points of chapter one. Note that simply listing the bolded statements will get you zero points. There are key ideas and assumptions in this chapter. 2. Chapter two. Explain why incentives matter. What you think about the author’s ideas on black rhino conservation? Explain what perverse incentives are and give examples from a high school student’s life. 3. Chapter three. Summarize this chapter in 1-2 paragraphs. Why might government regulations and lawyers be a good thing? Include specific
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Rome’s military might have been small but it was mighty‚ it had excellent military tactics and strong military generals. This contributes to why they kept on winning many battles. The fights that were won prisoners of war were taken. Many of the prisoners were then sold into the gladiatorial school and tried to earn their freedom‚ fighting in the gladiator games. Most of the gladiators were slaves or condemned prisoners who were trained for the fighting in special gladiatorial schools (Spielvogel
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ORANGUTANS ARE EXTREMELY ENDANGERED DUE TO OIL PALM TREE PLANTATIONS Would you like your home taken away from you? Many animal species including the Orangutan are becoming extremely endangered because of land clearage for new palm oil plantations in the tropical rainforests of Sumatra‚ an island near Indonesia and Malaysia in south-east Asia. Sadly‚ 80% of the Orangutan’s habitat has been lost in the past 20 years due to this. The rapid loss of environment has caused the existence of these
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ESL 106 September 24‚ 2013 Humans Hurting Animal Species The extinction of animals in the world is a problem that is increasing. Every year‚ thousands of animals die. Many things that humans do are causing these extinctions and that is something we must avoid. There are three things that people do that hurt animals such as destroying their habitats; using their skin for human benefits and contaminating their environment. The destruction of natural habitat is one of the main threats faced by
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animals at the current rate‚ there will soon be none left. There is plenty of beef‚ chicken‚ fish and other meats available. 3. Don’t think of wild animal parts as having medicinal value. For most of the times it is not true. A simple fact - the rhino horn is made of the same stuff (keratin) as your finger nail. Therefore‚ if you have a fever‚ would you cook and eat your finger nail? 4. Do not think of hunting for wild animals as a sport. It may be a sport to you but it is certainly not a
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Conservation of Biodiversity One of the most pressing environmental issues today is the conservation of biodiversity. Many factors threaten the world’s biological heritage. The challenge is for nations‚ government agencies‚ organisations and individuals to protect and enhance biological diversity‚ while continuing to meet people’s needs for natural resources. Biodiversity is the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment. Biodiversity
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Prejudice is the unjustified discrimination against a particular thing‚ whether it be music‚ food‚ a breed of canine‚ a particular race of humans. Prejudice customarily stems from the nescience of people‚ prejudging anything without having first examined it. This in turn‚ forms in the minds of some and ruptures into a blind and confident opinion‚ however monstrous it is. Though ignorance is a strong characteristic of prejudice‚ family morals or even fear can develop prejudice further to become something
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grasslands. They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests. They are located in Africa‚ South America‚ India‚ and Australia .Some animals that habitat here are wildebeest warthog elephants zebras and rhinos. Savannas have warm temperature year round. Unlike here‚ there are only two very different seasons in a savanna; a very long dry winter‚ and a very wet summer. In the dry season only an average of about 4 inches of rain falls. Between
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starts‚ the earth is covered with thousands of colored flowers that take your breath away! ● From there she takes you on a game drive to the big five. ● Nowhere else in the world will you find this unique variety of wild life: Lions‚ Elephants‚ Rhino‚ Buffalo’s and Leopards. ● It is the dream of every hunter to have a trophy of one of these animals as part of his hunting collection- ● Says Peter Wakeford in the magazine “Go” of Oct 08. ● A mother definitely spoils her child. ● South Africa
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has a strong motivation to make sure at least some of them remain alive.”(Alex Dymoke).It proves how having trophy hunting makes sure that some animals stay alive compared to them all being coming extinct. Another example is‚ “ South Africa’s white rhinos numbered only 1‚800 when trophy hunting started there in 1968. Today they’re almost 20‚000.”(Emslie‚Richard‚ and Michael Knight). It shows statistics of how trophy hunting has gradually brought the population of a low numbered animal population
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