HONG BANG UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL YEAR 2012-2013‚ TERM 7 Foreign Laguage Faculty Name: TRAN THI THUY Campus: 28-30 Ngo Quyen‚ District 5 Student Code: 09072836 Module: US CULTURE Class: NN09-AV MID-TERM TEST Date 11/29/2012 TOPIC: Research both sides of the issue: the environmental value of the rain forests and the need of the people who are cutting them down. Also looking for what experts are recommending should be done. TROPICAL RAINFORESTS Tropical rainforests are important
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HOW TOURISM CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIO-CULTURAL CONSERVATION Negative socio-cultural impacts from tourism How tourism can contribute to socio-cultural development Tourism can contribute to positive developments‚ not just negative impacts. It has the potential to promote social development through employment creation‚ income redistribution and poverty alleviation. Other potential positive impacts of tourism include: Tourism as a force for peace Traveling brings people into contact with each other and
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Other animals benefit‚ and it keeps a healthy balance within the environment. Local people depend on the natural resources from these environments for food‚ fuel and income too. Ecotourism can be a vital sustainable source of funds for local communities. As one of Africa’s wildlife ‘big five’‚ rhinos are a popular sight for tourists. (African Rhino‚ 2017) The study focused on the Kruger National Park in South Africa where the rhinos
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Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes". Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. After slowly recovering from the contraction resulting from the late-2000s recession‚ where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the end
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Enclosure No. 1 to DepEd Order No. 93‚ s. 2011 MANDATED PROGRAMS‚ PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE YOUTH FOR ENVIRONMENT IN SCHOOLS-ORGANIZATION A. Seed Bank and Nursery Establishment Only seeds and seedlings coming from native‚ endemic or indigenous species of trees‚ including fruit trees‚ shall be collected and used for the nursery. The YES-O is authorized to sell their excess seedlings to interested public and private entities as part of its entrepreneurial activities. The proceeds
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Importance of Computer in Schools Tara Dodrill Tara Dodrill began writing professionally in 1990. She is a travel writer and photographer working for print and online media‚ primarily covering Florida‚ ecotourism and off-the-beaten-path destinations. Her writing credits include RUMBUM‚ Yahoo News‚ Visit South magazine‚and North Carolina Coastal Guide. She studied journalism and education at Ohio University and real estate at Hondros College. Computer classes in schools are important to a well-rounded
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each year‚ providing food‚ protection of shorelines‚ jobs based on tourism‚ and even medicines (Knowlton‚ 2015). III. Relevance Statement Unfortunately‚ it’s the people that visit these reefs that are the greatest danger to them. IV. The impact of ecotourism can be reduced by obtaining some sort of awareness and a changing the though process among tourists and locals alike
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flowering plants‚ 286 species of mammals‚ 150‚000 species of invertebrates and 4‚000 species of fishes in addition to the countless micro-organisms. Since there are so many beautiful natural elements‚ Malaysia was very successful in development of ecotourism‚ and it is highly recommended for tourists in the world. The tourist arrivals to Malaysia is 24.7 million in year 2011‚ which is greater than 24.6 million in year 2010; and the receipts in year 2011 is increased to 58.3 billion from 56.5 billion
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INTRODUCTION: At the beginning of the 21st century‚ a change was observed the tastes of tourists‚ who moved towards other forms of tourism. This could have been due to knowledge of new destinations‚ up until that point unexplored by tourists‚ and the search for a destination with greater focus on local customs‚ history‚ ethics and the particular culture of the destination. In this sense‚ cultural diversity is looked upon as a means of enriching the experience of increasingly active tourists who
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The Yasuni National Park is a nature preserve in the country of Ecuador that houses a section of the Amazon rainforest (Cite). It is about 3‚793 square miles large and is one of the most biodiverse locations in the world. It is home to hundreds of different species of birds‚ reptiles‚ amphibians‚ and many other types of animals‚ hundreds of thousands of diverse plant species‚ and multiple tribes living in voluntary isolation. It is also estimated that there are more tree‚ shrub and liana species
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