AJM MCHS Young Scientists’ Club Science Book Report Louise Montenegro 24 III-13 December 5‚ 2012 100 Heartbeats The Race to Save Earth’s Most Endangered Species Introduction Title: 100 Heartbeats Author: Jeff Corwin Credentials: Jeff Corwin has been working for wildlife
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Habitat loss—due to destruction‚ fragmentation or degradation of habitat—is the primary threat to the survival of wildlife in the United States. When an ecosystem has been dramatically changed by human activities—such as agriculture‚ oil and gas exploration‚ commercial development or water diversion—it may no longer be able to provide the food‚ water‚ cover‚ and places to raise young. Every day there are fewer places left that wildlife can call home. There are three major kinds of habitat
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value of illegal wildlife trade. Experts at TRAFFIC‚ the wildlife trade monitoring network‚ estimate that it runs into hundreds of millions of dollars.” (2015). Tigers‚ Elephants‚ Rhinos‚ and even sea creatures like turtles are just a few animals that are being poached for this trade. The elephants for their ivory and Rhinos for their horns‚ is all that a poacher is after and metric tons of the stuff is being seized. The question to that is‚ how much is getting through that nobody knows about? Plants
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Sime Darby Berhad l Laporan Tahunan 2012 139 Corporate Social Responsibility DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THROUGH SHARED VALUE CREATION 140 Sime Darby Berhad l Annual Report 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility The Netherlands • R&D and promotion of sustainable palm oil Liberia Community engagements: • Infrastructure development • Facilities provision • Medical services • Scholarships & educational aid Malaysia • Conservation of ecosystems and protection
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According to Webster’s dictionary‚ speciesism is the assumption of human superiority leading to the exploitation of animals. It was present by Singer in Animal Liberation. In his book‚ he explains his argument against how animals are abused for human benefit because of the common thought that humans are superior to animals. His position is that animals should be treat with the same respect as human beings instead of subpar. Singer makes it clear that animals are equal to humans‚ not inferior‚ and
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Portfolio Assignment SUS1501 – Sustainability and Greed Student Name: Student Number: Date: Teaching Assistant Name: Declaration: By submitting this portfolio‚ I implicitly declare that this is my own work except for the “Introduction” which was kindly written for me by my lecturer. Introduction My aim in compiling this portfolio was to reflect on the things that have struck me throughout this crazy module. My starting point for doing this was to revisit my opinions
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Introduction Masai Mara is "The" park of parks in Kenya. Its grass-carpeted smooth hills‚ the chocolate Mara river waters with frolicking hippos‚ as well as the rich faunal diversity‚ fulfill the expectations of any visitor searching the African landscapes portraited in motion pictures such as "Out of Africa" or "Mogambo". The Masai Mara is Kenya’s finest wildlife sanctuary . It is a large park reserve in south-western Kenya‚ which is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti
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year. ▪ It is known that the trade is used to finance drug and arms trade as well. ▪ In 2011 23 metric tons of ivory was seized: That represents 2‚500 elephants annamiticus.com 5 Most endangered species due to illegal animal trade Animal Why? 1.Rhinos Their horns; It’s partly due to the rumor that their horns can cure cancer and hangovers. 3. Marine turtles Being hunted for their meat and eggs due to wide demand for both. Turtles are also a product of bycatch . 4. Elephants 5. Sharks One word:
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Poaching Poaching‚ as defined by Webster‚ is the illegal practice of trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission. Today‚ that definition seems slightly vague as the nature of poaching has changed drastically in recent years. Poaching is an ever growing epidemic that plagues every continent of this world. Animals of every type are pursued for a variety of economic reasons despite the ecological consequences associated with disrupting the natural
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so that the case of illegal poaching still increasing in every year. Now‚ the most serious illegal poaching countries are Asia‚ Europe and Africa. These are countries which have many wild animals and danger species‚ for example tigers‚ elephants‚ rhinos and others animals. Therefore‚ poachers always choose these three countries to hunting wilds animals. They also the hunting animals live in sea‚ for instance sharks‚ whales‚ turtle and others type of marine animals. This type of illegal hunting has
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