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    Indigenous Australians have been statistically shown to suffer from a substantial disadvantage in terms of health status in comparison to that of non Aboriginal Australians. This is typically due to impoverishment and associated with inequality of interconnected health services including limited access to a multitude services‚ education‚ employment and environmental factors‚ all of which contribute to the overall physical and mental health of an individual. Impacts of such are shown to be an increased

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    Stolen Generations 30‚000 years ago Australian Aborigines migrated from Asia (Ricco Villanueva Siasoco). They brought beliefs‚ rituals‚ and culture with them. During the 1950s to the 1960s‚ the Indigenous people were forcibly removed by the government and missionaries when Europeans started to occupied Australia. Children were ripped away from their parents and were adopted or sent to institutions. The adults were sent to live in white communities which exposed they to new diseases and

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    The Indigenous People of Australia have varying views and opinions on how their unique traditions and ancient heritage should be described and portrayed for the wider community to observe. One of the opinions that the Aboriginal people hold concerning this is that they eagerly desire outsiders to know about their proud heritage‚ customs and traditions. They glance back through recent history and realise the impact of the migrating Europeans on their own unique culture. The Aboriginal People pass

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    Land is significant for Aboriginal people today because it is integral to Aboriginal identity‚ cultural upholding and the potential enhancement of socioeconomic prominence. Aboriginal people have diverse relationships with‚ and connections to the understandings of the Australian environment and land. Some of these associations are based on the traditional experiences and practices that have been passed down from generation to generation‚ whilst others have developed from the several impacts of colonisation

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    I’m Faith bin Mohd Jasmi‚ The Honorary Secretary‚of Village Residents’ Committee Bukit Aman Sentosa urge to all residents of the park to jointly protest against the construction of Linex factory that is being planned by an international company based on the billboard project numbered PP / SRKJ92-08/34.This objection is based on the motion proposed by a committee member of the resident that was held on January 15 2012.The proposed was unanimously supported by all members of the committee who came

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    NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN    Definitions  A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation

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    settlement? They were ideal because they were ideal because they were by rivers so you would always have drinking water. The valleys also had some of the best farmland. The farmland was so fertile because‚ the snow on the mountains would melt and flood the rivers‚ so the silt would make the soil fertile. They were also ideal because you could use the rivers for trading. How were the Indus and Ganges river valleys affected by the land nearby? They were affected by the mountains because‚ the melted

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    DISASTER MANAGEMENT’S PROJECT Handling Natural Disasters – Tsunami Made By – {name} What to do BEFORE a Tsunami * Find out if your home‚ school‚ workplace‚ or other frequently visited locations are in tsunami hazard prone areas. * Know the height of your street above sea level and the distance of your street from the coast or other high-risk waters. * Plan evacuation routes from your home‚ school‚ workplace or any other place you could be where tsunamis present a risk. *

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    immense body of water where there was none before? (c) Negative effects on building damns (d) Negative impact on the ecosystem‚ people who have to move‚ economy and health (3) Negative effects on the ecosystem -when a big dam is built‚ it may flood several thousand square miles of land -all living things will be drowned (ex. Plants‚ insects‚ etc.) -everything changes (ex. the chemistry of the water‚ habitat of fish‚ etc.) Negative effects on the Baoules because of moving to another settlement

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    use hydroelectric dams.) Advantages of Hydroelectric Dams Some advantages of hydroelectric dam is that they do not pollute the air or the earth. To make a hydroelectric dam it costs a lot of money‚ unless the 4 dam is going to be built for floods or irrigation‚ and if so the cost of building the dam will be shared. Hydroelectric dams is renewable because the sun makes the water evaporate from the oceans‚ or sea so we keep having water run though the dam and the dam keeps creating electricity

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