Paloma Castro October 2‚ 2012 ESS II Conversation Biology: * Conservation biology is the scientific study of the nature and status of Earth’s biodiversity with the aim of protecting species‚ their habitats‚ and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. * Using natural capital sustainably protecting biodiversity * Anthropocentric view—humans are there to preserve nature Preservation Biology: * Attempts to exclude human activities
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1. How has the catch of lobsters changed over the past 15 years in the state of Maine? Lobstering has dominated the fishing industry in Maine over the last 20 years. However‚ lobster population in the state has diminished as a result of overfishing. 2. What does Walter Day suggest needs to be done to keep the industry flourishing? “Just let us do what we’ve been doing‚ and otherwise let us alone.” 3. What are shorts? Lobsters that are too small. 4. What are eggers? females carrying masses
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Tanzania‚ there is a wide spread of drugs to the country and arms trading to Europe. However‚ the government doesn’t intervene. It attempts to make a quick profit overseas‚ while undermining the long term effects to Tanzania. They avoided the issue of overfishing‚ where the oxygen levels of the ocean were dramatically dropping. Also‚ they borrowed money from other country‚ causing Tanzania to be in debt to many other nations. This ignorance of the situation in Tanzania is driving its economy
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Majuli being a part of north east India enjoys a sub-tropical climate and the average rainfall is about 215cm. The summer is followed by monsoon and winter during which the area faces a variety of natural hazards. DISASTER RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION OF VARIOUS DISASTERS FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT Majuli being a part of Assam which is surrounded by hilly areas like Arunachal Pradesh‚ Nagaland‚ Tibet and Bhutan is more prone to flood than any other disaster. Majuli suffers great loss to life
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emergency incident. These phases include mitigation‚ preparedness‚ response‚ and recovery. Mitigation is a process designed to prevent an emergency‚ reduce the chance of an emergency taking place‚ or minimizing the damaging effects of an emergency that cannot be avoided (FEMA‚ n.d.). Usually considered the first of the four phases to take place‚ an example of a mitigation activity could be something as simple as buying insurance for a property. However‚ mitigation activities can take place after an emergency
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it to improve their fields‚ prohibiting anyone from disturbing the birds and sending laborers to gather guano and carry it inland. In the 19th century‚ the bird poop was so valuable that countries went to war over it. Overharvesting of guano and overfishing of the anchoveta that is the staple of the guanay cormorant’s diet caused the population to drop from about 30 million birds in the 1950s to about 4 million today. The guano is still harvested for fertilizer. AgroRural‚ the Peruvian government
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Hampshire has an extremely unique geography that features numerous mountain ranges‚ lakes‚ and maintains an extensive coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. The state of New Hampshire also maintains the Seabrook Nuclear power plant that adds extensive mitigation and response capabilities to a potential disaster occurring with the nuclear reactor. The most common natural disasters that can strike New Hampshire include flooding‚ hurricanes‚ snow and ice storms‚ and earthquakes. Potential Threats The most
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into the water system. It should be no surprise that the river system downstream has also been affected. A decrease in freshwater flow has meant that more saltwater is creeping up the Yangtze‚ endangering fish populations already threatened by overfishing. Dams block access to tributaries and lakes where certain animals once caught food and where some created a place to live. Major changes in fish
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Four Phases of Emergency Management In this section‚ the four phases of emergency management will be defined: mitigation‚ preparedness‚ response and recovery. Mitigation Over the last decade the social and economic costs of disasters to the United States‚ and throughout the World have grown significantly. During the 1990’s‚ FEMA spent over $25.4 billion to provide disaster assistance in the United States. During that decade‚ the economic toll of natural disasters‚ world wide‚ topped $608 billion
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launching‚ Monitoring & controlling‚ and closing. The five PMLC models are: 1) Linear 2) Incremental 3) Iterative 4) Adaptive 5) Extreme Below are the five PMLC models and potential risks and failures associated with each model and its mitigation strategies: 1) Linear PMLC: This model is the simplest PMLC model‚ it is based on the TPM approach. In the linear model the relationship between the five process group is follow the sequential style. The sequential relationship means that
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