community of highly impactful individuals that will positively change the communities around us. I already do this in my high school with the National Honor Society by volunteering for different events around my community in forms of beautifying‚ reforestation‚ and giving back to my fellow citizens. I also expect to work together and collaborate ideas with my fellow peers to pursue our goals of completing a post-secondary education that not many high school students around the nation have the opportunity
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Deforestation often takes place as an effect of overpopulation‚ urbanization‚ economical reasons and government’s corruption. Due to urbanization‚ the demand for housings will rise‚ causing more land to be cleared in order for more housing to be built to house the locals. Forests are cleared for agricultural purposes‚ such as to grow more crops on a bigger area of land. These crops are sources of food for people. Materials from the trees‚ such as timber‚ are used for making furniture and paper products
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have already addressed the issue and started to protect and preserve our planet’s forest. Some countries that have realized the importance of forest‚ have already reported positive net change of forest over the past years using the process of reforestation and natural expansion of forest‚ however‚ there are still countries that report negative change over the past years. Unfortunately‚ Honduras is among those countries reporting negative change. Driving factors of Deforestation in Honduras
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signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act in 1933‚ allowing government to build dams along the Tennessee River. He believed that this would control flooding and generate inexpensive hydroelectric power for the people in the region. TVA encouraged reforestation and proper land use‚ and agricultural and industrial development. In May‚ Congress passed a bill
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agencies were started to provide employment opportunities in severe economically disadvantaged areas‚ including the Tennessee Valley Authority‚ which built hydroelectric dams in the Tennessee River and the Civilian Conservation Corps worked on reforestation and conservation. There were two major programs started to stabilize the economy. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration raised agricultural prices by monetary incentives offered to farmers who voluntarily limited production. The National Recovery
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Natural resources are useful materials or substances that exist in the environment like land‚ water‚ sun‚ trees‚ oil‚ minerals‚ etc. Natural resources are generally classified as renewable resources and non-renewable resources. Resource depletion means exhaustion of natural resources in a certain region. When the rate of consumption of these resources exceeds the rate at which they are restored‚ depletion of resources occurs. The utilization of natural resources has increased considerably due to
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trees in mountains and forests were carelessly cut down‚ it would take hundreds of years to replace them. Reforestation or tree farming is one of the projects undertaken by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to replace the trees that have cut down in the forest. In tree farms‚ selective farming is done for a constant supply of young trees for reforestation activities. Preventing forest fires is also another way of conserving our trees. Let us do our part in saving
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Global warming is an increase in the earth’s surface temperature that has affected numerous life forms on the earth. The source of global warming is the release of more and more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere‚ such as carbon dioxide‚ resulting in the greenhouse effect. Now let me talk about why global warming is the threat to living things. 1. What is the difference between a. and a. Melting Icebergs As the earth warms‚ the icebergs at the North and South Poles melt‚ making it more difficult
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Air pollution Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment‚ into the atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s
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Henry “Hal” McVey wrote a comprehensive article on the importance of industrial minerals in a typical first-world person’s life. I say first-world because not every single person in the entire world could relate to what he calls “a normal working day”. A working person in the Philippines could probably identify with some but not in all the routines. Nevertheless‚ McVey was successful in putting into light the many uses of non-metallic minerals in our everyday lives. He succeeded in providing a “broad
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