I let my weary body fall onto a piece of comfortable grassland. Surrounded by a huge crowd of park visitors‚ I knew I wouldn’t be noticed easily. “Just exculpate yourself if you got caught‚” I thought. As I feel my consciousness ebbing away‚ and my thoughts‚ as clear and concise as they were mere moments ago
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Here is the topic: Many people in Japan strongly believe that hunting dolphins has been a part of the culture‚ and non-Japanese cannot criticize their practice. Their opinion is that many Westerners eat meat‚ so they are being hypocrits for criticizing Japanese for eating another kind of meat. Do you agree with Japanese‚ or do you disagree? What are your reasons for your opinion? I strongly disagree. * Dolphins have very high mercury levels * Mercury is a known cause of birth effects
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rivers‚ swamps‚ and nearby pools of the Amazon Rainforest. i. Anacondas are also located in the Guianas and throughout the regions of the tropical South America and the Orinoco Basins as well. j. They are also found in savannas‚ grasslands‚ and deciduous forests. When not in the water‚ they are usually spotted by its edge‚ shading itself from the
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lower delta plain started during the middle Holocene and most of the presently occupied area of 10‚017 km2 in India and Bangladesh was formed over the course of the last 6‚000 years. The Bengal Delta was originally occupied by vast stretches of grassland filled with saline marshes and tropical wetlands containing one of the worlds’ largest stretches of biodiversity-rich forests – the Bengalian Rainforest. These forests were one of the richest wildlife areas of the world‚ holding elephants‚ tiger
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Gabrielle Payne Ms. Molise 10/10/13 Causes of the Dustbowl In the year 1930 America’s economy was in a state of depression. The last thing America needed at this time was a catastrophic event to destroy the economy even more‚ but that is exactly what they got. The “Dust Bowl” drought is one of the worst climatic events in the history of the United States drought which devastated the United States central states region known as the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl worsened the already depressed
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scientific research of the eastern range of Bolivia projects that there remain over 20 species as yet uncovered by science. These species are often not unknown to the local indigenous cultures who have been sustainably managing both forested regions and grasslands for the span of untold generations. The cause of deforestation in Bolivia is “the result of many pressures‚ both local and regional‚ acting in various combinations in different geographical
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the first human characteristic to distinguish human from other primates. It is habitual‚ meaning that it is their primary form of transportation. This characteristic thrived in a time where forests were shrinking and the environment consisted wide grasslands and sparse woodland. The feature of bipedal locomotion lead hominids to manipulate their surroundings‚ bypassing their biological features allowing them the ability to live anywhere‚ and in any environment. Although‚ by developing into bipedal
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Table (Figure 4.1) and graphs (Figure 4.2 and 4.3) clearly depict that the amount of moisture in the soil on the south facing slope is much higher than that of the north facing slope. On average‚ the south facing slope contains 3.5 units of water while the north facing slope only contains 1.3 units of water in its soil. Therefore the amount of moisture in the soil on the south facing slope is signficantly more that of the north facing slope. As can be seen in Figure 4.1‚ all 10 sites have lower soil
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3. The Light in My Head Went On Fábio Rosa‚ Brazil: Rural Electrification In 1982‚ at the same time that Gloria de Souza was launching her Environmental Studies curriculum in India‚ Fábio Rosa‚ twenty-two‚ a recent graduate in agronomic engineering‚ was trying to deliver electricity to poor people in Brazil. It all began when Rosa received a phone call from one of his university classmates inviting him to come to Palmares do Sul‚ a rural municipality in Brazil’s southernmost state‚ Rio Grande do
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sustainable-environment.org.uk/Earth/Conservation_and_Preservation.php http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/esa-history.html http://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2004-september/measuring-the-success-of-conservation-programs.aspx CHAPTER 12: Grasslands‚ Forests‚ and Wilderness: Sustainable Management Strategies CHAPTER 11: Preserving Biological Diversity
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