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    motivated. The costs or effects of Poaching can be deadly not only to the animals themselves but also to human beings. There are measures being taken to stop and regulate the act of poaching. There are many reasons why animals are poached‚ food‚ the Ivory of their tusks‚ Witchcraft and‚ Medicinal purposes‚ and just for their skins or furs. Some animals such as the Gorilla and other primates in Africa are being hunted for their meat‚ so that families and tribes can eat. These same animals along with

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    Close to half of the worlds chocolate is made from the highly prized top-quality cocoa beans that are grown on farms in the Ivory Coast and Ghana‚ a small nation on the western side of Africa. The farmers of these poor nations are notorious‚ however‚ for sometimes relying on slaves to harvest their beans‚ The slaves are boys between 12 and 16 sometimes as young as 9 ~ who are kidnapped from villages in surrounding nations and sold to the cocoa farmers‚ who use whippings‚ beatings‚ and starvation

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    nomadic herd of Mali elephants migrates in a circular route through the desert in search of water. Despite a ban on the international trade in ivory‚ African elephant are still being poached in large numbers.Their ivory tusks are most sought after‚ but their meat and skin are also traded. Tens of thousands of elephant are killed every year for their tusks. The ivory is often carved into ornaments and jewellery china is the biggest consumer market for such products. But there has been an upsurge in poaching

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    chocolate we eat may be contaminated by slavery." Ivory Coast is the world ’s biggest producer of cocoa beans with over a million cocoa farms and plantations. A British TV documentary‚ "Slavery‚" claims 90 percent of Ivory Coast cocoa plantations use slave labour. Most are young men and boys from impoverished areas in Benin‚ Togo and Mali are enticed by traffickers who promise them paid work‚ housing and an education. Instead‚ they are sold to Ivory Coast cocoa plantation owners who beat them into

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    Assignment 1: Procter & Gamble Company (A) Case Analysis (Submitted in fulfillment of the assignments for Marketing Management) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade‚ Delhi Table of Contents Assignment ..................................................................................4 Executive Summary .....................................................................4 2.Analysis ......................................................................................6 Recommendations ......

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    profits from ivory and wild rubber‚ Leopold II imposed a system of torture‚ slavery and slaughter.

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    In Heart of Darkness‚ the main character‚ Marlow‚ comes across many trials and tribulations when traveling through Africa. During the time between 1876 and 1892‚ Africa was known as the “dark continent” (dark meaning evil.) Marlow’s trials and tribulations don’t only show the evil of Africa‚ but the embodiment of evil in the colonial bureaucracy and Kurtz by the actions they take towards the people/criminals in the community due to imperialism. Africa was like a cigarette‚ a start to destruction

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    and possessions take them to the heart of the congo‚ where elephants are slaughtered for there tusks that are ivory. The ivory is considered a high commodity in England. The ivory symbolizes greed and destructive nature of man and agents of the company are so opposed with obtaining ivory that they forget there morals ‚ so called civilized ways. This representations of the greed over the ivory on the landscape can be seen in this quote found in the book Heart of Darkness “ to tear treasure out of the

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    Kurtz‚ who has become power-driven and insane. Along the way‚ Marlow discovers the awful truth about the company he is employed by and how barbaric they treat the natives. Marlow learns how destructive and mentally corrupting the Congo River and the ivory trade can be. Throughout the novella‚ the river represents something

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    Man has continually struggled with greed. In the pursuit of greed‚ morality breaks down. Author Joseph Conrad in his novel‚ The Heart of Darkness‚ implies that true darkness lies within people who abandon their humanity for greed. While the Europeans give the appearance of morality‚ they have no integrity. The accountant best personifies the abandonment of morals. The emphasis that the accountant places on balancing his books in the middle of the jungle confirms the importance of profits to the

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