Reproductive Health Bill The Reproductive Health bills‚ popularly known as the RH Bill‚ are Philippine bills aiming to guarantee universal access to methods and information on birth control and maternal care. The bills have become the center of a contentious national debate. There are presently two bills with the same goals: House Bill No. 4244 or An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Policy on Responsible Parenthood‚ Reproductive Health‚ and Population and Development‚ and For Other Purposes introduced
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1 Child Policy The one child policy was first introduced in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s by the central government. The population was rapidly approaching one billion‚ so Deng Xiaoping implemented the policy to reduce the growth rate of their population.The goal of the policy was the limit the vast majority of families to having only one child. The government started promoting birth control and family planning as a way of limiting family size. The policy was effective at limiting the population
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Don’t Panic is a documentary by a Swedish medical doctor‚ academic‚ statistician‚ and professor‚ who explains that the world is much better than we believe. The graphs and visuals are based on his data collection on Gapminder‚ and the underlying data sources. In this documentary Mr. Rosling presents some of his data results from the UK‚ Bangladesh‚ and Mozambique. This documentary talks about the population growth‚ and how our countries are becoming more sustainable. In addition‚ he also talks about
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Self-sufficiency in food not achieved yet Says Muhith Unb‚ Dhaka Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said that the country is yet to achieve the overall self- sufficiency in food. "[When it comes to] overall self sufficiency‚ [I’ll say] no. But‚ self sufficiency in rice is yes‚ in food grains‚ mostly‚" he told reporters after visiting director general of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Jose Graziano met him at his office at the Economic Relations Division (ERD). Muhith said the country
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Animal extinction Animal extinction has been dramatically occurring and this is the biggest issue in the planet. The governments and scientists try to figure out the better ways to prevent and preserve the disappearance of animals. Human attitudes‚ degradation of nature and climate change are the causes that lead to animal extinction. I think that if these causes are still occurring without protection and preservation‚ the environment will become in less healthy state by 2050. The world human population
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Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement Grantham University Written By: Shanice Brooks Green Belt Movement Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement has planted over 40 million trees all over Africa. Wangari Maathai was the first African women to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to sustainable development‚ democracy‚ and peace and founded of the Green Belt Movement offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa. Wangari is loved by the people and she gain
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Chapter 5 REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. How did the described volcanoes in Iceland and the Philippines change the environment to lesser or greater extents? 2. Name and describe the attributes of the two categories into which all organisms can be divided based on how they obtain nutrition. All organisms can be divided into autothrops‚ which produce their own food‚ and heterothrops‚ which need to get their food from somewhere else. 3. Name and describe the roles of the three main trophic categories that make
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Unit 1: Going Global Revision Guide Keywords Birth rate – the number of births per 1‚000 people per year in a region Branch plant – a factory built in a country by a TNC that has its headquarters elsewhere Core- the most developed and highly populated region of a country Death rate – the number of deaths per 1‚000 people per year in a region Deindustrialisation – the decline of regionally important manufacturing industries Dependency – when a nation relies for income on outside
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Managing Rapid Population Growth Rapid Population has social‚ Economic and Political Impacts- Social Services like healthcare and education can’t cope with the rapid increase in population. Children have to work to support large families so they miss out on education. There aren’t enough houses for everyone so overcrowded settlements -leads to health problems. There will be food shortages Low living standards
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THINK GREEN‚LIVE GREEN We are now confronted with serios enviromental problems.The best way to fight them is by knowing what causes them and to figure out the best comprimise solution for the earth as well as for the humans. population growth The major cause of most environmental problems is the rapidly growing human population‚ now at 6 billion (2000 estimate) people worldwide. A quarter of a million babies are born each day-90 million each year. In another 50 years‚ the population will grow
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