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    the legislations corrupt opinions. Conservation of Natural Resources in the 20th Century: There were three major concerns when it came to conserving important aspects of nature: utilitarian conservation‚ preservationist conservation‚ and wildlife habitat conservation. Gifford Pinchot supported forest conservation. Not to mention‚ he also teamed up with Theodore Rosevelt to try and stop the exploitation of the nations soil and

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    1.Introduction: Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting wild plant and animal species and their habitats. Among the goals of wildlife conservation are to ensure that nature will be around for future generations to enjoy and to recognize the importance of wildlife and wilderness lands to humans. Many nations have government agencies dedicated to wildlife conservation‚ which help to implement policies designed to protect wildlife. Numerous independent non-profit organizations also promote

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    Several reasons will be proposed to the causes leading to why the Tarsiers may become extinction. Several ways to help prevent the unnatural extinction of these primates will be discussed. Things such as‚ putting a stop to the loss of their natural habitat‚ being a food source for humans and the financial gain from exploiting the Tarsiers will be covered. Prior to discussing the problems of the modern day Tarsiers‚ let’s look at where they came from. Tarsiers are primates (a group including lemurs

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    1.2 How have environmental cycles changed? The capacity of ecosystems to provide benefits to humans‚ that is to provide ecosystem services‚ derives from environmental cycles of water‚ nitrogen‚ carbon‚ and phosphorus. These processes have in some cases been significantly modified by human activity. Changes have been more rapid in the second half of the 20th century than at any other time in recorded human history. Water cycle: Water withdrawals from rivers and lakes for irrigation‚ urban uses‚

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    ownership - topography - land use - slope - soil - geology APPLICATION OF GIS TO THE STUDY OF BIODIVERSITY AT THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL Mapping habitat types in both natural and disturbed areas.  Distribution of plant and animal populations  Location and extent of forest patches and forest edges.  Visual representation of the spatial effects of habitat fragmentation.  REHABILITATION AND ENRICHMENT OF LANDBASED ECOSYSTEMS • Reforestation in the Philippines • Use of Exotic species in Reforestation

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    which could be nectar‚ pollen or both. During this‚ pollen lands on their body‚ after which it may accidentally land on either the same flower or another flower.“By keeping flowers pollinated‚ bees perpetuate floral growth and provide attractive habitats for other animals such as insects and birds’’(Tucker). Pollination is also how flowers and

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    The free-ranging bristle-spined porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) is part of a group rodents of suborder Hystricognatha and family Erethizontidae. The species has arboreal habit‚ it is medium-sized and endemic to Atlantic Forest. Its coverage area runs from southern state of Sergipe to north of state of Rio de Janeiro. Once considered abundant‚ but because of change and reduction of its natural environment and hunting‚ this rodent population is in decline. This framework made it to feature as "Vulnerable"

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    have intruded into their territory‚ converting the forests into agricultural farms‚ growing crops and inviting the elephants to our doorsteps to come and have their stomach fill. Its we who have fragmented their habitat by making roads‚ dams and canals. We have honeycombed their habitat by our so called developmental activities eating into their homelands and this appetite of ours for their areas is only increasing day by day with the bulging human population. The elephants in these areas seem to

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    Animals Extinct Join AllFreePapers.com Category: Science Autor: anton 30 March 2011 Words: 2389 | Pages: 10 I. INTRODUCTION An endangered species is a population extinct organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in number3‚ or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. It is a taxonomic species‚ but maybe another evolutionary significant unit such as a subspecies. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has calculated the percentage of endangered

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    death of this animal. Trophy hunting e.g. by the masaai in Kenya has caused its decline. It is also hunted for its tide to make coats. Population: Best estimate is 20 000-23 000. The lion population has been set on a decline Geographic range and habitat: found in most of sub-Saharan Africa that mainly consists of savannah grassland. |Citation: |2012. Panthera leo. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. . | | |Downloaded on 04 March 2013

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