The Philippines is home to more than 90 million people as of 2013. Overpopulation and industrialization could perhaps be the major contributors to environmental problems being experienced in the country. With overpopulation and industrialization‚ our natural resources have a higher demand than supply. Our country is rich in natural resources. We have abundant gold‚ copper‚ sulphur‚ and nickel reserves. We are also surrounded by waters due to our archipelagic state which makes us one of the top fish
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The Press can perform its true role as a guardian of the public interest‚ as a Watchdog and a source of all kinds of information‚ only in a democracy. The newspapers in India‚ for the most part‚ enjoy freedom of expression i.e. not State-controlled. Of course‚ all journalists and newspapers must behave within the law and must not infringe the regulations regarding libel‚ defamation; otherwise they would make themselves liable to penal code. While observing the limitations of the law‚ the newspapers
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Modern society is built by the young for the young. It is a dynamic creation that does not give much consideration to the old‚ sick‚ handicapped or incapable. They are merely tolerated as so much liability or nuisance. So these hardly wanted people face many problems in their everyday living. The old‚ who were once young‚ helped to make the present society. Now they pay the price of their former neglect of the old. They themselves are neglected and unappreciated in turn. An old person does
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Many seniors expect to live peacefully as they grow older; however‚ elderly suffer from social isolation which can consequently lead to health problems. There is not many organizations that help seniors socialize and be connected to the community. Lower birth rates and higher mortality rates mean that there is going to be older people living at an older age than younger individuals. The nation needs to provide a proper plan to give the elderly people the care they need to live a proper l Senior
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Elderly as a Vulnerable Population According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (2002)‚ vulnerability is the ability to “Be easily physically‚ emotionally‚ or mentally hurt‚ influenced or attacked.” At any given time‚ anyone can become vulnerable. Demographically‚ the nature of society is changing. The population of older people is dramatically increasing. The U.S Census Bureau states that the population of people greater than 65 is projected to double by the year
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Population; A Human Source Or Burden Zawar Hussain The world population milestone that is sparking a global discussion on today’s most pressing environmental‚ health and justice issues‚ Pakistan’s population has continued to grow at break-neck speed. This has put immense pressure on the resources Pakistan has or can generate. Some would argue that every birth produces a consumer. Increasing population is actually a blessing in Islam‚ Christianity and Judaism. So in religious sense its good
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Examine the Impacts of a Youthful Population Geologists estimate that the earth existed 4‚600‚000‚000 years ago‚ yet in the last 200 years the population has grown from one billion to seven billion people. This rapid growth is unsustainable‚ as the earth only has so much food‚ water‚ and non-renewable resources. This theory can be illustrated much clearer at a smaller scale‚ such as within a country. Youthful populations are said to form when there is an increasingly high birth rate‚ with a slowly
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awareness which are both as a result of population growth. The result is increased degradation of the environment‚ with significant loss of soil fertility‚ soil erosion‚ serious deforestation‚ water depletion‚ pollution and loss of biodiversity. The fragile state of Malawi’s environment poses critical challenges to both human development and economic growth (state of environment and outlook report‚ 2010). According to the 2008 census‚ Malawi’s population has tripled since 1966‚ reaching 13‚077‚160
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Vulnerable Population in the Workplace When diagnosed with breast cancer‚ “Older women face a range of issues that differs greatly from those of younger women” ("Breast cancer issues for older women‚" 2011‚ para. 2). For example‚ older women often think about how to keep their remaining years more meaningful. Whatever choice for treatment is‚ when a member of this vulnerable population is diagnosed‚ there is the strong possibility that she may not have a sufficient support system. This paper
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The main topic of both the reading and the lecture is about possible explanations for the cause of declining sea otters population. According to the reading‚ environmental pollution is the main reason for this phenomenon. The lecture‚ on the other hand‚ finds this hypothesis questionable and claims that attacks by predators is a better explanation for otter population declination. The lecture also provides three reasons to repudiate what is mentioned in the passage. First‚ the reading states that
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