4.3.1 State the arguments for preserving species and habitats. Why conserve biodiversity? The values of biodiversity can be classified as either direct values or indirect values (see pp.119-120 in the IB ESS Course Companion): • Direct values - can be (relatively) easily calculated • goods harvested & destroyed for consumption (eating) or sale in a market • generally physical commodities of some sort • private goods - value accrues to the owner of the resource • Examples:
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saving the Pacific Salmon English 101 4/26/2011 Saving the Pacific Salmon Salmon are one of the most important fish species in the world‚ and in the Pacific Northwest the fish are a way of life for many species of plants and animals‚ including humans. The major problem that humans are facing is that the population of wild salmon is dangerously low as compared to historic numbers due to over-fishing and human degradation (including dams‚ chemical pollution and land use impacts.). Pacific Salmon
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Week 7‚ Assignment 4 Saving Toyota’s Reputation Robin S. Klombers Jack Welch Management Institute Dr. Ardith Bowman‚ Professor JWI 505 Business Communications August 26‚ 2012 Audience Analysis The assignment was to specifically rebuild Toyota’s public-facing reputation. I consider this to be both to customers‚ as well as from a brand management perspective‚ potential customers. In addition‚ I have considered the driver of another vehicle brand‚ who may recognize the Toyota logo
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1. Ningaloo Marine Park Description and Values Located on the remote western coast of Australia‚ the Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP) is the hidden treasure of the country and can be easily compared to the Great Barrier Reef. Listed UNESCO Word Heritage in 2011‚ it has one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world‚ stretching over 300 kilometers (UNESCO‚ 2015). The marine park has an unique bio diversity. It is the home of over 500 species of fish‚ manta rays‚ turtles and over 200 varieties of coral
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trends have moved into showing the truth about war and not the glorified and exciting action adventures of past decades. Saving Private Ryan (1998)‚ directed by Steven Spielberg has possibly made the most impact out of any war film. Gary Rydstrom created the sound for the film and won an Academy Award for best sound and best sound editing. The sound that was created and used in Saving Private Ryan created authenticity by using realistic sound‚ narrative and dialogue. Sound in particular has been influenced
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duties they are going to apply when they will create a new one in the same spot as a historical building which they are going to destroy. I think it’s the only and best way to save them and use them instead of destroying it and creating it a new one. Saving a historical building is a valuable thing to do because a historical building contains a lot of histories and values. And if the government redecorates these buildings and keep those in the original designs as much as possible then they will achieve
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The purpose of this memorandum is to outline Robyn’s Gilcrist’s situation and to help establish her priorities on her first day at work. On April 12‚ Mr. Boswell appointed Ms. Gilcrist as the president of Yellowtail Marine after the sudden death of Olaf Gunerson. As a walk-in president‚ Robyn must learn the business to be a credible leader. She brings an impressive track record in sales and marketing with great results. Her long term goal with Yellowtail Marina is to have a controlling interest
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Alexandra Simmons Professor Collum English 1302.0410 February 21‚ 2013 “Saving Sourdi” Part I In “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai‚ the author creates Sourdi and Nea’s characters using description‚ narration‚ dialog‚ and commentary. Description “Sourdi looked like a statue that had been rescued from the sea. She was smooth where I had angles and soft where I was bone. Sourdi’s face was round‚ her nose low and wide‚ her eyes crescent-shaped like the quarter moon‚ her hair sleek as seaweed.
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international mosaic. Most of these immigrants have difficulty integrating into the U.S. society because their own cultural baggage‚ frames of references and convictions do prevent them from effectively taking on the new culture. The two stories‚ "Saving Sourdi" by May-Lee Chai and “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ are about becoming Americanized through women’s rights and arranged marriages. In the story‚ “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ after the death of her husband‚ Sumita
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101 1-5-09 Compare and Contrast A Sorrowful Woman by Gail Godwin and “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai are two stories about how family will always be there for you‚ no matter what. The central themes in both of these stories are similar‚ but the methods the authors use to portray them differ. May-Lee Chai was the first of her family to be born in the United States‚ so it wasn’t hard for her to relate while writing “Saving Sourdi”‚ which is about a struggling Asian family living in the south. Growing
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