One of the World’s great environmental problems - Water The water problem is today one of the greatest problems the world faces. The UN calculates that if the present development continues the 2/3 of the world population will live with serious water scarcity or nearly without water by the year 2025. The UN calculates that one should have 100 litres of water pr day to manage. This is for everything - home consumption‚ agriculture‚ industry‚ etc. Many people today have less than 50 litres‚ and in
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT: PARADOX AND REALITY[1] BY AbbasBashir Department of Geography‚ School of Envirinmental sciences‚ Modibbo Adama University of Technology‚Yola‚ Nigeria Email: bashirmafindi@yahoo.com Introduction The Nigerian nation like most other developing countries have shown high regards for‚ and indeed embarked on different schemes and policies of industrial development because it is generally believed that industrialization
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Chemistry Types pf Compounds * Homogeneous mixtures are composed of one or more parts that look as one. * Heterogeneous mixtures consist of two or more substances and do not look as one. * Compounds are two or more elements that are chemically combined. * Matter that contains more than one kind of particle. * Elements are pure substances that cannot be broken down into smaller parts. * Solutions are a mixture of one or more substances and is homogeneous. * Pure substances
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As the years pass by‚ the world becomes a more diversified place in which to live. With the advent of faster and safer travel options‚ along with the prospects of bettering one’s life‚ people are becoming more susceptible to the idea of relocation. This means that an individual’s culture is no longer stymied to one location on the map. With this in mind‚ it is vital to understand the five themes of geography. By doing so‚ one can determine why a particular location may be preferred‚ what makes a
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Forestry and Bioenergy CDM Carbon Projects in Africa Lessons drawn from the CASCADe programme in Benin and Senegal Article under the direction of Françoise d’Estais and Robert Vergnes. Mme Françoise d’Estais is Program Manager at the United Nations Environment Programme in charge of carbon finance - francoise.destais@unep.org . Mr. Robert Vergnes is a member of the panel of experts to the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) of the UNFCCC‚ and Practice Leader of Energy & Climate Change
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Important Forest Trees And Their Uses ( Originally Published 1922 ) Of our native trees‚ the white pine is one of the best and most valuable. It is a tall straight tree that grows to a height of 100 to 150 feet. It produces wood that is light in weight and easy to work because it is so soft. At ‚one time there were extensive pine forests in the northeastern states. Many of the trees were very large‚ and occasionally one may still see pine stumps that are 5 to 6 feet in diameter. White pine made fine
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GEOG 1003: Contemporary Global Environmental Issues Climate Change and Religions: The Importance of Religion in Climate Change Yeung Chung Yiu‚ The University of Hong Kong ABSTRACT Despite our deep scientific understanding in climate change‚ little is known about the relationship between religion and climate change. This paper argues that religion plays a critical role in climate change‚ by both the worldviews and values portrayed and emphasized by religions‚ and the reach and influence of
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Cassio Martingo Filho. November‚ 2013 Research Paper The impact of the expansion of Panama Canal In a competitive world‚ companies are always looking for new opportunities to reduce their operation costs‚ and transportation cost is responsible for a portion of the total costs it is one of fields that is most studied to get this reduction. Because of that‚ the expansion of Panama Canal will change world trade‚ and it will change many aspects of the transportation system. So the focus of
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AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT There are two different purposes of air quality management. One is to achieve and maintain such levels of air quality to protect the health of the public. Second is to prevent damage to plant and animal life and property‚ and to encourage social and economic development in the country. Chapter I Standards Section 3. Ambient Air Quality Standards. There shall be established ambient air quality standards which shall prescribe the maximum concentration of air pollutants permissible
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Abstract Problem: Problem focused on observed contamination of the Iloilo River which could threaten the quality of water and conditions of living of plants and animals‚ as well as human beings residing in its riverbanks. Emergence of the problem was probably caused by households‚ businesses‚ and industries indiscriminately dumping their garbage‚ sewage‚ and waste into the river. Methods: Research design was quasi-experimental in nature‚ using mixed methods of analysis leading towards
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