grand scheme that the Brazilian Government used was to build a dam in 1984. It was the fourth largest dam in the world and it cost 5 billion dollars. The Brazilian government plans to build more dams in the amazon to harness the power of various rivers with money borrowed from other countries. The idea of dams such as these is to generate cheap electricity for Brazilian industrustys. The water held back by the dams has flooded a huge area of forest. The forest wasn’t cleared‚ (though it should have
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opportunities for development. In the sand aggregate concrete quality change and the process of aggregate‚ crusher is indispensable processing equipment‚ it can make the massive‚ hard basalt break into aggregate‚ particle‚ then after processing applied to building materials production. Henan party big mining equipment factory is the largest and most powerful professional manufacturer specialized research and development‚ more than 10 years has been committed to the crusher of research and technology to improve
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existing water shortages during early Kharif sowing period of April-June Regulation and control of high flood peaks in the Indus to enable provision of perennial tubewell irrigation to the riverain area in Sindh. As part of controversy on Kalabagh Dam‚ a number of apprehensions/doubts have been expressed both by upper (NWFP) and lower (Sindh) riparian provinces. Most of these are based either on lack of information or hear say. In addition‚ there have been reservations in the mind of some quarters
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the colonies only existed to serve the interests of Britain. But it seemed as if Britain was abusing their right over the colonies. They enforced many policies such as the Stamp Act‚ the Townshed Duties‚ and the Tea Act which caused many problems for the colonists. One problem that the colonists faced was the Stamp Act of 1765. This act imposed a new tax on legal documents‚ newspapers‚ playing cards and dice. The Americans did not agree with it. It was not the cost of the stamp that angered them‚ it
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Global Environmental Degradation – Problems and Solutions Miss. Parit Sunanda Ram[1] sunanda.parit@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9960058012 Abstract Environmental degradation is one of the ‘10 Threats’ identified by the High Level Threat Panel1 of the United Nations. Degradation of the environment refers to deterioration of the environmental condition by the depletion
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Hong Kong’s environmental problems and solutions Hong Kong is one of the top financial centers in the world. Thus‚ the environmental quality of Hong Kong is very important. It is because the environmental quality is indirectly linking to the image of Hong Kong. Moreover‚ the living standard of Hong Kong residents is also under influencing of the environmental quality. However‚ Hong Kong is now surviving serious environmental problems. Poor air quality‚ noise problem and heavy traffic loads are
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surrounding catchment areas was about 3‚700 cusecs. The dam also received about 570 cusecs from the Krishna Drinking Water Supply channel. Tiruvallur District Collector Pankaj Kumar Bansal and Government Chief Whip P.M. Narasimhan released the shutters of the link canal to allow 500 cusecs into the Red Hills reservoir. The shutters of Baby canal were opened to allow 90 cusecs into the Cholavaram reservoir. In the evening‚ all the rainwater received in the dam was released into the Kosasthalaiyar‚ officials
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Tehri Dam The Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India‚ 2nd highest in Asia and 8th highest in world. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand‚ India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex. Phase 1 was completed in 2006‚ the Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation‚ municipal water supply and the generation of 1‚000 MW of hydroelectricity. One more project of the installed capacity of
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People in the twentieth century have to face with a lot of troubles from the environment‚ because they have used too many resources and damaged the environment. As a result‚ there are a lot of resources which are losing day by day‚ such as animals‚ forests or fresh water. As far as I am concerned‚ if I have chance to choose an important resource to preserve‚ I would like to protect forests‚ because forests are essential to our survival‚ provide habitats for wild animal and contribute to the development
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