the first article “Accept no substitute: biodiversity matters” by David Dudgeon‚ as I often go hiking and field trips and enjoy the beauty of nature. I feel close to the topic and would like to know more about ecosystem conservation. In the article‚ the author argues that Hong Kong people and government should consider biodiversity conservation when developing lands for housing because development would cause irreversible harm to wetland and biodiversity located in some of the lands. The author
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DENR to make Quezon City wildlife park a ’biodiversity showcase’ The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced yesterday its plans to transform the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center (NAPWNC) in Quezon City into a “biodiversity showcase.”“We intend to make NAPWNC a ‘model biodiversity conservation area in an urban area’ where people‚ particularly the youth‚ can learn more about Philippine biodiversity and appreciate the necessity of protecting them‚” DENR Secretary
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Melissa Chin How far is it possible to reconcile the desire for development with the need to manage biodiversity (14) Mangroves are essential to marine‚ freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity‚ because they stabilise coastlines against erosion‚ collect sediments and provide a nursery for coastal fish. However‚ mangroves are at threat; over 50% of the world’s original mangrove forests have been lost. This has been due to many factors such as‚ shrimp farming‚ climate change‚ over-harvesting etc. As
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article “Why Is Biodiversity Important? Who Cares?”‚ “Biodiversity boosts ecosystem productivity where each species‚ no matter how small‚ all have an important role to play;” but‚ mankind’s habits are well-known to disregard any attention to world they live in; however‚ conservation of the environment’s biodiversity is important for the continuance of the human race. Prior to explaining the importance of biodiversity and its role in nature‚ the terms ecosystem and biodiversity have to be defined;
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programmes in the preservation of biodiversity for future generations. Nowadays one of the most important issues is preservation of biodiversity. Although most of the damages to our environment were made in the past‚ since there were less education and consciousness between people‚ there are still many factors threatening the world heritage. So‚ it must be the duty‚ but at this stage even a challenge‚ of the community and of each individual‚ to preserve the world’s biodiversity without drastically reducing
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“Maintaining biodiversity at its present level is impossible if people are going to achieve a reasonable standard of living in the near future” - Discuss this with reference to a tropical biome you have studied (40 marks) Biodiversity means the variety of life forms/organisms in an ecosystem‚ biome or entire planet. Globally‚ biodiversity is not evenly distributed. It generally increases from the poles towards the equator as around 50% of the world’s plants and animals live in tropical rainforests
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The UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 defined biodiversity as being the variability between all living organisms‚ terrestrial‚ marine and aquatic. This includes the diversity within species‚ between species and of ecosystems. A reasonable standard of living does not mean that a person should live at a luxury level‚ but neither does it mean that a person should only live at a subsistence level. It should be somewhere in between where the person can afford to eat nutritious food‚ buy clothes
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Subject Title : Biology Program : Diploma Program (IB) School Year : 2014-2016 Instructor : Jeffrey Joseph Y. Araula‚ MMM NATURE OF THE SUBJECT Biology is the study of life. The first organisms appeared on the planet over 3 billion years ago and‚ through reproduction and natural selection‚ have given rise to the 8 million or so different species alive today. Estimates vary‚ but over the course of evolution 4 billion species could have been produced. Most of these flourished for a
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Essay by Hamza Belbachir The unprecedented heat and the devastating fires in Russia‚ heavy rains in Pakistan‚ mudslides in China and India do not end up burdening the human toll. Since August 7th in China mudslides have killed more than 2‚000 people and displaced more than 12 million. The country is currently experiencing the worst flooding in the last decade. All these demonstrations of the fury of the planet‚ if they are clearly part of a process of natural evolution‚ are in reality only
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e 2011 danon LITY ABI TAIN SUS RT EPO R ance Perform and Strategy i n: in acTeo gy sTraT‚e ature‚ Peopl The ‚ For All N Health ors indicaT ce forman per eX d e gri in eT compl d enTs an m commiT ss progre Danone Sustainability Report 2011 1 stratEgy 4 Editorial: Franck riboud 6 kEy social topics 13 tHE stratEgy in action: 2011 rEsults Focus on tHE Four stratEgic prioritiEs 7 9 11 health for all nature PeoPle 14 27 36 43 Social iSSueS nutrition anD health iSSueS
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