Iron‚ forest‚ farming‚ Fishing and so on. It is believed that natural resources development is one of the factors that help the country in some many areas like employment opportunities‚ economy and so on. The concept of resource is human centered concept. In order for something to be considered as resources‚ it must be perceived to have value by man. There are basically two types of natural resources: Biological resources and Non-Biological resources. The biological resources are forest; fishes
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essay with pictures that shows and explains the reasons for the fires that displaced people during the 1970’s in New York City and the effect these fires had on people and the neighborhoods. In this task the readings include: 1. An introduction 2. A reflection about the South Bronx written by a writer for The Post 3. An interview with a journalist who covered the fires in Bushwick 4. An oral history from someone who experienced the fires at the time You need to take notes in your notebook. You can pick
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70% of deforestation in the Amazon region (Butler). Forests are being cleared for the expansion of agriculture‚ both subsistence and commercial. For or instance in Bolivian cleared lands are being used for farming soy beans since there has been a demand for them in the market due to it being “the region’s cash crop” (Forero). Logging and mining have also been an issue of deforestation‚ both legal and illegal. Loggers come in and destroy the forest for its wood‚ while miners dig for gold and other valuable
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The tragedy of the triangle shirtwaist factory fire sparked the uprising in the fight for better shape of the working environment when 145 of the innocent were killed. It was that it began in a small rag bin‚ a simple target for a fire in a building with locked fire escape routes‚ unoperational elevators‚ and no ventilation‚ that initiated the fight for worker safety. Although most hand-made garment businesses have been made irrelevant in the U.S. due to industrialization and mass production today
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United States of America her entire life along with 148 of her fellow workers‚ was killed in the fire in the Triangle Shirt Factory(Nussbaum death certificate). Ever since‚ historians and advocates have asked the question‚ “Who should be held responsible for their deaths?” After looking at many sources it seems that the owners of the building‚ Blanck and Harris‚ were ultimately responsible for the fire. This is because they failed to keep the building properly inspected‚ had terrible working conditions
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research included to back up the numbers that are provided. Several sources even state that the rainforests do not provide any of the Earth’s oxygen because it is absorbed by the organisms that are consuming the decaying plant and animal life on the forest floor. While the rainforest’s contribution to the oxygen supply is up for debate‚ there have been studies on how much carbon the rainforests consume helping to lessen the amount of buildup in the atmosphere. Carbon is assimilated by the biosphere
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Game of Thrones is a television series based on the popular book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. The first season covers about the same time period as the first book‚ aptly named Game of Thrones for which the series take its name. There are many great things about A Song of Ice and Fire‚ from the hundreds of unique individual characters‚ with their own back stories‚ allegiances‚ and house names; to the visual detailed pictures Martin paints in your imagination of everything
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land animals and plants live in forests‚ and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Deforestation also drives climate change. Forest soils are moist‚ but without protection from sun-blocking tree cover they quickly dry out. Trees also help perpetuate the water cycle by returning water vapor back into the atmosphere. Without trees to fill these roles‚ many former forest lands can quickly become barren deserts. Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy‚ which
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installed emergency lighting on the second floor . The fire escape stairs have a rise of cm and a width of cm. There are two installed escape ladders on the building but the other one is obstructed by stones along it. The corridor has a width of 1.80 meters. The classrooms in the basement ( F101 and F107) have an exit that leads directly to the exterior without entering the floor above. FOR WARNING AND PROTECTION The building doesn’t have a fire alarm that is manually operated We did not see
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Mihailo Ivanovic Writing and Rhetoric II 52-1152-18 Dr. Jennifer Ailles 4/23/2014 The Devastation of Deforestation According to National Geographic‚ forests cover about thirty percent of the Earth’s land area. This percentage is falling drastically. Deforestation is the process of forests being cleared through logging and/or burning to use for timber or to use the area for other purposes. Many estimate that the Earth’s rainforests will be completely wiped out in 100 years. The World Wildlife Fund
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