TED Case Studies Case Number: 412 Case Mnemonic: NAURU Case Name: PHOSPHATE MINING IN NAURU Case Author: Michael E. Pukrop‚ May‚ 1997 * IDENTIFICATION * LEGAL CLUSTERS * GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTERS * TRADE CLUSTERS * ENVIRONMENT CLUSTERS * OTHER FACTORS I. Identification 1. The Issue The mining of phosphate on the island of Nauru‚ located in a remote corner of the Pacific Ocean‚ has devastated the island environmentally and has created financial‚ legal‚ and cultural problems
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Soil is one of the most important natural resources of man. Soils are essential for man for growing crops‚ fodder and limber. Once the fertile portion of the earth’s surface is lost‚ it is very difficult to replace it. In India‚ the destruction of the top-soil has already reached an alarming proportion. Land degradation problems have resulted in increasing depletion of the productivity of the basic land stock through nutrient deficiencies. In addition to the direct loss of crop producing capacity
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Synopsis – Grade 9 Science Term II Chapter 1: Atoms and Molecules Law of conservation of mass: Mass can neither be created nor can it be destroyed in a chemical reaction. Law of constant proportion: A chemical substance always contains the same elements in a fixed proportion by mass‚ irrespective of the source of compound. Atom: The smallest particle which is the building block of matter. The symbol of the element is made from one or two letters of the English
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INTRODUCTION Bangladesh is a small tea producing country sharing 2% of the world’s Tea production. Tea is an agro based‚ lab our intensive and export oriented sector and plays an important role in the national economy through export earnings‚ trade balancing and employment generation. Our Tea industry dates back to 1857 when the first tea garden was established at Malnicherra in Sylhet District. Today we have 163 Tea Gardens with a grant area of 1‚15‚757.41 hal of which 52‚317.21 hal or 45% is under
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VERMICOMPOSTING Vermicomposting is the practice of using worms to break down food scraps. The resulting material is a mix of worm castings and decomposed food scraps. The word "vermi" is Latin for worm. Worms like to feed on slowly decomposing organic materials like fruit and vegetable scraps. The worms produce castings that are full of beneficial microbes and nutrients‚ which makes a great plant fertilizer. Worms are very efficient at breaking down food scraps and can eat over half their body weight
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Society is flawed. There are critical imbalances in it that cause much of humanity to suffer. In‚ the most interesting work from this past half-semester‚ The Communist Manifesto‚ Karl Marx is reacting to this fact by describing his vision of a perfectly balanced society‚ a communist society. Simply put‚ a communist society is one where all property is held in common. No one person has more than the other‚ but rather everyone shares in the fruits of their labors. Marx is writing of this society
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Chapter I A. Introduction Solid waste can be classified into different types‚ depending on their source; household waste is generally classified as municipal waste; industrial waste as hazardous waste‚ and biomedical waste or hospital waste as infectious waste. The term “solid waste ’ ’ means any garbage‚ refuse‚ or sludge from a waste treatment plant‚ water supply treatment plant‚ or air pollution control facility and other discarded material‚ including solid‚ liquid‚ semisolid‚ or contained
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Subway Subway is a leading sandwich chain‚ which operates through a wholly-owned subsidiary‚ Subway Systems India. The caselet provides an overview of the product strategy followed by Subway that involved customization of its recipes and preparation to match the tastes and sensibilities of Indian consumers. The caselet also illustrates the franchising method adopted by Subway in India. Finally‚ it provides a brief description of the company’s pricing and advertising strategy As a SUBWAY® store
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insects group. Termites can cause severe destruction to wooden structures and also consume structural lumber. They considered pest attacking the kept documents. They feed on dead organic material such as crop residues‚ mulches and soil organic matter (humus). However when this type of food is not available they will eat live plant material including crops such as groundnuts‚ millets and maize. Yemane(Gmelina Arborea Roxb) from family Verbenacea is a tropical evergreen‚ perennial tree up to 40m tall and
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The Ultimate Casestudy Guide VERSION 1 (DEC 2009) Casestudies for Geography GCSE 2010 A guide to using the Ultimate Casestudy Guide This guide is designed to help you prepare for your exams by collecting the casestudy information you have learnt during your GCSE and putting it all in one place. This guide does not replace your notes. Part of your revision should be to go back over your notes and add further details to the information in this booklet. This is essential if you would
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