Marine Pollution Marine Pollution is a major problem that is among issues of discussions around the world today. There is an increasing awareness made‚ especially across the Asia and pacific region these days. This problem is a major concern because the marine environment is a dumping ground of unwanted waste materials. This has initiated dialogue to mobilize careful considerations in strategies of overcoming this problem. This essay will argue that marine pollution should be addressed immediately
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------------------------------------------------- Service quality Continuity of supply In 2004‚ water supply was available on average for 18 hours each day in the West Zone of Metro Manila and 21 hours in the East Zone. According to their respective websites‚ the utility responsible for water supply in the East Zone of Metro Manila increased 24-hour water from 26% in 1997 to 98% in 2007‚ whereas in the West Zone‚ 42% of the customers had an uninterrupted supply in 2007. In a 2004 sample of 45
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Sound is essential to our daily lives‚ but noise is not What is Noise Pollution? The traditional definition of noise is “unwanted or disturbing sound”. Sound becomes unwanted when it either interferes with normal activities such as sleeping‚ conversation‚ or disrupts or diminishes one’s quality of life. It is a source of irritation and stress for many people and can even damage our hearing if it is loud enough. Many of us are exposed to stressful levels of noise at home and at work. Noise is
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Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies such as lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans and beaches. This occurs when large factories dump their waste products into the water. Water has the ability to carry many pathogens and bacteria. Because of this‚ water is responsible for many deaths and illnesses. This fact was discovered a long time ago when many people fell sick‚ and after tests‚ it was realized this was because of the drinking water. People‚ even back in the ancient times‚ would suddenly become ill
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Air Pollution Air pollution is very bad. We should regulate the excretion of air pollution from combustion engines and factories. Air pollution is contaminated air. It is both a health hazard and an environmental hazard. There are several ways how air pollution is bad‚ but there are also ways to help decontaminate or at least lower some of the pollution. Many people know about air pollution‚ but not everyone knows how hazardous it really is. According to the Environmental Protection Agency
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Land Rights and The Global Land Rush May 2012 Introduction A global land rush—sparked initially by a dramatic rise in global food prices and now driven by a variety of factors including increased demand for food and biofuels‚ carbon markets and speculation—is remaking the face of agriculture and land use in the developing world. These investments‚ whether by purchase‚ lease‚ or concession of land‚ typically shift the land from traditional uses‚ such as smallholder farms or communal grazing
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polluted all the three realms of the earth-lithosphere‚hydrosphere & atmosphere.it is essential for us to know about environment & its pollution. In this presentation we will be able to know about- •Environment •Biosphere •Ecosystem model •Atmosphere •Atmospheric pollution •Primary & secondary pollutants •Acid rain •Ozone depletion •Green house effect •Noise pollution That which surrounds‚ the total sum of the condition of the surroundings within which an organism‚ or group‚ or an object‚exists(including
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Land degradation From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Serious land degradation in Nauru after the depletion of the phosphate cover through mining Land degradation is a concept in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by one or more combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.[1] It is viewed as any change or disturbance to the land perceived to be deleterious or undesirable.[2] Natural hazards are excluded as a cause‚ however human activities can indirectly
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LAND RECLAMATION IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW: Its status and issues as an international legal concern in the Philippines Introduction Over the course of human history‚ man has manipulated his environment to further serve his material interests. For the sake of his survival‚ he has taken measures up to the extent of changing the natural state of environmental change with or without the consideration of the consequences brought about by these unordinary measures. It could be said that man has
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Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known. A report released for public comment in September 1994 by the US Environmental Protection Agency clearly describes dioxin as a serious public health threat. The public health impact of dioxin may rival the impact that DDT had on public health in the 1960’s. According to the EPA report‚ not only does there appear to be no "safe" level of exposure to dioxin‚ but levels of dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals have been found in the general US population
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