of Asia’s tropical rainforests‚ with over 500‚000 orangutans spread over 162 million hectares. Today‚ only around 20‚000 orangutans are left‚ mostly due to 80% of their forest home being destroyed. One of the main reasons that the rainforests in Sumatra (Indonesia) and Borneo (Malaysia) are decreasing rapidly is because of palm oil plantations. Millions of hectares are lost each year due to this industry‚ so in this environmental issues research assignment‚ I will be looking at the palm oil plantations
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CHOLA KINGS Introduction : (http://indianhistory-ace.blogspot.in/2010/04/chola-dynasty-kings-list.html) & (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_dynasty) The Chola empire was a kingdom which existed in South India.They had Tamilian origins but ruled large tracts of lands in adjoining Andhra‚ Kerala‚ and Karnataka. Because of their naval power‚ they also colonised their kingdom included in the same the present day countries of Sri Lanka‚ Maldives‚ Malaysia‚ and Indonesia. Their trading
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"One-time permission to reproducegrantedby Harvard Business School Publishing." HARvARD | "rsru Ess I ttlrooL 9-511-015 DECEMBER 17‚ 2OIO DAVID E. BELL NATALIE KINDRED Asian Agri and the Future of Palm Oil Dato Yeo How‚ president of Indonesian palm oil producer Asian Agri Group‚ read with dismay the news in the July 7‚2010‚ edition of the Singapore Straits TimesrGreenpeace/an environmental nongovemmental organization (NGO)‚ was calling for a boycott of Golden Agri‚ one of Asian
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents…………………………………………………………..1 Introduction……………………………………………………………….. 2 Literature Review * Linguistics…………………………………………………………. 4 * Phonology………………………………………………………......5 * Pronunciation……………………………………………………….6 * Listening……………………………………………………………6 * Company profile……………………………………………………8 Research Methodology * Research Design…………………………………………………...14 * Population and Sample…………………………………………….14 * The Research Instrument…………………………………………
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Natural Calamities A natural calamity is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of‚ or effecting‚ the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural calamity can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. A natural calamity are the side effects or the after effects
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( DPLP 1112 ) DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION ISLAMIC STUDIES ( B ) PROGRESSIVE ENGLISH BOOK 1 PREPARED FOR : MISS NATASHA BINTI ARIFFIN PREPARED BY : NADIA NUR AMIRAH BINTI CHE SEMAN 1053030 PAGE 29 ( TASK 10 ) Choose one of the topics below and write a journal entry of not less than 100 words on it. 4. THE MOST EMBARRASING MOMENT IN MY LIFE. PAGE 47‚ 49 COMPREHENSION A. FIND THE FACTS ANSWERS: DIFFICULTY | DETAILS | MONEY | 1. 2. 3. | CLOTHES | 1. three
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Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to South and Southeast Asia‚ from where it has been distributed worldwide to become one of the most cultivated fruits in the tropics. The highest concentration of Mangifera genus is situated in western part of Malesia (Sumatra‚ Java and Borneo) and in Burma and India. While other Mangifera species (e.g. horse mango‚ M. foetida) are also grown on a more localized basis‚ Mangifera indica – the ’common mango’ or ’Indian mango’ – is the only mango tree commonly cultivated in
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the region to base its merchant fleet‚ and to forestall any advance made by the Dutch. Singapore‚ already an up-and-coming trading post along the Malacca Straits‚ seemed ideal. Raffles‚ then the Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu) in Sumatra‚ landed in Singapore on 29 January 1819. Recognising the immense potential of the swamp-covered island‚ he helped negotiate a treaty with the local rulers and established Singapore as a trading station. The city quickly grew as an entrepot trade hub
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Tectonics Division of Pakistan Defination: Tectonics zones of Pakistan are the Eurasian Plate‚ Arabian Plate and Indian Plate which is part of Indo-Australian Plate. Eurasian Plate: The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia)‚ with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent‚ the Arabian subcontinent‚ and the area east of the Chersky Range in East Siberia. It also
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Earthquakes in Japan The Japan is located in an area where several continental and oceanic plates meet and create a major fault line; this is the cause of frequent earthquakes and the presence of many volcanoes and hot springs across Japan. If earthquakes occur below or close to the ocean‚ they may trigger tidal waves known as tsunami. Historic earthquakes Here is a brief history of earthquake in Japan. Many parts of this country have experienced devastating earthquakes and tidal waves in the
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