Wreaking Havoc: Natural and Man-made Most of the time‚ disasters are the head of the news. We receive daily news about disastrous events in our world. What can we do about these disasters? Could we stop it from devastating the world? We cannot put our blames to the nature. Natural disasters are certainly beyond human control. But human action and inaction can intensely affect their outcome‚ exacerbating or mitigating their effects on people. Different catastrophes alarm us-earthquake‚ flood
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Roosevelt’s New Deal Cora E. Parks January 16 2013 The New Deal was a series of programs created by the 32nd President of the United States‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ during a time of economic depression to help the poor and destitute people of the nation by creating jobs‚ providing economic recovery‚ helping restore damaged areas in the U.S.‚ and much more. In 1932‚ when the American public voted President Herbert Hoover out of office‚ they were searching for an end
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How does deforestation contribute to the loss of biodiversity in the Amazon? Introduction The Amazon rainforest is the world’s greatest remaining natural resource‚ and the most powerful and bio actively diverse natural wonder on the planet. Its size is so great that if the Amazonian were to be a country‚ it would be the ninth largest in the world. It covers more than 1.2 billion acres of land‚ and has approximately 6.47 square kilometres of rainforest; making up 54% of the word’s rainforests. The
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Dust Bowl Would you enjoy eating a bowl of dust? That doesn’t sound appealing‚ does it? Well‚ the people in the driest regions of the plains had to in the 1930’s. This was the time of the Dirty Thirties. Tough time for them. The Dirty Thirties was also the time of the Dust Bowl. What was the Dust Bowl you may ask. According to History.com‚ “The Dust Bowl was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought.” The Dust Bowl occurred in the 150‚000 square-mile area surrounding
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Region: China Author: Zhou Yun‚ Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Consortium Member: Green Earth Volunteers (China) Status: Funded and Ongoing Budget: $1430 Collected: $1430 Needs: $0 Result: To continue this education and reforestation project‚ in response to increasing interest from new schools in the Beijing and Xinjiang areas. Donors: Ron Blum‚ Massachusetts [September 2002]; Lydia Thompson and the 6th floor MADEP‚ Massachusetts [October 2002]; Rachael Sharon for the Fifth
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“The United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (Agencies) have issued a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (the 2006 EIS)‚ potentially allowing over 140 timber projects that have been enjoined since January‚ 2006 to proceed” (Till). The forest sequestration controversy‚ also known as old-growth vs. young-growth forests‚ is a controversial topic in not only the United States but in places all over the world. Some believe that old growth trees should be cut down
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Intro Forest Conservation is the practice of planting and maintaining forested areas for the benefit and sustainability of future generations. Around the year 1900 in the United States‚ forest conservation became popular with the uses of natural resources. It is the upkeep of the natural resources within a forest that are beneficial to both humans and the ecosystem. Forest conservation acts to maintain‚ plan‚ and improve forested areas. Forests provide wildlife with a suitable habitat for living
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| Tourist Attractions HISTORICAL STONE MARKER OF YOSHITOI’S GRAVE – Located at Poblacion Manolo Fortich‚ Bukidnon. This stone‚ inscribed with Japanese character marks the grave of high-ranking Japanese official killed during the World War II. Roughly elliptical and measuring about 2 feet and 1 foot across‚ the stone bears two sets of inscriptions which when translated‚ means “On this spot died Miyazaki Yoshitoi‚ chief of army and Emperor Chiao. In memory of Kaji Battalion‚ May 8‚ 1942
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classified under the family of Rubiaceae. Apart from kelempayan and laran‚ it also known as kadam‚ bur-flower tree‚ mai sa kho‚ kalempajan and jabon. Since it is a fast-growing tree species with a tall and straight bole‚ it is suitable to be used for reforestation in watersheds or eroded area and windbreaks in agroforestry systems. It is distributed in the Indo-Malesian region extending from India to Papua New Guinea (Ismail‚ Jusoh & Sahri‚ 1995). In general‚ Neolamarckia cadamba can be classified to four
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course of this report I will be focusing on what tree plantation is‚ the advantages and disadvantages of tree plantations and how tree plantations can be used for our future benefits. What is Tree Plantations? Tree plantation‚ also known as reforestation or afforestation‚ is a process of transplanting tree seedlings generally for forestry‚ land reclamation‚ or landscaping purposes. It involves planting seedlings over an area of land where de-forestation has taken place by human activities such
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