country has 1‚103 species of birds‚ 261 mammals‚ 407 reptiles‚ 76 amphibians‚ and 6‚500 species of plants. An elaborate system of National Parks and Reserves and other sanctuaries has been established to protect and conserve these wildlife resources. However due to unplanned changes in land use and destruction of habitats‚ there has been gradual loss of habitats and species. Recent surveys indicate significant decrease in wildlife numbers both in and outside protected areas during the last three
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There are certainly lessons here for other businesses. First of all‚ companies pollute the environment a lot. Some examples are: * Air‚ water‚ and soil pollution from toxic wastes * Global warming from greenhouse gas emissions * Natural resource depletion The government has to make regulation‚ because most of the companies don’t clean up their mess. But when companies have social responsibility the government don’t have to do that. After some experience innovations will occur to
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materials flow through the economy is explained in her video. Extraction is where the people cut down all of the trees using up all the water and basic resources that are provided to us naturally. We use these resources to make our products which is harming the environment. Production uses the resources we cut down and take from the natural environment and mix it with harmful toxic chemicals and also takes energy to do this. There are 100‚000 synthetic chemicals in use to make all of these products
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Hardin’s theory that a misguided or mistaken use of the human ethics is catastrophic and will result in what he called "Tragedy of the Commons". In this article‚ Hardin explains that "commons" are resources shared by the society as a whole with access to that "commons" without restrictions. Those are resources with maximum capacity and limit to support its usage. In his example on the herdsman‚ Hardin demonstrated the irrational behavior and unethical thinking of an individual for his own advantage to
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destroy the Earth in the next 20 years. Our business practices are destroying our Earth‚ cutting away our forests‚ wiping out protected and non-protected animals‚ using up natural resources and most don’t know or sadly don’t care. Businesses don’t have the time or patience to worry about the environment but when all the resources are depleted‚ then what will they do? Big companies are trying to do small things like telling the workers to recycle or dedicating trees on their property to help stimulate
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a thousand people acting towards such a simple goal‚ preservation and conservation of wildlife habitat. That is sure to achieve some sort of solution. Some projects accomplished in Palawan by the WWF are the conservation of the tubbataha reefs natural marine park‚ by implementing policies like diving fees and expansion of park boundaries to increase marine biomass. Another‚ is an ongoing program which focuses on the management of reef fisheries and marketing accessibility for sustainably produced
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knowledge of those who live on it‚ and depriving thousands of their livelihood. As Thomas Pogge notes‚ this is completely unacceptable. It’s morally unjust for those who already have plenty to attempt to make more by depriving a country of its national resources and plunging its people into poverty. These rubber barons should stop‚ and they also have a duty to return what’s possible and necessary in order to restore the people to a reasonable living standard. They aren’t entitled to the land or to benefits
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or to protect. After my research‚ I do believe that humans can actually harvest forest resources in an environmentally friendly way. Does that mean we should? In my opinion‚ I think that each situation is different‚ based on the use of the land and what the condition of the land is that is trying to be used. In the case of the Bridger Teton National forest‚ I do feel that it should be left in its natural state. For so many years this land has been untouched‚ untamed and undiscovered. To take
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themselves‚ but also the environment and everyone around them. Conserving energy is important because most of our current energy sources are not renewable. When using renewable resources such as biomass‚ water‚ geothermal‚ wind‚ and solar there will be fewer pollutants in the air. Nonrenewable resources such as coal‚ petroleum‚ natural gases‚ and nuclear power take millions of years to reform again and eventually will become to costly to harvest then humans would have to other sources for energy.
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Tina Kenny 17.07.14 Unit 529: Mange physical resources Outcome 1: Understand the importance of sustainability when using physical resources. 1.1 explain the importance of using sustainable resources. Answer: Sustainable resource management deals with the protection of all natural resources. People investigate how we use resources‚ how we should use them (which isn’t always how we do use them)‚ what affects them‚ and how they can be best protected and preserved. They try to manage the way
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