Wildlife Conservation Introduction Favoured with a unique geographical location and varied landforms‚ India is home to about one third of known life forms in the world. There are over 500 species of mammals and 2060 species of birds that are truly Indian. Rapid growth of human and livestock population since the turn of the century and the consequent pressure on land due to development have taken an increasingly heavy toll on the country wilderness. One of the major threats facing wildlife is the
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are only a few other languages that have an equivalent native word. In Acehnese language‚ the words are ië beuna[11] or alôn buluëk[12] (depending on the dialect). In Tamil language‚ it is aazhi peralai. On Simeulue island‚ off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia‚ in Devayan language the word is smong‚ while inSigulai language it is emong.[13] In Singkil (in Aceh province) and surrounding‚ the people name tsunami with word gloro.[14] ------------------------------------------------- History
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Guinea. The tsunami destroyed homes and killed about 2200 of its people. The worst and most destructive of these Tsunami was the December 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia. This was a result of an undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean near the Island of Sumatra. The Tsunami caused
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Palm oil is under increasing scrutiny in relation to its effects on the environment. Palm oil‚ produced from the oil palm‚ is a basic source of income for many of the world’s rural poor in South East Asia‚ Central and West Africa‚ and Central America. An estimated 1.5 million small farmers grow the crop in Indonesia‚ whereas about 500‚000 people are directly employed in the sector in Malaysia‚ plus those connected with spin offs.[1][2] Palm oil (from the African oil palm‚ Elaeis guineensis) is
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Andrea Hirata. The movie follows a group of 10 schoolboys and their two inspirational teachers as they struggle with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung off the east coast of Sumatra. The film is the highest grossing in Indonesian box office history[1] and won a number of local and international awards. The Rainbow Troops was a 2008 Indonesian film adapted from the popular Indonesian novel by Andrea Hirata. The movie is about
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Comparison between Japanese and Malaysian culture Japan is an island nation in East Asia. The characters that make up Japan’s name mean "sun-origin"‚ which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6‚852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū‚ Hokkaidō‚ Kyūshū and Shikoku‚ together accounting for 97 % of 378‚000km2 land area. Japan has four seasons climate which is spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter. Japan has the world’s tenth-largest
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SCULPTURE Overview In the previous modules‚ you were already introduced to different art elements and design principles as manifested from different Philippine arts – from simple basket and mat weaving of different indigenous and cultural communities to the highly sophisticated textile weaving from Northern to Southern Philippines. You are also familiar with the Angono petroglyphs‚ the Laguna copperplate inscriptions‚. In this module‚ you will understand how Philippine sculpture evolved from its
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Strategic analysis of Caribou Coffee Company 1. INTRODUCTION OF CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY The company was founded in 1992 in Minnesota‚ which is the second largest company owned gourmet coffee house based on the number of coffee houses in USA. The company has focused on high quality products and offering the customers high quality gourmet coffee‚ beverages‚ teas‚ baked goods‚ whole bean coffee‚ branded merchandise and related products. It also sales its products to grocery stores‚ mass merchandiser
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Executive Summary Team B ACC 280 January 19‚ 2012 Julio Medina Abstract The succeeding content of this executive summary provides an analysis on Starbucks’ Corporation profit using the company’s most three most recent annual reports. Team B uses “the information contained in the company’s balance sheet and income statement noting that annual reporting period and fiscal year mean year-end numbers. Additionally‚ included is the company history‚ audit for the company‚ stock exchange listing‚
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The Evolution in Primate Locomotion and Body Configuration Calista Lee Anthropology 115 The Evolution of Primate Locomotion and Body Configuration Primates first evolved from the trees of tropical forests‚ later to the ground. Through the times of promisians to human‚ many characteristics has been represented due to the adaptations to new environments and resulted in evolutionary changes. The Earth has encountered several geological and climatic changes over time. For the primates existed
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