eco-tourism helps placate local residents who view elephants as pests. The illegal ivory trade has skyrocketed in recent years. Decreasing the demand for ivory is essential. Never buy‚ sell‚ or wear ivory. Write to your politicians to speak out against poaching. (Americans can write a letter to the Secretary of State on the Wildlife Conservation Society website.) For information on organizations that combat the illegal ivory trade‚ see National Geographic’s page‚ Blood Ivory: How to Help. In addition‚
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droughts. To protect our flora fauna and habitats‚ protected areas called sanctuaries ‚ national parks and biosphere reserves have been earmarked. Plantation‚ cultivation‚ grazing‚ felling trees‚ hunting and poaching are prohibited there. Sanctuaries are Areas where animals are protected from any disturbance to them and their habitat.National parks are Areas reserved for wild life where they can freely use the habitats and natural
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Viet Nam is known that is a center of world’s species diversity with a abundant natural ecosystems like: mangrove forests‚ limestones‚ seas v.v with characteristics of the tropical climates. It is a habitat and development of many endemic wild species valuable‚ some of them can’t be found anywhere else in the world. Viet Nam has many valuable wild genetic resources‚ especially medicinal plants‚ the flowers and tropical plants‚ v.v. Biodiversity in Vietnam is the great value in many different aspects
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Giant Panda Facts (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Giant panda. John J. Mosesso What animal is black and white and loved all over the world? If you guessed the giant panda‚ you’re right! The giant panda is also known as the panda bear‚ bamboo bear‚ or in Chinese as Daxiongmao‚ the “large bear cat.” In fact‚ its scientific name means “black and white catfooted animal.” Giant pandas are found only in the mountains of central China— in small isolated areas of the north and central
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The UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 defined biodiversity as being the variability between all living organisms‚ terrestrial‚ marine and aquatic. This includes the diversity within species‚ between species and of ecosystems. A reasonable standard of living does not mean that a person should live at a luxury level‚ but neither does it mean that a person should only live at a subsistence level. It should be somewhere in between where the person can afford to eat nutritious food‚ buy clothes
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THE PERCEIVED NEGATIVITY OF BEING A FAN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AUDIENCE/ARTIST RHETORIC How fans communities create new rhetoric and meanings‚ and how can the creation of said rhetoric challenge the negative perceptions non-fans have of them? In the wake of Liam Payne’s new baby‚ and the several reactions of fans and anti-fans I decided to take a closer look at the rhetoric between artist and fans‚ as well as the ill perceived image of fans by other audiences. In 2013 the movie “This Is Us”
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ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN INDIA BY DIVISION OF EDUCATION SERVICES (VISITOR SERVICES) NMNH (MoEF)‚ NEW DELHI ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN INDIA • Critically Endangered species in India According to the Red Data Book of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)‚ there are 47 critically endangered species in India (As of 5 September 2011 (2011-0905) • The Red list of 2012 is out on 18 february 2012 at Rio +20 Earth Summit. Red List has listed 132 species of plants and animals as Critically Endangered
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Thai Elephants and its significant to Thai Culture and History The elephant‚ the giant size animal with enormous power and gentle heart‚ is a living creature that have special place in Thai’s heart. It has been the icon of Thai tradition‚ culture and royal power through centuries since the old Siam. The thousand and thousand years of relationship between Thai people and elephants are even recorded and can be found abundantly on the pages of Thai’s historical book. Because of their long association
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housing‚ social security‚ employment‚ Explosive growth‚ hunger‚ malnutrition‚ mass starvation‚ increasing consumption‚ encroachment on monuments‚ stress on common social facilities‚ stress on civic services‚ Demographic Transition‚ pollution‚ Jhooming‚ poaching and killing‚ destruction of habitats‚ water crisis‚ epidemics Overpopulation is a generally undesirable condition where an organism’s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. The term often refers to the relationship between the
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War with the availability of firearms and motorised transport and the demand for sport hunting‚ the Arabian oryx became extinct in the wild in 1972 when the last recorded animal was shot‚ after the success of re-introduced herds during the 1990s‚ poaching once again has become a serious threat . * The Arabian oryx is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List Illustration
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