our shrinking world The daily life of human beings is filled with simple concerns. The concerns are rightfully of acquisition and desire: who should matter more to the human other than the human itself? The natural drive of procreation has evolved beyond continuance of species. People now strive to fill the earth with their personal seed: they feel the need for family‚ and preservation of legacy. This need has boosted the human population to extravagant numbers‚ and now our planet is showing signs
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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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Ecosystems: Change and Challenge The Structure of Ecosystems Ecosystem: a dynamic‚ stable system characterised by the interaction of plants and animals with each other and with the non-living components of the environment The components of an ecosystem are categorised as either biotic and abiotic Biotic means the living environment‚ components include: i). Vegetation (living and decomposing) ii). Mammals‚ insects‚ birds and microorganisms Biomass-the mass of material in the bodies
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RuPaul Charles RuPaul Andre Charles rose to become one of the most famous American actor‚ author‚ recording artist‚ and model in the 1990s‚ and was best known as mononymously as RuPaul. As a person who appeared regularly in different variety of television programs‚ musical albums‚ and films‚ being famous could just be described as the reward for hardworking. Born in San Diego‚ California on November 17‚ 1960‚ RuPaul was named by his mother‚ who was a native of Louisiana. The prefix “Ru” was adopted
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of Borneo and Sumatra are considered the focused areas for Palm Oil collection. The deforestation of these islands have brought Orangutans on the endangered list‚ but these species aren’t the only ones endangered. The Sumatran tiger‚ elephant and rhino are considered critically endangered; which makes the Palm Oil industry the “single most immediate threat to the greatest number of species.” Indigenous tribes are also facing the negative effects of deforestation. Many tribes are pressured or forced
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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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