best way to prevent deforestation and exploitation of organisms and the resources they need to survive. In order to truly make a difference‚ much planning needs to go into the creation of a protected area. It needs to consider all elements of the ecosystem it is trying to protect‚ so that it isn’t too small. It needs to include all resources that are utilized by its inhabitants; for example‚ leaving out a stream where half of the mammals go to drink would not make a protected area very effective.
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OF COMMUNICATION Embracing Environment Revisiting the Chipko Movement SUMIT MITTAL 3/26/2014 Environmental movements have been part of Indian history and since the time of colonization India has seen numerous uprising against the unjust forest policies but no other movement affected and left its impact as the Chipko Movement did. This paper is an attempt to revisit the uprising of Chipko Movement and its impact. “The world has enough for everyone’s need‚ but not enough for everyone’s
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for this decline‚ resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation is the cutting down of a large area of trees and the destruction of forests by people. Forests are what we call an exhaustible resource‚ one which can be used up if it is not used carefully. Over the last few decades‚ deforestation has threatened the rainforests with total extinction. To understand why deforestation is such an important
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medics and drugs. I understand capitalistic view and I respect it‚ but it is not normal to cut everything down for a profit. People should do it properly‚ step by step‚ giving the chance to tropics to grow back. It is huge amount of time to grow the forest back on the cutted area‚ but there should be some kind of a plan‚ what will figure out all the nuances and what will have strict rules. We should keep this treasure what was given to us alive and then tropics will won’t disappear and it is also for
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species‚ builds awareness for the people and also provides an opportunity in education. This study analyze the number of conservation efforts in Pulau Ubin which has been done to conserve its Habitats and biodiversity. A rapid indicator of cultural ecosystem service usage at a fine spatial scale: Content analysis of social
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Deforestation is the elimination of forest and woodland areas on the large scale. Deforestation emerged as a major problem because of large scale losses evident particularly in tropical regions. Evidence of deforestation dates back much further than modern times‚ owing to the fact that deforestation is also a natural process. Uganda is a small African country located in East Africa and is crossed by equator in the south. The location in the equatorial region‚ a number of lakes in the country
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CHAPTER NATURAL VEGETATION H ave you ever been to a forest for a picnic? You might have surely gone to a park if you live in a city or to a mango‚ guava or coconut orchard‚ if you live in a village. How do you differentiate between the natural vegetation and the planted vegetation? The same variety may be found growing wild in the forest under natural conditions and the same tree may be the planted one in your garden under human supervision. Natural vegetation refers to a plant community
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An ecosystem is a complete community of living organisms and the only nonliving materials of their sorroundings . The Amazon Rainforest is found in South America‚ spanning across Brazil and Bolivia. It covers much of the northwestern Brasil and it is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It’s crisscrossed with thousands of rivers. The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests. It covering over five and a half a million square kilometres (1.4 billion acres.
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Ecology is the science of the study of ecosystems. Ecological balance has been defined by various online dictionaries as "a state of dynamic equilibrium within a community of organisms in which genetic‚ species and ecosystem diversity remain relatively stable‚ subject to gradual changes through natural succession." and "A stable balance in the numbers of each species in an ecosystem." The most important point being that the natural balance in an ecosystem is maintained. This balance may be disturbed
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Turn it in at the end of lecture. – Break into pairs – Share your ideas with your partner • What ideas are the same? Different? • Topic: What is “environmental science”? 14 Unsustainable Societies • Example from the past: Easter Island – Forests cut – Soil eroded – Water degraded – Population crash 15 Lessons from Easter Island • When societies do not care for the environment – Populations increase – Land & water cannot provide food for all – Disparity between haves & have-nots
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