A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ heatwave‚ or landslide). It leads to financial‚ environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard‚ also called their resilience. if these disasters continues it would be a great danger for the earth.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability
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NATURAL VEGETATION Natural vegetation refers to a plant community which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time. This is termed as virgin vegetation. Thus‚ cultivated crops and fruits‚ orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation. Virgin vegetation -The virgin vegetation‚ which are purely Indian are known as endemic or indigenous species but those which have come from outside India are termed as exotic plants. Flora- The term
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"NATURAL PRESERVATIVES" Anthony C. Dweck Research Director‚ Peter Black Medicare Ltd.‚ White Horse Business Park‚ Aintree Avenue‚ Trowbridge‚ Wiltshire‚ UK. BA14 0XB SUMMARY This paper looks at the theoretical development of a natural preservative system using the author’s data base on medicinal plants as a source of references. The legal aspects of this concept are considered. The traditional methods of preservation‚ many taken from the food industry are summarised. The use of alcohol‚ glycerine
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Natural resources are useful materials or substances that exist in the environment like land‚ water‚ sun‚ trees‚ oil‚ minerals‚ etc. Natural resources are generally classified as renewable resources and non-renewable resources. Resource depletion means exhaustion of natural resources in a certain region. When the rate of consumption of these resources exceeds the rate at which they are restored‚ depletion of resources occurs. The utilization of natural resources has increased considerably due to
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WHAT IS A NATURAL DISASTER A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚[1] and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[2] In 2012‚ there were 905 natural disasters worldwide‚ 93% of which were
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Answer to question 1 of unit 1(HRM) Identify and explain five metrics used to evaluate HR performance The reality in our society is that the most commonly measured workforce metrics do very little to help to HR Managers and business leaders achieve real insight into maximizing their human capital investment. To make better business decisions regarding their workforce‚ leaders need to see the connections in their workforce data and examine comprehensive workforce topics. In order to
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A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without vulnerable
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ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000 (R.A. 9003) The law emphasizes solid waste avoidance and volume reduction through source reduction and waste minimization measures‚ with the protection of public health and the environment as the primary goal. There are issues to be addressed here: (1.) lack of management system‚ (2.) lack of public support for environmental concerns‚ (3.) lack of public awareness through information and education. Solid waste management
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NATURAL LAW ROBERT P. GEORGE* Oliver Wendell Holmes‚ the legal philosopher and judge whom Richard Posner has‚ with admiration‚ dubbed “the American Nietzsche‚”1 established in the minds of many people a certain image of what natural law theories are theories of‚ and a certain set of reasons for supposing that such theories are misguided and even ridiculous. While I have my own reasons for admiring some of Holmes’s work—despite‚ rather than because of‚ the Nietzscheanism that endears him
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Guilty” Critical Reaction Summary In “ Everybody’s Guilty – The Ecological Dilemma‚ “ author and professor of Human Ecology at University of California‚ Santa Barbara‚ Garrett Hardin‚ explains the current issue with invisible reverberations. Hardin calls attention to the readers about how innocent actions by individuals can inflict on the environment. “ We all acquiesce in the system of arrangements and practices that has created our ecological crisis” (Hardin‚ 40). In order to approve of our actions
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