The tiger‚ largest of all cats‚ is one of the most charismatic and evocative species on the Earth; tiger is also one of the most threatened. Only 6‚000 or so remain in the wild‚ most in isolated pockets spread across increasingly fragmented forests stretching from India to south-eastern China and from the Russian Far East to Indonesia. Across its range‚ tigers are being poisoned‚ electrocuted‚ blown up by land mines‚ trapped‚ snared‚ shot and captured. The majority of tigers are sought to meet
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navigational charts would have to be created. Additionally‚ tourism is greatly impacted as foreigners canceled their trips to South East Asian. The disaster also has a great environmental impact as it inflicted severe damage on ecosystems such as mangroves‚ coral
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Animals Kinkajou: honey bear Genus:potos Spiecies:flavus habitat Fifty degrees North to fifteen degrees South‚ and thirty-five degrees to sixty-five degrees in the Amazon Rainforest lives a mammal called the kinkajou. The kinkajou mostly sleeps in the upper canopy‚ hiding in the holes of the trees during the day napping. It’s a cute little animal with the body grows from 16 to 30 inches; its tail grows from 15 to 33 inches. Its shoulder height is up to 10 inches and it weights 3 to 10 pounds
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It can adapt to just about any clime and place; from deserts to forests‚ pampas to prairies‚ tropical rainforests to tundra‚ and mountains to mangroves. Its heavy feathers provide a warm coat for the cold‚ rainy‚ and wintery months. The owls own adaptability and wide variety of prey that it feeds on‚ will allow it to survive in just about any habitat. If it were to be placed in a significantly
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just metres away from ancient reefs. Rugged mountains reach dramatically for the sky while their rainforest-clad slopes sweep down to floodplains teeming with forest life. Cool highland hideaways roll down to warm‚ sandy beaches and rich‚ humid mangroves. For the perfect holiday full of surprises‚ the time is now‚ the place is Malaysia.
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8-6-10 AP Human Geography Summary The story begins in 1993. Ishmael‚ his brother‚ and some friends are heading down to the village Mattru Jong for a talent show. They plan on performing some rap songs and dance that they learned‚ but when they arrive at Mattru Jong they discover that rebel soldiers‚ part of RUF‚ have attacked their home village and are now heading in their direction. The boys flee into the forest‚ and as they run they encounter horrid scenes of brutality and violence
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Coastal Protection at Tongatapu Island‚ Tonga: A Report on Initiatives Nuku ’alofa beach seawall (Wikimedia.org) Prepared for Sylila Monteiro and Antoinette Wessels‚ 27 May 2011 By: Tattenai Katoanga (ID:1374937); Mahlon Bonga (ID:1388118); Pim Slagman (ID:1385439) Contents 1.0Introduction 3 1.1 Terms of reference 3 1.2 Procedures 3 1.3 Background 3 3.0 Findings 4 3.1 General environmental threats 4 3.2 Situation in Nuku’alofa 4 3.3 Situations in other
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I.THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO 1.1 Pacific Theory * By Beily Willis (geologist) * Occurs 200 million years ago in Pacific Ocean ( Eastern Region of Asia) * When volcanoes erupted continuously . (volcanism) * Japan‚Taiwan‚Indonesia‚ Solomon islands and new Zealand (pacific ring of fire) * 250 volcanoes in said countries and 22 active volcanoes in Phil. 1.2 Asiatic Theory * By Dr. Leopoldo Faustino * Diastrophism (deformation of Major feature
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interim report on status and distribution of elephants in north east India. (Eds) J.C.Daniel‚ The status of Asian elephants in Indian subcontinent‚ IUCN report‚ BNHS. 43-58pp. Hendrichs‚ H.‚ 1975. Status of tiger Panthera tigris in the sundarban mangrove forest. Saugetieri kundliche mitteilunger. 23:161-199. Prased‚ S.N.‚ Gadgil‚ M. 1981. Conservation of Bamboo resources of Karnataka. Karnataka state council for science and technology. 40-60pp. Sukumar‚ R. 1990. Ecology of asian elephants in southern
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INTRODUCTION Can the Bahamas survive without branching into other areas of tourism? The tourism industry today is big business for a country‚ it is the number one industry of the Bahamas. It is the migration of individuals from one place to another for a short period of time. There are two types of tourism‚ domestic and foreign. People travel for recreation‚ business‚ sports‚ education and for religious or medical purposes. Tourism is a very competitive industry. It accounts for seventy percent
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