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    There are several important ways in which humans can slow biodiversity loss‚ although there is no way to bring back the species that have already gone extinct. Protecting Areas Creating protected areas where human activity is limited is the 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

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    "BIODIVERSITY" Biodiversity‚ as defined by E.O. Wilson‚ "is meant to be all inclusive- it’s the genetic based variation of living organisms at all levels‚ from the variety of genes in populations of single species‚ through species‚ on up to the array of natural ecosystems." This includes plants‚ animals‚ insects‚ fungi‚ bacteria‚ and all microorganisms. All of these things create what is known as a web. These things interact with each other in some way there for they depend on one another throughout

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    Click on the Institute Code to view the Institute information.  Sr. No. | Institute Code | Institute Name | | | | a. | 1003 | Government College of Pharmacy‚ Amravati | 1. | 1014 | Geetadevi Khandelwal Institute of Pharmacy‚ Akola | 2. | 1115 | J.S.P Mandal’s Sudhakarrao Naik Institute of Pharmacy‚ Pusad Dist. Yavatmal | 3. | 1131 | Vidya Bharati College of Pharmacy‚ Amravati | 4. | 1133 | Anuradha College Of Pharmacy‚ Chikhli | 5. | 1134 | Yavatmal

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    How does deforestation contribute to the loss of biodiversity in the Amazon? Introduction The Amazon rainforest is the world’s greatest remaining natural resource‚ and the most powerful and bio actively diverse natural wonder on the planet. Its size is so great that if the Amazonian were to be a country‚ it would be the ninth largest in the world. It covers more than 1.2 billion acres of land‚ and has approximately 6.47 square kilometres of rainforest; making up 54% of the word’s rainforests. The

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    Animals and Plants Extinctions causes and effects on human Nowadays ‚ animal extinction is a broad issue‚ one that involves the habitats and environments where other species live and interact with one another . Only a minority of people are concerned with extinction in today痴 society‚ while others might argue that it is a small problem because we are beyond the point of evolution and thus don’t really need to rely on other animals at all. According to statistics of scientific research

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    4.3.1 State the arguments for preserving species and habitats. Why conserve biodiversity? The values of biodiversity can be classified as either direct values or indirect values (see pp.119-120 in the IB ESS Course Companion): • Direct values - can be (relatively) easily calculated • goods harvested & destroyed for consumption (eating) or sale in a market • generally physical commodities of some sort • private goods - value accrues to the owner of the resource • Examples:

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    of conservation of flora? • (a.)Biosphere Reserve • (b.) Botanical Garden • (c.) National Park • (d.) Wildlife Sanctuary In-situ biodiversity conservation (Natural Home) • In this case‚ you identify an area with high biodiversity (= this area has lot of number and variety of plants and animals) • And then‚ you isolate and protect this area from human activities by establishing a natural park/sanctuary/biosphere reserve etc. • Very essential for Big animals like elephants‚ rhinos‚ tigers:

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    PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY IN STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH * CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BIODIVERSITY OF U.P. 3. IN SITU AND EX-SITU CONSERVATION 4. AUTHORITIES FOR PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY 5. CONCLUSION 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. INTRODUCTION: India with her states is rich in biodiversity. The State of Uttar Pradesh although not that much biologically diversified nevertheless it has significant biodiversity. The main reason behind comparatively less biodiversity

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    Running head: TRAITS OF PRIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS 1 Traits of Prions and Their Effects on Human Beings Dennis Wei Saint Joseph High School TRAITS OF PRIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS 2 CONTENTS Abstract 3 Discovery 4 What’s a Prion 5 How Prions Replicate 6 How Prions kill 6 A List of Prion Diseases 7 Human Prion Diseases 7 Animal Prion Diseases 7 About BSE 8 Human Prion Diseases in the United States 8

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    The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices Abstract This paper presents the first empirical evidence on the nature and effects of human resource practices (HRM) in the Finnish manufacturing sector. In the analysis‚ we use the novel survey on HRM practices‚ based on a representative random sample from the population of the Finnish manufacturing firms who had 50 or more employees in 2005. In the sample‚ we have firm-level information on several HRM and employee participation practices of 398

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