delta tourism Strategies for coping with the economic recession Specialization Project by Andrei Beno 4sokf
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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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Fall 2012 EEMT 5510 Term Project Group Number 10 Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Executive Summary The HKSAR government announced to the public on 24 October 2006 that the former site of Hong Kong International Airport (Kai Tak Airport) would be redeveloped as an international cruise hub. The whole project included two sub projects‚ "Site formation" and "Cruise terminal and ancillary facilities building". In
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Wetlands are areas of land that are wet‚ flooded either permanently or seasonally and where land retains water for long enough to allow the development of characteristics soils‚ plants and animals. Or Areas of marsh‚ fen‚ peat land or water‚ whether natural or artificial‚ permanent or temporary‚ with water that is static or flowing‚ brackish or salt‚ including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meters‚ (Ramsar Convention 2009). 1.
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Introduction: Global warming is gradually becoming a serious concern to our environment and our planet as a whole. Nature is now showing signs with unique changes affecting our lives. When the surface temperature of the earth heats up human beings are not the only ones who feel the changes and also react in some way. Animals and sometimes even plants will also be affected by the global warming. What is global warming: An overall warming of the planet based on average temperature over the entire
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I. Give geographical reasons. 1. Rainwater harvesting is very important in Rajasthan. Rainwater harvesting is very important in Rajasthan because Rajasthan Desert gets very little rainfall which is around is 100 to 250 mm. in a year. Hence there is water scarcity throughout the year and also high variability from year to year. Western Rajasthan faces acute water scarcity due to poor ground water quality and lack of water resources such as rivers and canals. To tackle with this problem and
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The Valley of Flowers : has many different colourful flowers‚ taking on various shades of colours as time progressed. The valley was declared a national park in 1982 and now it is a World Heritage Site. Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park‚ located in West Himalaya‚ in the state of Uttarakhand and is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora. This richly diverse area is also home to rare and endangered animals‚ including the Asiatic black bear
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Evaluate the importance of ecosystem management and protection Every living thing on Earth belongs to an ecosystem. An ecosystem can be as small as a puddle or as large as an ocean. No matter its size‚ every ecosystem is vital to life on Earth‚ and requires human respect‚ support‚ management and protection. The term "ecosystem" refers to a community of plants and animals that share a common space and common resources‚ and are all dependent on one another for survival. Ecosystems are characterised
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