Culture of Indonesia From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Part of a series on the Culture of Indonesia History People Languages Traditions[show] Mythology and folklore[show] Cuisine Religion Art[show] Literature Music and performing arts[show] Media[show] Sport Monuments[show] Symbols[show] Indonesia portal v t e Indonesian children dressed in various traditional costumes. The culture of Indonesia has been shaped by long interaction between original indigenous customs
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Don’t Give a Hoot about the Economy’. It was written by a member of SHAFT (Stop Harvest of All Forest Timber)‚ which was published by Susan Mercier who works in The Orange County Register. Question (1):- The article is about the struggle against deforestation and all logging in the Pacific North West and against the extinction of the Spotted Owls and Yellow Striped Weaving Spiders. It illustrates that there are many rapacious farmers who do not care about the environment and maintain the continuity
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number of people rise. With the larger numbers of people on the planet today that are still on the upswing has brought on a huge problem with deforestation. Have no fear‚ although these things along with natural elements causing erosion of our land‚ there are things that can be done to help slow the effects of overcultivation‚ overgrazing‚ and deforestation and correct these issues which in turn will help save our land for future generations to come. Overgrazing is when farmers let their
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ICE Case Studies Deforestation in Haiti CASE NUMBER: 54 MNUMONIC: HAITIDEF NAME: DEFORESTATION IN HAITI AUTHOR: Kristen Picariello December 18‚ 1997 I. CASE BACKGROUND 1. Abstract Haiti is one of the many developing countries that has sought to increase its growth and end its cycle of poverty. One of the ways in which it has done this has been by cutting down the forests. Most of Haiti’s population live below the poverty line. Nearly 70 percent of all Haitians depend on the
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wood fuel‚ timber products‚ agriculture‚ and livestock. This is why we must take extreme measures to conserve these natural resources. We can conserve forests and woodlands by careful management of the woodlands and forests‚ also by limiting deforestation and by adapting good forestry practices and to encourage woodland owners to help sustain their land. New by-laws have been implemented in which if a heavy fine and/or prison sentence may follow if a person breaches their conservation agreement
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rainforest is diminishing at an enormous rate. About 10‚000 square miles of this beautiful forest is being lost to pastures for grazing‚ soybean plantations‚ and illegal logging. Since the year before there has been a forty percent increase in the deforestation of the Amazon forest. The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. They expect this horrible trend to only become worse. Some conclude that if the forest is not protected that it will be wiped out in only eighty years! The destruction
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Covering only 2% of the Earth’s land area they still provide 40% of the oxygen.. It has an average humidity of 77 to 88% The rainforest has carpet of green rot leaves on the floor. This is called the humus layer. Rainforests are in danger of deforestation because lumber industries are cutting down the trees for profit. Plants and animals One type of plant in the rain forest does not even need soil‚and these plants are called epiphytes‚ or air plants. Another kind of air plant is a flower called
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Soil erosion is a major concern in the southeastern region of Nigeria due to high population densities and farming techniques‚ which has resulted in the presence of numerous gullies. While gullies are found all around the world‚ the existence of gullies in Nigeria is regarded as one of the worst environment disasters‚ having negative implications on the environment and the quality of life for humans and other species (Adetona & Ezezika‚ 2011; Ajaegwu & al‚ 2010). Large quantities of soil in Nigeria
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Environmental Sustainability Paper GLG/101 Danita LaSage Rachelle Ann Franko September 10‚ 2011 In today’s world it’s our responsibility as the population to create Sustainability with the earth’s resources. There are only so many resources on earth like timber‚ food‚ petroleum etc. to go around. The more that we use and take in the less it becomes available for us to consume. The world’s budget cannot indeterminately increase on a limited world. As a result the economy develops and the population
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Ancient forests around the world are in peril‚ but we can still save them. Governments and the timber industry need to understand what a crucial role they play in maintaining global biodiversity‚ not to mention how vital they are in regulating the climate‚ so they need to act now. And as consumers‚ we can all help to save the forests. Making sure that the wood and paper we buy has come from well-managed sources (or‚ even better‚ is 100 per cent recycled) is something we can all easily do. We have
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