USING SUITABLE EXAMPLES FROM KENYA‚ EXAMINE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF WATERSHED DEGRADATION AND SUGGEST POSSIBLE INTERVENTION MEASURES TABLE OF CONTENTS CAUSES‚ EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS TO WATERSHED DEGRADATION PREAMBLE Page 4 1. INTRODUCTION Page 4 - 6 2. Causes of Watershed Degradation Page 7 2.1 Land degradation 7 - 8 2.2 Deforestation 8 2.3 Removal of vegetation 8 2.4 Shifting cultivation without adequate fallow periods 9 2.5 Overgrazing
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Cause and Effects of Stress in Children Stress is a response to a factor or situation that negatively affects the physical‚ emotional‚ or psychological existence of a person. Stress is good in small quantities as it motivates a person making him/her more productive. However‚ too much stress is detrimental to a person. Stress can interfere with the general life of a person. Most people assume that stress only affects adults. However‚ statistics indicate that stress also affects children. Children
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a number of reasons why they commit the crime. But what are the real reasons they commit crimes and what causes them to do a crime as a juvenile. The most helpful sources I found was readingcraze.com and corrections.com. Readingcraze.com is about the causes and solutions of juvenile delinquency. It explains in different sections why teenagers commit the crime. Some of the most common causes of juvenile crime include:family‚ peer pressure and groups‚ personal reasons‚ and society. The first one
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Cause and Effect: Fast Food This is a cause-and-effect essay about fast food – how it become so popular and what its effects have been. It uses 4 paragraphs and a 3-7-7-3 layout (three sentences in the introduction‚ seven in the causes paragraph‚ seven in the effects paragraph‚ and three in the conclusion). Show or Hide Explanations In the past people in the United Arab Emirates used to eat healthy‚ freshly prepared food with their families in the home.Today however‚ many people‚ particularly
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ENG1120 G 7 February 2013 Unity of Effect: The Fall of the House of Usher Throughout Edgar Allan Poe’s career he was one of major author’s to write about the theory of composition. Throughout this piece he wrote about the unity of effect‚ stating that it should be how an author decides what effect he/she wants to create in the reader’s emotional response‚ then how to proceed by using creativity to achieve this particular effect. Once choosing the certain effect that one truly desires‚ the author
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Alcoholism: Symptoms‚ Causes‚ and Effects Composition I April 1‚ 1997 Alcoholism is a disease that affects many people in the United States today. It not only affects the alcoholic‚ but also their family‚ friends‚ co- workers‚ and eventually total strangers. The symptoms are many‚ as are the causes and the effects. Alcoholism is defined as a pattern of drinking in which harmful consequences result for the drinker‚ yet‚ they continue to drink. There are two types of drinkers. The first type
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with the Battle of New Orleans afterwards. Within the war‚ there were many causes and effects. The main cause would be British impressment and the main effect is boosted moral. Although these impacts sound simple‚ they really are meaningful to our country’s history. Before the war‚ Britain and France were already enemies. Both countries wanted to cut off the supplies going to their enemy‚ and this started the first cause of the war. The British and the French started seizing our ships to prevent
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Causes and Effects of child abuse Have you ever wondered what actually causes parents to abuse their children? If so‚ you are reading the right essay. For the past day I have researched about child abuse and really got the understanding and sympathy for all the children affected by this crime. Not only is this crime known throughout the world‚ but the law takes child abuse as a crime and calls for a certain penalty. Child abuse refers to mistreatment of children that occurs physically‚ mentally
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Global Warming: Causes and Effects The term “global warming” is often used synonymously with the term climate change‚ but the two terms have distinct meanings. Global Warming is a gradual increase in the earth’s temperature. Novdia explained that “global warming refers to the documented historical warming of the Earth’s surface‚ based upon worldwide temperature records that have been maintained by humans since the 1880s” (Global Warming). Global warming is a major crisis in the world today. Three
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Lack of Exercise May Cause Falls in the Elderly Problem Section Falls are a major source of death and injury in elderly people. For example‚ they cause 90% of hip fractures and the current cost of hip fractures in the US is estimated to be about 10 billion dollars (Kato‚ Izumi‚ Hiramatsu‚ & Shogenji‚ 2006). Ensuring patient safety is one of the main reasons given for use of restraints. However‚ according to Jech (2006)‚ the use of physical restraints is unlikely to prevent falls. Physical restraints
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