HOW IT AFFECTS OKRIKA. Introduction The Niger Delta is located in Southern Nigeria and is Africa’s largest delta‚ covering about 70‚000 square kilometers‚ and with about one-third of it made up of wetlands‚ and the third largest world mangrove forests. The Niger Delta is unique in Nigeria because it is the home of Nigeria’s oil industry‚ with its attendant environmental hazards such as water‚ land‚ air pollution‚ etc. Human activities and those of oil exploration and exploitation raise a number
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Natural Resources and Energy Paper The rainforest is Earth’s oldest living ecosystem. Although they only span 6% of the surface of the Earth‚ rainforests contain more than half of the world’s plant and animal species. The amount of species that live in the rainforest is greater than 30 million plants and animals. In addition to plants and animals‚ nearly 50‚000‚000 tribal people live in the world’s rainforests. They depend on the rainforests to provide them with food and shelter. The rainforest
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| |4 |Flowers | POST LAB QUESTIONS 1. Explain how the ecosystem was affected by the missing species for each round of the demonstration. a. Round 1 = white bead representing lichens. Our laboratory reading for the experiment stated that lichens are instrumental in the development and needs for all
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natural places are a scarce resource in the 21st century. They are unique and unlike any other ecosystem. They are in fact crucial to the global ecosystem and vital to human existence. Beyond compare as it relates to their biological diversity‚ tropical rainforests are a natural reservoir of genetic diversity which offers a rich source of medicinal plants‚ high-yield foods‚ and a myriad of other useful forest products. Rainforest are a significant environment for animals that move seasonally and sustain
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NATIONAL MISSION FOR A GREEN INDIA Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change PRESENTATION TO THE PRIME MINISTER’S COUNCIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE February 22nd ‚ 2011 Forest Cover Map of India Very Dense Forest Dense Forest Open Forest Scrub Non Forest Water Bodies District Boundaries 2 Process: A Transparent and Inclusive Approach • Draft document put on website for comments on 23rd May 2010 • The draft made available in 11 languages • 7 Regional Consultations over a month
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clear-cutting tractors‚ as the corporations’ greed increases. Industrial destruction of the ecosystems from greed‚ selfishness‚ and ignorance of the human nature will have negative impacts on the environment‚ wildlife and the climate change. The main idea of the article is the affect of deforestation on the environment‚ wildlife and climate change. Deforestation results in soil deterioration. Forests store nutrients that are required for all plant life. Without trees to fill these roles‚ many
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A pioneering community is the first to be established. A climax community is the last stage of succession in which the populations of all organisms have remained stable. 7. What is a trophic level? Name and describe the trophic levels of an ecosystem. What is an omnivore? A trophic level is composed of organisms that obtain energy the same way. Trophic level 1 is composed of plants‚ or producers. Trophic level 2 consists of primary consumers‚ or animals that eat plants (herbivore). Trophic
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atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s ecosystems. Indoor air pollution and urban air quality are listed as two of the world’s worst pollution problems Pollution also needs to be considered inside our homes‚ offices‚ and schools. Some of these pollutants can be created by indoor activities
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paper‚ and highly prized items such as palm oil from palm trees. “Deforestation in Amazon Basin is destroying the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area.” Deforestation is not only the clearing of forests but is also a large factor of climate change. When trees are cut down they’re releasing carbon dioxide
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“The New Amazon of the North: Canadian Deforestation” Deforestation is an ongoing issue throughout the world. To this date‚ we have lost more than 75 percent of the forests on Earth. Deforestation is the clearing of forests to make way for new‚ non-forest land uses‚ such as urban development or agriculture‚ transforming a forest into cleared land (“Deforestation and Afforestation”). When thinking about deforestation‚ the first place that comes in anyone’s mind is Brazil‚ because that is where the
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