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    Orang Asli Case Study

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    encompass state and administrative agency-related sustainable development policies. In the Malaysian context‚ sustainability from the perspective of the Orang Asli refers to the practices of the Orang Asli in managing natural resources within the forest. When Malaysia became a member party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994‚ there is the need to demonstrate its commitment by translating CBD’s objectives of conservation of biological diversity‚ the sustainable use

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    The rain forest is possibly the most diverse environment in the world it contains 90% of the world animal and plant life and has weather that changes rapidly. But every minute acres of this forest are being cut down. Loggers are mainly after the trees like mahogany‚ which sell for more money‚ but in this process they cut down and destroy masses of other plant life. They have tried to make logging more economic by using selective logging which is searching the forest for these good trees then cutting

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    planet are being depleted at a very fast rate. According to some estimates‚ more than 50 percent of the tree cover has disappeared due to human activity. Although humans have been practicing deforestation since ages‚ it was in the mid-1800s that forests began to be destroyed at an unprecedented rate. As a matter of fact‚ throughout the earlier part of the medieval age‚ Europeans used to live amongst vast areas of forested land. But later‚ they began deforestation at such a high rate that they started

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    planet are being depleted at a very fast rate. According to some estimates‚ more than 50 percent of the tree cover has disappeared due to human activity. Although humans have been practicing deforestation since ages‚ it was in the mid-1800s that forests began to be destroyed at an unprecedented rate. As a matter of fact‚ throughout the earlier part of the medieval age‚ Europeans used to live amongst vast areas of forested land. But later‚ they began deforestation at such a high rate that they started

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    Environmental Pollution

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    Laguage Faculty Name: TRAN THI THUY Campus: 28-30 Ngo Quyen‚ District 5 Student Code: 09072836 Module: US CULTURE Class: NN09-AV MID-TERM TEST Date 11/29/2012 TOPIC: Research both sides of the issue: the environmental value of the rain forests and the need of the people who are cutting them down. Also looking for what experts are recommending should be done. TROPICAL RAINFORESTS Tropical rainforests are important to everyone‚ not just to the plants and animals living there. Nowadays

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    Effects of Deforestation

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    Tropical rain forest is very important for our nature such as for ecosystem balance‚ earth temperature and flora and fauna habitat. In our country Malaysia‚ most of the forest are announced as a forest reserve to preserve our forest from destroyed. Not only important to flora and fauna but also to people. For some people‚ their lives depends on forest. However‚ deforestation activity by irresponsible people has led to imbalanced ecosystem. First of all‚ the effect of deforestation is pollution

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    activities connected with wood harvesting‚ processing and trade that do not conform to law. Illegalities occur right through the chain from source to consumer‚ the harvesting procedure itself may be illegal‚ including corrupt means to gain access to forests‚ extraction without permission or from a protected area‚ cutting of protected species or extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits. Illegalities may also occur during transport‚ including illegal processing and export as well as misdeclaration

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    know it is at stake. Forests‚ in particular‚ can be found all over the world and are a vitally important part of our planet because they cover much of its surface and are abundant with both animals and natural resources. From tropical forests to temperate forests‚ these habitats are all important. Humans exploit many of the products of these forests‚ particularly timber. Unfortunately‚ some do not harvest timber in a responsible‚ sustainable manner. Because of this‚ forests are shrinking‚ habitats

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    "lungs of our planet?" The reason is because the plants and tress there are a lot and the carry in carbon ioxide abd we breathe in oxygen. Which would be a good place to live. 5. Identify and discuss three causes of deforestation. Wipping out a forest and turning it into a cleared land. Whichs mean when making new bulding or new neighborhood. 6. What efforts are being made to address deforestation as a serious environmental issue? List at least one example of a group or organization that is

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    Tropical Rainforest Biome

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    with the Tropical Rain Forest climate and biome. This climate and its associated biome is mostly located near the equator and between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Some specific places this biome and climate exist is in Central America‚ South America‚ Africa and the Indonesian archipelago. The two largest rain forests are The Amazon in South America and in central Africa centered on the drainage basin of the Congo River. Although‚ surprisingly the Tropical Rain Forest climate is limited in

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