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    Experts say protecting about 42 sites across Asia‚ ranging from forests to tropical grasslands‚ could be key to the survival of one of the world’s most iconic and feared wild cats‚ the tiger. Habitat loss and the overhunting of its prey and poaching have caused its numbers to drop from more than 10‚000 in the 1980s to fewer than 3‚500 today. Tiger parts are so prized in Eastern medicine that a dead one can sell for $1‚500 to $3‚500 before its eyes are sold as a cure for epilepsy and malaria‚ its

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    “The Effects of Negative Human Interaction on the Environment” This essay will discuss the two prevailing theories regarding the effects that humans have on their environment. One of these theories describes negative human interaction as harmless. The other views them as the main reason for the degradation of our planet. I will define both points of view and lay out the arguments of each. I will finally argue that there is enough evidence to prove that humans are indeed responsible for the decay

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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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