is difficult to be expressed in words and I bring together the breadth through pictures in this project. However‚ the past few decades have seen the greed and negligence of human beings working to the detriment of this rich wildlife. Large-scale poaching‚ habitat destruction and conflict with humans have resulted in a rapid decline in the population of most of the wild animals and birds. Some animals like the Indian cheetah due to this are now extinct. Conservation of Indian wildlife was not given
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Over Fishing the World Big Fish Population Insert your Name Here SCI275 Axia College of University of Phoenix The overfishing of our world’s oceans is causing a depletion of some prize fish‚ such as tuna and swordfish‚ to the point that some scientists believe that 90% of these big fish populations have been fished out. Jeremy Jackson of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography published a study in 2001 in which he asserts that overfishing is more destructive than toxic pollution or
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Wildlife in India The wildlife in India comprises a mix of species of different types of organisms.[1] Apart from a handful of the major farm animals such as cows‚ buffaloes‚ goats‚ poultry‚ pigs & sheep‚ India has an amazingly wide variety of animals native to the country. It is home to Bengal tigers‚ Asiatic lions‚ Leopards‚ Pythons‚ Wolves‚ Foxes‚ Bears‚ Crocodiles‚ Rhinoceroses‚ Camels‚ Wilddogs‚ Monkeys‚ Snakes‚ Antelope species‚Deer species‚ varieties of bison and not to mention the mighty Asian
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animals. Although dedicated conservation initiatives have taken place since their scientific discovery in 1902‚ the mountain gorillas are still at great risk from malicious human acts and other biological reasons. Factors such as habitat destruction‚ poaching‚ and a slow birth rate have made it increasingly difficult for the mountain gorilla to maintain its population. Many do not fully understand the criticality of losing an entire species. Their survival is
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The Ituri rainforest‚ found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ is one of the most biologically diverse areas in Africa. Known for its civil and tribal conflict the Democratic Republic of the Congo is also known for the Okapi Wildlife reserve. The reserve is found within the Congo River basin‚ which is considered Africa’s main drainage system. Encompassing nearly one-fifth of the Ituri Rainforest‚ the Okapi Wildlife Reserve contains many endangered mammals and birds. Included in the endangered
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The Galapagos Islands Axia College of University of Phoenix SCI/230 Introduction to Life Science Carly Davidson The Galapagos Islands The government of Ecuador needs your help to preserve the natural resources and beauty of the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos Islands were declared National Park by the government of Ecuador in the late 1950’s. More than eighty percent of the islands are protected and carefully managed (Galapagos)
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Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat loss is mainly due to human population growth‚ industrialization and changes in the land use patterns‚ poaching of wild life and man wildlife conflicts. Man has begin to overuse or misuse most of these natural ecosystems. Due to unsustainable resource-use‚ once productive forests and grasslands have been turned into deserts and wastelands have increased all over world. Scientists have estimated that human activities are likely to eliminate approximately 10 million
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The articles “Chefs Fight for Songbird” from the New York Times‚ “Cyprus jobless turn to illegal songbird trapping” from USA Today‚ and the book Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain‚ are all about types of birds that are illegal to hunt. The differences between the four pieces come when the portrayal of those who want to keep hunting the birds is in play. On one side are the French‚ who wish to continue the trapping of the ortolan; an extravagant and traditional delicacy. On the other side are the Cypriots
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The extinction of an animal species occurs when the last individual member of that species dies. Although a species may be "extinct in the wild‚" the species is not extinct until every individual‚ regardless of location‚ captivity‚ or ability to breed‚ has died. Extinction of Animals Causes There are several causes of extinction of several animal species‚ prominent among which are loss of habitat‚ extinction of animals due to deforestation‚ extinction of animals due to global warming‚ extinction
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NiCE Working Paper 07-102 December 2007 Education and training: from consumption goods to investment goods Lei Delsen Nijmegen Center for Economics (NiCE) Institute for Management Research Radboud University Nijmegen P.O. Box 9108‚ 6500 HK Nijmegen‚ The Netherlands http://www.ru.nl/nice/workingpapers Abstract Because of the prisoner ’s dilemma‚ free-riding‚ hold up and liquidity constraints schooling and training of adult employed workers fail to reach the socially-optimum
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